Shunryu Suzuki

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Practising the true spirit of Zen. Not Always So is based on Shunryu Suzuki's lectures and is framed in his own inimitable, allusive, paradoxical style, rich with unexpected and off–centre insights. Suzuki knew he was dying at the time of the lectures, which gives his thoughts an urgency and focus even sharper than in the earlier book. In Not Always So Suzuki once again voices Zen in everyday language with the vigour, sensitivity, and buoyancy of a true friend. Here is support and nourishment. Here is a mother and father lending a hand, but letting you find your own way. Here is guidance which empowers your freedom (or way–seeking mind), rather than pinning you down to directions and techniques. Here is teaching which encourages you to touch and know your true heart and to express yourself fully, teaching which is not teaching from outside, but a voice arising in your own being.

When Shunryu Suzuki Roshi's Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind was published in 1972, it was enthusiastically embraced by Westerners eager for spiritual insight and knowledge of Zen. The book became the most successful treatise on Buddhism in English, selling more than one million copies to date. Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness is the first follow-up volume to Suzuki Roshi's important work. Like Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind , it is a collection of lectures that reveal the insight, humor, and intimacy with Zen that made Suzuki Roshi so influential as a teacher.The Sandokai ―a poem by the eighth-century Zen master Sekito Kisen (Ch. Shitou Xiqian)―is the subject of these lectures. Given in 1970 at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, the lectures are an example of a Zen teacher in his prime elucidating a venerated, ancient, and difficult work to his Western students. The poem addresses the question of how the oneness of things and the multiplicity of things coexist (or, as Suzuki Roshi expresses it, "things-as-it-is"). Included with the lectures are his students' questions and his direct answers to them, along with a meditation instruction. Suzuki Roshi's teachings are valuable not only for those with a general interest in Buddhism but also for students of Zen practice wanting an example of how a modern master in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition understands this core text today.

Shunryu Suzuki's extraordinary gift for conveying traditional Zen teachings using ordinary language is well known to the countless readers of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. In Zen Is Right Here, his teachings are brought to life powerfully and directly through stories told about him by his students. These living encounters with Zen are poignant, direct, humorous, paradoxical, and enlightening; and their setting in real-life contexts makes them wonderfully accessible.Like the Buddha himself, Suzuki Roshi gave profound teachings that were skilfully expressed for each moment, person, and situation he encountered. He emphasized that while the ungraspable essence of Buddhism is constant, the expression of that essence is always changing. Each of the stories presented here is an example of this versatile and timeless quality, showing that the potential for attaining enlightenment exists right here, right now, in this very moment.

Spirituality & Practice “Best Books of 2021” Award WinnerIn this new collection of quotes from Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and stories from his students, the presence, wisdom, and humor of a great Zen teacher come alive once more.The teachings of Shunryu Suzuki have served for innumerable people as the gateway to Zen practice and meditation. In Zen Is Right Now , devoted student and biographer David Chadwick sheds new light on Suzuki’s presence and teachings through selected quotes from his lectures and a variety of stories told by his students.Complementary to another collection about Suzuki, Zen Is Right Here , this book offers a joyful bounty of anecdotes and insights, revealing a playful and deeply wise teacher who delighted in paradox and laughed often. Each of the stories and quotes presented here is an example of the versatile and timeless quality evident in Suzuki’s teaching, showing that the potential for attaining enlightenment exists right now, in this very moment.

'Our way of sitting is for you to become yourself.'In this long-overdue book from one of the most influential spiritual teachers of the last century, Shunryu Suzuki shares simple, warmhearted teachings on a practice that is fundamentally about becoming yourself. In his inimitable style, filled with humor and insight, Becoming Yourself speaks directly to the newest beginners while also serving as a touchstone and a continual source of inspiration for even the most experienced practitioners and Zen teachers.Becoming Yourself is based on the late Suzuki’s lectures and brings to light many of his unpublished teachings. Throughout, Suzuki's voice is clear and resonates with the unmistakable power of true wisdom.

From the beloved author of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind comes a new book of teachings on the essence of Zen practice"I felt a burden being lifted from my shoulders just by reading this remarkable book." —Oliver Burkeman“Our way of sitting is for you to become yourself.”In this long-awaited book from one of the most influential spiritual teachers of the last century, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi shares simple, warmhearted teachings on a practice that is fundamentally about becoming yourself. In his inimitable style, filled with humor and insight, Becoming Yourself speaks directly to the newest beginners while also serving as a touchstone and a continual source of inspiration for even the most experienced practitioners and Zen teachers.Becoming Yourself unearths new jewels from the late Suzuki’s lectures and brings to light many of his unpublished teachings.Becoming yourself is not meant to be understood as an idea; it is meant to be tried out as a way of being. It is “Just to sit,” a practice of wholeheartedly being as you are, moment after moment, no matter what is happening. It is a practice of deeply connecting with how it feels to be alive in your surroundings, whether on a meditation cushion or not, and stepping forward from that connection. It is opening to your life, wherever you are, and finding right there a deep well of innate wisdom, compassion and care.

Bratele raului se revarsa in intuneric. Comentarii la Sandokai In lumea occidentala, Mintea Zen, mintea incepatorului, atribuita aceluiasi autor, este una dintre cele mai citite si iubite carti de Zen scrise vreodata. Spre marea surprindere a cititorului, Bratele raului se revarsa in intuneric nu este cu nimic mai prejos decat aceasta in claritate, concizie si profunzime. Aceasta carte este un dar nepretuit oferit practicantilor Zenului si celor interesati de intelegerea budismului si a adevaratei naturi a realitatii.

Deux livres réunis au format ultrapoche : Esprit zen, esprit neuf et Libre de soi, libre de tout.Un guide nécessaire pour qui cherche la plénitude spirituelle.Un livre pour découvrir et appronfondir la méditation zen, son but, ses exigences, ses difficultés et sa richesse. Aussi éclairant pour les novices que pour les maîtres, Suzuki, en pédagogue, s’attarde sur l’expérience, dédramatise les obstacles, sans jamais réduire la pratique méditative à des techniques. Son enseignement encourage à faire l’expérience de sa propre vérité, à simplement être soi et à l’exprimer pleinement. Il nous appelle avec tendresse et fermeté à trouver notre voie.

Shunryu Suzuki heeft er enorm toe bijgedragen dat de zentraditie voor het Westen toegankelijk werd. Zijn leven was een volmaakte expressie van zen; man en methode vielen samen. Bij zen gaat het om openstaan, opnieuw beginnen. Er moet ruimte zijn voor twijfels, vragen en het vermogen de dingen steeds nieuw en fris te zien. Zen beoefenen is eindeloos beginnen .

Shunryu Suzuki Roshi (1904-1971), maître zen japonais de la lignée Soto, a introduit la pratique du bouddhisme zen aux Etats-Unis au début des années 60. Il est le fondateur du Centre zen de San Francisco et du monastère de Tassajara en Californie. Il est également l'auteur du célèbre Esprit zen, esprit neuf, l'un des ouvrages de base de la littérature zen contemporaine.. La source brille dans la lumière, son second ouvrage, reprend une série d'enseignements délivrés à Tassajara en 1970, suivi de dialogues avec ses disciples. Le thème en est des commentaires sur un texte essentiel du zen Soto, le Sandokai, un poème du VIIIième siècle du maître chinois Sekito Kisen. Au travers de ces commentaires, dans un langage toujours accessible, Shunryu Suzuki exprime toute la profondeur et la subtilité du zen et permet à chacun d'approfondir sa pratique et sa compréhension de l'enseignement bouddhique.. Indispensable pour tous les pratiquants du zen et pour tous ceux qui s'intéressent au bouddhisme, cet ouvrage précieux et vivant révèle la sagesse, la perspicacité et l'humour de celui qui fut l'un des plus influents maîtres bouddhistes du XXième siècle..

Zen-Weisheit für den AlltagWie lässt sich die Philosophie des Zen im Alltag anwenden und leben? Shunryu Suzuki, einer der bedeutendsten Zen-Meister der Neuzeit, ist für seine außergewöhnliche Gabe bekannt, traditionelle Zen-Lehren in einfacher Sprache zu vermitteln.In "Zen - Leben im Hier & Jetzt" werden seine Unterweisungen am Beispiel von Alltagssituationen zum Leben erweckt. Diese Begegnungen mit Zen sind berührend, direkt, humorvoll und überraschend – und durch ihre Einbettung in den realen Lebenskontext wunderbar zugänglich.Jede dieser Geschichten, die sein langjähriger Schüler David Chadwick herausgegeben hat, Das Potenzial, Erleuchtung zu erlangen, existiert für uns alle genau hier und jetzt.

Die Essenz des Zen jeden Augenblick frisch und neu zu erleben, frei von vorgefertigten Konzepten und Vorstellungen. Diesen „Anfänger-Geist“ gilt es in allen Lebenssituationen zu kultivieren. „Zen-Geist - Anfänger-Geist“ ist als Buch längst ein Klassiker geworden. Hören Sie diese Einführung in die Praxis des Zen in der wunderbaren Lesung von Miguel Herz-Kestranek.

Im Einklang mit der Wirklichkeit. Diese Zen-Unterweisungen sind das Alterswerk des einflussreichen und weltweit bekannten Zen-Meisters. Die Entwicklung des Zen im Westen ist eng mit der Persönlichkeit Shunryu Suzukis verbunden. Dieses Buch enthält Unterweisungen von Suzuki Roshi, die er anderthalb Jahre vor seinem Tod in den USA gelehrt hat. In ihnen befasst er sich mit dem Sandokai, einem der frühesten Zen-Texte, die uns von den alten chinesischen Ch´an-Meistern überliefert worden sind. Shunryu Suzuki erläutert anhand dieses Textes, wie wir, wenn wir uns von unserer ichzentrierten Sichtweise trennen, unser Leben in Einklang bringen mit der Wirklichkeit und Befreiung inmitten unseres alltäglichen Tuns erfahren können.

Mit Zen deine wahre Natur entdeckenDie Essenz des Zen lautet, jeden Augenblick frisch und neu zu erleben – frei von vorgefertigten Konzepten und Vorstellungen. Diesen »Anfänger-Geist« gilt es, in allen Lebenssituationen zu kultivieren, um so letztlich innere Freiheit zu gewinnen und unsere wahre Natur zu verwirklichen.In diesem modernen Klassiker vermittelt Shunryu Suzuki, der als einer der bedeutendsten Zen-Meister der Neuzeit gilt, wie uns das gelingen kann. Leicht verständlich und praxisnah führt er in die Philosophie des Zen ein und erläutert die Grundlagen der Zen-Praxis. Dieses Buch hat weltweit schon Millionen von Menschen dazu inspiriert, die Lehre des Zen für sich zu entdecken.In dieser Reihe erscheinen folgende Titel im Arkana Tolle, Jetzt! Die Kraft der GegenwartLouise Hay, Heile deinen KörperThich Nhat Hanh, Das Wunder der AchtsamkeitByron Katie; Stephen Mitchell, Lieben was istEckhart Tolle, Eine neue ErdeBrené Brown, Die Gaben der UnvollkommenheitPatanjali, Das Yogasutra

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