Author: John Stevens
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578003825
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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This is the catalogue produced in conjunction with the Enso: The Timeless Circle exhibition held at the Robyn Buntin of Honolulu Gallery in 2008/2009. Enso are the circles used in East Asian Buddhism to visually express Zen teachings on paper with a brush and ink. The Zen circle can represent many things-enlightenment, the universe, perfection, infinity, emptiness, the mind, the moon, enlightenment, and even a tea bowl or a sweet cake. Sixty-two enso are reproduced in color, both the image itself and the full-length of the scroll, with translations and commentary by Prof. John Stevens. The enso paintings date from the 13th century-the oldest enso painting known-to the present, with examples produced in Japan and in the West.
Author: John Stevens
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 0834844605
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 281
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Explore this stunning collection of spiritual calligraphy by Japan’s greatest martial arts masters—with commentary from Zen art authority and aikido master John Stevens. Beginning with the legendary samurai Miyamoto Musashi, nearly all of the great martial arts masters left a legacy of calligraphy and painting. Their artwork—Zenga and Zensho (“Zen pictures” and “Zen calligraphy”)—was not only an extension of their Zen practice but also reflected their deep spiritual commitment to the budo ethos, the perfection of self through martial arts training. This book presents a concise history of this tradition, with works from such samurai as Musashi, Takuan, Yagyu, Motusgai, Rengetsu, Tesshu Deishu, Kano, Morihei, and others. Aikido master John Stevens is an expert on Zen and budo art, and he provides a fascinating introduction to the tradition and biographical details on each of the warrior artists, and brief, illuminating commentary on each piece.
Author: Audrey Yoshiko Seo
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 0834805758
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 190
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The enso, or "Zen circle", is one of the most prevalent images of Zen art, and has become a symbol of the clean and strong Zen aesthetic. This books containts examples of traditional enso art from the seventeenth century to the present.
Author: Süreyya Çingigiray
Publisher: Cosmo Publishing
ISBN: 1949872874
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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"Wild Cloud" is a story that will take you on an intimate journey through the delicate dance of love and longing. In this poignant narrative, emotions unfold like petals in the wind. The protagonist grapples with unspoken words, the weight of unfulfilled dreams, and the enduring force of connection. "Wild Cloud" is a captivating exploration of love's complexities. It resonates with the ebb and flow of the human heart. “Why undress in your absence? The cat stirs, prompting me to open the window. With her paw perched on the sill, her gaze chases the birds aloft — it’s a ritual she's bound to daily. This is fascination... The atmosphere feels dense, as if on this twenty-seventh day of February, the weight of the world, like a slab of silver, had settled upon land and sea. A pinecone in the tree, the cat by the pane, and thoughts of you clouding my mind. It's the season of love. Only your presence compels me to unveil.”
Author: Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Calligraphy, Zen
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610594677
Category : Interior decoration
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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Have you ever wished your home acted more like a peaceful sanctuary for you to escape to at the end of the day? The Stress-Free Home can help! Open the door, take off your shoes, and unwind. You're home- cocooned in the private space that belongs to you. Personal and professional issues cause stress in our lives that we can't always control. By making your environment comfortable and relaxing, you can optimize the hours spent at home by creating an environment that nurtures your inner soul. Placement of objects such as mirrors, artwork, and plant life have a greater purpose than just being aesthetically pleasing. Through the ages, we have learned from ancient cultures that color, pattern, and arrangement of possessions have a profound affect on our mood. Ultimately, the residual effects of a serene environment will overflow into every aspect of your life. With The Stress-Free Home, you'll learn how to : Resolve clutter issues through simple and functional arrangement and storage advice. Integrate the beauty of the outdoors into your design. Apply scale and proportion of furnishings to work in relationship with each other. Balance the energy of color. Take pleasure in thoughtful quotes that inspire patters for peaceful living. The secrets to a stress free atmosphere unfold within the pages of the Stress-Free Home and they are yours to discover.
Author: James H. Austin
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262260379
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 615
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A sequel to the popular Zen and the Brain further explores pivotal points of intersection in Zen Buddhism, neuroscience, and consciousness, arriving at a new synthesis of information from both neuroscience research and Zen studies. This sequel to the widely read Zen and the Brain continues James Austin's explorations into the key interrelationships between Zen Buddhism and brain research. In Zen-Brain Reflections, Austin, a clinical neurologist, researcher, and Zen practitioner, examines the evolving psychological processes and brain changes associated with the path of long-range meditative training. Austin draws not only on the latest neuroscience research and new neuroimaging studies but also on Zen literature and his personal experience with alternate states of consciousness. Zen-Brain Reflections takes up where the earlier book left off. It addresses such questions as: how do placebos and acupuncture change the brain? Can neuroimaging studies localize the sites where our notions of self arise? How can the latest brain imaging methods monitor meditators more effectively? How do long years of meditative training plus brief enlightened states produce pivotal transformations in the physiology of the brain? In many chapters testable hypotheses suggest ways to correlate normal brain functions and meditative training with the phenomena of extraordinary states of consciousness. After briefly introducing the topic of Zen and describing recent research into meditation, Austin reviews the latest studies on the amygdala, frontotemporal interactions, and paralimbic extensions of the limbic system. He then explores different states of consciousness, both the early superficial absorptions and the later, major "peak experiences." This discussion begins with the states called kensho and satori and includes a fresh analysis of their several different expressions of "oneness." He points beyond the still more advanced states toward that rare ongoing stage of enlightenment that is manifest as "sage wisdom." Finally, with reference to a delayed "moonlight" phase of kensho, Austin envisions novel links between migraines and metaphors, moonlight and mysticism. The Zen perspective on the self and consciousness is an ancient one. Readers will discover how relevant Zen is to the neurosciences, and how each field can illuminate the other.
Author: John Stevens
Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media
ISBN: 9781635618082
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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This definitive, richly illustrated manual covers essential elements of the philosophy and practice of Aikido, the Japanese martial art. John Stevens details the precise execution of the wide range of techniques, and recounts interesting and lively anecdotes about the history of Aikido and its founder, Ueshiba Morihe.
Author: Taigen Dan Leighton
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 146291652X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Cultivating the Empty Field is a modern translation of the core of Chinese Ch'an master Hongzhi's Extensive Record. First to articulate the meditation method known to contemporary Zen practitioners as shikantaza ("just sitting") Chinese Zen master Hongzhi is one of the most influential poets in all of Zen literature. This translation of Hongzhi's poetry, the only such volume available in English, treats readers to his profound wisdom and beautiful literary gift. In addition to dozens of Hongshi's religious poems, translator Daniel Leighton offers an extended introduction, placing the master's work in its historical context , as well as lineage charts and other information about the Chinese influence on Japanese Soto Zen. Both spiritual literature and meditation instruction, Cultivating the Empty Field is sure to inspire and delight.
Author: Gregory P. A. Levine
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824858085
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Long Strange Journey presents the first critical analysis of visual objects and discourses that animate Zen art modernism and its legacies, with particular emphasis on the postwar “Zen boom.” Since the late nineteenth century, Zen and Zen art have emerged as globally familiar terms associated with a spectrum of practices, beliefs, works of visual art, aesthetic concepts, commercial products, and modes of self-fashioning. They have also been at the center of fiery public disputes that have erupted along national, denominational, racial-ethnic, class, and intellectual lines. Neither stable nor strictly a matter of euphoric religious or intercultural exchange, Zen and Zen art are best approached as productive predicaments in the study of religion, spirituality, art, and consumer culture, especially within the frame of Buddhist modernism. Long Strange Journey’s modern-contemporary emphasis sets it off from most writing on Zen art, which focuses on masterworks by premodern Chinese and Japanese artists, gushes over “timeless” visual qualities as indicative of metaphysical states, or promotes with ahistorical, trend-spotting flair Zen art’s design appeal and therapeutic values. In contrast, the present work plots a methodological through line distinguished by “discourse analysis,” moving from the first contacts between Europe and Japanese Zen in the sixteenth century to late nineteenth–early twentieth-century transnational exchanges driven by Japanese Buddhists and intellectuals and the formation of a Zen art canon; to postwar Zen transformations of practice and avant-garde expressions; to popular embodiments of our “Zenny zeitgeist,” such as Zen cartoons. The book presents an alternative history of modern-contemporary Zen and Zen art that emphasizes their unruly and polythetic-prototypical natures, taking into consideration serious religious practice and spiritual and creative discovery as well as conflicts over Zen’s value amid the convolutions of global modernity, squabbles over authenticity, resistance against the notion of “Zen influence,” and competing claims to speak for Zen art made by monastics, lay advocates, artists, and others.
