Little Zen Companion by David Schiller 1994 Trade Paperback Guide-image
Little Zen Companion by David Schiller 1994 Trade Paperback Guide-image

Little Zen Companion by David Schiller 1994 Trade Paperback Guide

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Author: David Schiller Book Title: Little Zen Companion Intended Audience: Trade TitleLeading: The Language: English brand: Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated LC Classification Number: BQ9267.L58 1994 Item Length: 4.2 in Illustrator: Yes ISBN-10: 1563054671 Format: Trade Paperback Item Weight: 8 Oz Publisher: Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated Publication Year: 1994 Item Width: 4.2 in Number of Pages: 400 Pages LCCN: 92-050936 Item Height: 1 in ISBN-13: 9781563054679 Topic: Buddhism / General (See Also Philosophy / Buddhist), Buddhism / Zen (See Also Philosophy / Zen), General gtin13: 9781563054679 Synopsis: A revised edition of the classic little book, which has over 500,000 copies in print. New material and illustrations make the book even more accessible to readers who are interested in mindfulness, in seizing the moment, in staying steady in hard times., While it seeks neither to define Zen nor answer its most famous koan (a riddle unanswerable by conventional thinking, in this case the sound of one hand clapping), this bestselling little book with 437,000 copies in print possesses a maverick Zen spirit that points to a different way of looking at the world. With each page featuring a quote, phrase, story, koan, haiku, or poem, Zen Companion combines the feeling and format of a meditation book with 2,500 years of wisdom-from Lao-tzu and Groucho Marx, William Carlos Williams and The Little Prince , D. T. Suzuki and Walker Percy, the Buddha and the Bible, Einstein and Gertrude Stein. It's a celebration of intuition: "If a man wishes to be sure of the road he treads on, he must close his eyes and walk in the dark"-St. John the Cross. Individuality: "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought."-Basho. Uncomplicated nature: "Among twenty snowy mountains/The only moving thing/Was the eye of the blackbird."-Wallace Stevens. Childlike spontaneity: "Goodnight stars. Goodnight air."-Margaret Wise Brown. Irreverent paradox: "Wakuan complained when he saw a picture of bearded Bodhidharma: 'Why hasn't that fellow a beard?'" And above all, the simple pleasure of life lived in the moment. "Chop wood, carry water.", While it seeks neither to define Zen nor answer its most famous koan (a riddle unanswerable by conventional thinking, in this case the sound of one hand clapping), this bestselling little book with 437,000 copies in print possesses a maverick Zen spirit that points to a different way of looking at the world. With each page featuring a quote, phrase, story, koan, haiku, or poem, Zen Companion combines the feeling and format of a meditation book with 2,500 years of wisdom-from Lao-tzu and Groucho Marx, William Carlos Williams and The Little Prince , D. T. Suzuki and Walker Percy, the Buddha and the Bible, Einstein and Gertrude Stein. It's a celebration of intuition: If a man wishes to be sure of the road he treads on, he must close his eyes and walk in the dark-St. John the Cross. Individuality: Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought.-Basho. Uncomplicated nature: Among twenty snowy mountains/The only moving thing/Was the eye of the blackbird.-Wallace Stevens. Childlike spontaneity: Goodnight stars. Goodnight air.-Margaret Wise Brown. Irreverent paradox: Wakuan complained when he saw a picture of bearded Bodhidharma: 'Why hasn't that fellow a beard?' And above all, the simple pleasure of life lived in the moment. Chop wood, carry water. Genre: Religion, Philosophy

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