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Original Dwelling Place - Zen Buddhist Essays (Paperback, 1st pbk. ed)
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Original Dwelling Place - Zen Buddhist Essays (Paperback, 1st pbk. ed)
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In this collection of twenty-three essays, Robert Aitken retraces
the origins of American Zen Buddhism and provides readings of
influential texts. Reflecting on death, on marriage, and on Zen
practice, Aitken always points out the path to pleasure in the
everyday dewdrop world. There is a fine art to presenting complex
ideas with simplicity and insight in a manner that both shepherds
and inspires. Robert Aitkens Original Dwelling Place: Zen Buddhist
Essays succeeds in doing just this, offering twenty-three essays
from Americas senior Zen roshi and author of the best-selling,
groundbreaking primer Taking the Path of Zen. Just as Taking the
Path of Zen is the definitive handbook for Zen practice, the essays
gathered in Original Dwelling Place are essential for the light
they shed on Aitken Roshis own journey and the effect he has had on
American Zen Buddhism. Gathered here are essays about the Zen texts
Aitken has studied with avidity and close attention throughout the
years; texts that were early and lasting influences. In an opening
section entitled Ancestors, Aitken pays homage to the masters who
influenced his own development and Zen Buddhism generally. In other
meditations, Robert Aitken writes on political revolution and
matters of ethics. He helps illuminate the proper use of money,
power, and sexual love in a modern world that is often tainted by
materialism and decadence. He offers stately meditations on death,
on marriage, and on Zen practice, and on taking pleasure in the
everyday dewdrop world.
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