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Samurai Zen - The Warrior Koans (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Trevor Leggett Samurai Zen - The Warrior Koans (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Trevor Leggett
R2,485 Discovery Miles 24 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Samurai Zen: The Warrior Koans brings together 100 of the rare riddles which represent the core spiritual discipline of Japan's ancient Samurai tradition. Dating from thirteenth-century records of Japan's Kamakura temples, and traditionally guarded with a reverent secrecy, they reflect the earliest manifestation of pure Zen in Japan. Created by Zen Masters for their warrior pupils, the Japanese Koans use incidents from everyday life - a broken tea-cup, a water-jar, a cloth - to bring the warrior pupils of the Samurai to the Zen realization. Their aim is to enable a widening of concsiouness beyond the illusions of the limited self, and a joyful inspiration in life - a state that has been compared to being free under a blue sky after imprisonment.

Samurai Zen - The Warrior Koans (Paperback, 2nd edition): Trevor Leggett Samurai Zen - The Warrior Koans (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Trevor Leggett
R650 Discovery Miles 6 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


SAMURAI ZEN: the Warrior Koans brings together 100 of the rare riddles which represent the core spiritual discipline of Japan's ancient Samurai tradition. Dating from the thirteenth-century these records of Japan's Kamakura temples, are traditionally guarded with a secrecy, and they reflect the earliest manifestation of pure Zen in Japan. Created by Zen Masters for their warrior pupils the Japanese koans use incidents from everyday life - a broken tea-cup, a water-jar, a cloth - to bring the warrior pupils of the Samurai to the Zen realization.

A First Zen Reader (Hardcover): Trevor Leggett A First Zen Reader (Hardcover)
Trevor Leggett
R3,457 Discovery Miles 34 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

When Zen Buddhism crossed from China to Japan in the twelfth century, it entered a phase of development that was not only to inspire a magnificent range of artistic achievement but also to exert a tremendous influence upon Japanese life itself and, eventually, to bring to the attention of the West a religious philosophy both unique and challenging in its power. 'Yet', as one of the contributors to this book (first published in 1960) expresses it, 'if asked what Zen is, to reply is very difficult.' It is the purpose of this anthology to suggest an approach to such a reply. The texts here translated will give a general idea of Zen theory and practice, and are outstanding selections from the treasury of Zen literature. To these, the anthologist has added a valuable 'Note on the Ways', in which he points out how 'the student keeps his Zen practice in touch with his daily life'. The exceptional interest of the text is further enhanced by twenty illustrative plates.

Lotus Lake Dragon Pool - Musings in Yoga and Zen (Hardcover): Trevor Leggett Lotus Lake Dragon Pool - Musings in Yoga and Zen (Hardcover)
Trevor Leggett
R3,037 Discovery Miles 30 370 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book, first published in 1994, brings together the rich and complementary traditions of yoga and Zen. The lessons they contain serve always to guide and inform, never to lecture or preach. From accounts of long-ago kings and sages to stories of contemporary businessmen and students come timeless, universal precepts that speak directly to the modern reader.

The Tiger's Cave - Translations of Japanese Zen Texts (Second Zen Reader) (Hardcover): Trevor Leggett The Tiger's Cave - Translations of Japanese Zen Texts (Second Zen Reader) (Hardcover)
Trevor Leggett
R2,476 Discovery Miles 24 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Japanese texts translated here give a fascinating picture of actual Zen life - the life of the traditional temple training, with many stories and a number of historical incidents connected with Zen masters. The main text is the important commentary by a contemporary Soto Zen abbot on the Heart Sutra - the shortest and most difficult sutra in Mahayana Buddhism. Then comes a translation of the Yasen Kanna, a short autobiographical piece by Hakuin, the Japanese Zen teacher, monk and poet who revitalized Rinzai Zen in the eighteenth century. The remaining texts show what Zen means in Japan today.

Zen and the Ways (Hardcover): Trevor Leggett Zen and the Ways (Hardcover)
Trevor Leggett
R1,048 Discovery Miles 10 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Expression of Zen inspiration in everyday activities such as writing or serving tea, and in knightly arts such as fencing, came to be highly regarded in the Japanese tradition. In the end some of them were practised as spiritual training as themselves; they were the n called 'Ways'. This book, first published in 1978, includes translations of some rare texts on Zen and the Ways. One is a sixteenth-century Zen text complied from Kamakura temple records of the previous three centuries; others are translated from the 'secret scrolls' of fencing, archery, Judo and so on.

Second Zen Reader (Paperback): Trevor Leggett Second Zen Reader (Paperback)
Trevor Leggett
R386 R365 Discovery Miles 3 650 Save R21 (5%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Every page of this profoundly erudite book is written with compelling insight. There are five sections, each reflecting in depth a different emphasis by a particular Master or School of Zen. The most important section is the first, an inspired and inspiring commentary on a sutra considered by some to be the very kernel of Mahayana Buddhism: the Heart Sutra.

Three Ages Of Zen (Paperback): Trevor Leggett Three Ages Of Zen (Paperback)
Trevor Leggett
R381 R360 Discovery Miles 3 600 Save R21 (6%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this volume, Trevor Leggett presents three texts translated from Japanese and compiled to illuminate the three ages of Zen in Japan: the warrior Zen of crisis and war in the thirteenth century; the feudal Zen of eighteenth-century samurai officials and finally the modern Zen found in 20th-century Japan.

Zen And The Ways (Paperback): Trevor Leggett Zen And The Ways (Paperback)
Trevor Leggett
R379 Discovery Miles 3 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1978, Zen and the Ways is the first publication in a series of books published by the Buddhist Society in association with the Trevor Leggett Trust. In Japanese Zen, every activity in life, including the martial arts, flower arrangement and serving tea, are considered a field for practicing inner control, mediation and inspiration, and can be termed the 'Way' when practised in this manner. In this book, Leggett collects together translation of texts relating to this phenomenon and offers his own thoughts and observations on the subject.

The Chapter Of The Self (Paperback): Trevor Leggett The Chapter Of The Self (Paperback)
Trevor Leggett
R427 R360 Discovery Miles 3 600 Save R67 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Trevor Leggett examines and discusses the issues raised in this Hindu book of law as it pertains to the notion of yogic practice leading to the realisation of the Universal Self ( tman-br hman), closely referencing the great Indian sage Shankara.

First Zen Reader (Paperback): Trevor Leggett First Zen Reader (Paperback)
Trevor Leggett
R391 R370 Discovery Miles 3 700 Save R21 (5%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

When Zen Buddhism crossed from China to Japan in the twelfth century, it entered a phase of development that was not only to inspire a magnificent range of artistic achievement but also to exert a tremendous influence upon Japanese life itself and, eventually, to bring to the attention of the West a religious philosophy both unique and challenging in its power. First published in 1960, the purpose of this anthology is to suggest an approach to answering the perennial question 'What is Zen?'.

Encounters in Yoga and Zen - Meetings of Cloth and Stone (Hardcover): Trevor Leggett Encounters in Yoga and Zen - Meetings of Cloth and Stone (Hardcover)
Trevor Leggett
R2,252 Discovery Miles 22 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book, first published in 1982, collects a fascinating selection from the many traditional Japanese and Indian stories used by teachers in the Eastern spiritual schools to assist students in their training. The author, who spent many years training in both yoga and Zen, has collected the stories from a variety of sources: conversations with teachers, reminiscences in temple magazines of teachers of the past, folk tales used to make a training point, and personal experiences of training. The stories often relate to incidents from ordinary life: a monk in a Buddhist temple attacking another and how the abbot reacts; what an Indian judge, a yogin, says to a thief who pleads that what he did was the will of god; a magnificent new altar-cloth is donated, but never used; or an enthusiast for service sweeps the garden in the early morning while others stay in bed. These are incidents round which a student's doubts are likely to crystalize, and knowledge of them forms an important part of the background of a tradition. The aim of the stories is to find realization and inspiration in daily life. They are ordinary, but the traditional presentation given by Trevor Leggett catches at the heart of an attentive reader and reveals something of the inner lines of the currents of life. The book includes pictures specially brushed by Jacques Allais in what is called the Suiboku style. His work has been praised by the doyen of Japanese Suiboku painters, Nanpu Katayama. Suiboku is eighty percent suggestion: a Suiboku artist would not show both ends of a bridge, only one. The style gives a hint for the focusing of meditation practice, and thus provides a perfect complement to Trevor Leggett's text.

Japanese Chess - The Game of Shogi (Paperback, Original): Trevor Leggett Japanese Chess - The Game of Shogi (Paperback, Original)
Trevor Leggett; Foreword by Alan Baker
R415 R360 Discovery Miles 3 600 Save R55 (13%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Learn and master the fascinating game of Japanese Chess or "Shogi" with this expert guide and chess set. Japanese Chess: The Game of Shogi is the ultimate strategy guidebook for players of any skill level to improve their game and winning strategies. Played by millions around the world, Shogi is the uniquely Japanese variant of chess. It is the only version in which an opponent's captured piece can be dropped back onto the board as one's own. This makes for extremely exciting, dynamic gameplay in which momentum can quickly shift back and forth between players. Trevor Legett, expert player and longtime resident of Japan, gives you all the information you need to play the game, form its basic rules to winning tactics. Also included in this book are: Sample game and commentary Discussion of various opening strategies and game positions Explanation of how to read a Japanese score Fold-out Shogi board Sturdy paper playing pieces Japanese Chess features everything you need to get started playing this challenging and fun game!

The Realisation of the Supreme Self (Paperback): Trevor Leggett The Realisation of the Supreme Self (Paperback)
Trevor Leggett
R418 Discovery Miles 4 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Spirit of Budo - Old Traditions for Present-day Life (Paperback): Trevor Leggett The Spirit of Budo - Old Traditions for Present-day Life (Paperback)
Trevor Leggett
R329 Discovery Miles 3 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Complete Commentary by ?a?kara on the Yoga S?tra-s - A Full Translation of the Newly Discovered Text (Paperback): Trevor... The Complete Commentary by ?a?kara on the Yoga S?tra-s - A Full Translation of the Newly Discovered Text (Paperback)
Trevor Leggett
R723 Discovery Miles 7 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Lotus Lake, Dragon Pool - Further Encounters In Yoga and Zen (Paperback): Trevor Leggett Lotus Lake, Dragon Pool - Further Encounters In Yoga and Zen (Paperback)
Trevor Leggett
R420 Discovery Miles 4 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Encounters in Yoga and Zen - Meetings of Cloth and Stone (Paperback): Trevor Leggett Encounters in Yoga and Zen - Meetings of Cloth and Stone (Paperback)
Trevor Leggett
R350 Discovery Miles 3 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Old Zen Master - Inspirations for Awakening (Paperback): Trevor Leggett The Old Zen Master - Inspirations for Awakening (Paperback)
Trevor Leggett
R429 R383 Discovery Miles 3 830 Save R46 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Stories, parables, and examples have been a favoured way of conveying spiritual insights and truths since time immemorial, and Trevor Leggett was a master at it. He had the knack of pointing out the spiritual implications of practical events which everyone can relate to. This volume contains stories based on Buddhism and referring to martial arts, music, chess and incidents in ordinary life. He describes this as a freewheeling book: I am trying to give a few hints which have helped me and which can be of help to others,' he said. For those who know nothing of Buddhism or Zen in particular, this is an ideal introduction, but is nevertheless relevant to long-term practitioners. As the author points out, occasionally a new slant, a new angle or a new illustration - especially if it is an unexpected one - can be a help in absorbing practice, study and devotion. Trevor Leggett (1914-2000) lived for a considerable time in Japan. He was the first foreigner to obtain the Sixth Dan (senior teachers degree) in judo from Kodokan and has written several well-known books on the subject. He has also written extensively on Zen, including A First Zen Reader, The Warrior Koans, Zen and the Ways, Yoga and Zen, Fingers and Moons, and this final work The Old Zen Master.

Fingers and Moons - Zen Stories and Incidents (Paperback): Trevor Leggett Fingers and Moons - Zen Stories and Incidents (Paperback)
Trevor Leggett
R409 R360 Discovery Miles 3 600 Save R49 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The well-known Zen Buddhist phrase 'the finger pointing at the moon' refers to the means and the end, and the possibility of mistaking one for the other. Trevor Leggett says, 'the forms are the methods and they are very important as pointing fingers, but if we forget what they are for and they become, so to speak, the goal in their own right, then our progress is liable to stop. And if it stops, it retrogresses.' On the other hand there are those who say 'with considerable pride, "I don't want fingers or methods. I want to see the moon directly, directly . . . to see the moon directly . . . no methods or pointing." But in fact they don't see it! It's easy to say.'With many varied analogies, stories and incidents, Trevor Leggett points to the truth behind words, behind explanations and methods. Indeed, the book itself is like 'a finger pointing at the moon'.

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