Living the Japanese Arts & Ways- 45 Paths to Meditation & Beauty

Ikebana and tea, karate and calligraphy-all traditional Japanese arts and practices share certain ideals and techniques to achieve the same goals: serenity, mind/body harmony, awareness, and a sense of connection to the universe. In the spirit of D. T. Suzuki's Zen and Japanese Culture, this

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provocative text concisely introduces 45 living concepts of the Japanese Ways, from the 'wabi' aesthetic of beauty and the 'immoveable mind' to 'respect' and 'stillness in motion,' explaining their Taoist and Japanese roots. Practical examples and easy-to-follow exercise show how to incorporate the Ways into our daily lives, meditations, and personal value systems.

'Davey uses words with clarity and simplicity to describe the nonword realm of practicing these arts-calligraphy, martial arts, tea ceremony, painting-and the spiritual meaning of such practice...A wonderful complement for practitioners of meditation, espescially Zen. It provides ilustrations for meditation in action beyond the cushion.'-Publisher's weekly

Contents

Foreword by Wayne Muromoto
Preface
A Note on the Japanese Language
The 45 paths to meditation and beauty
Chapter 1 The way
Chapter 2 Aesthetics of the way
Chater 3 The spirit of the way
Chapter 4 Following the way
Appendix: Finding a sensei
Notes and references (bibliography)

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