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A collection of Zen stories and incidents pointing direcly to the truth in ourselves.
There's an old saying in theZen school: 'When you pick them up, the very stones are gold.' When the eye of the heart is opened and we see rightly, the shattered tiles that have been dropped on the road, are shining
Trevor Leggett as spent man years training in Adhyatma yoga under the late Dr. Hari Prasad Shastri, and many years as both a student and teacher of Judo and its Zen backround. He holds the Sixth Dan (Senior teacher's degree) in Judo from Kodokan (the first foreigner to do so), and the Seventh Dan in Britain. He has written a number of books on Buddhism and has given many talks, generally in the form of stories. From 1946 to 1970 he was Head of the Japanese Service of the BBC, in which he still broadcasts weekly in Japanese; and in 1984 was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure by the Japanese Government. In 1987 he was invited to Japan by the Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai (Society for the Propagation fo Buddhist Teaching) to receive an award for his translations of buddhist texts.
Contents
Sparks from the heart flint
Fingers and moons
The stone sermon
Tips and icebergs
There's an old saying in theZen school: 'When you pick them up, the very stones are gold.' When the eye of the heart is opened and we see rightly, the shattered tiles that have been dropped on the road, are shining
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with the gleam of gold. In our everyday life, to recognize the true worth of every little thing, every tiny fragment of what we are using every day, to respect it-that gives life real meaning...Trevor Leggett as spent man years training in Adhyatma yoga under the late Dr. Hari Prasad Shastri, and many years as both a student and teacher of Judo and its Zen backround. He holds the Sixth Dan (Senior teacher's degree) in Judo from Kodokan (the first foreigner to do so), and the Seventh Dan in Britain. He has written a number of books on Buddhism and has given many talks, generally in the form of stories. From 1946 to 1970 he was Head of the Japanese Service of the BBC, in which he still broadcasts weekly in Japanese; and in 1984 was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure by the Japanese Government. In 1987 he was invited to Japan by the Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai (Society for the Propagation fo Buddhist Teaching) to receive an award for his translations of buddhist texts.
Contents
Sparks from the heart flint
Fingers and moons
The stone sermon
Tips and icebergs
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ISBN
946672075
Publication
Buddhist Publishing Group P.O. Box 136 Leicester LE2 4TZ England