Publication
Imprint: Berkeley, California : North Atlantic Books, 2011. Context: Originally published: Hardcover ed. New York : Free Press, 2008.Responsibility: Norman Fischer. OCLC Number: 670479536. Physical: Text : 1 volume : viii, 234 pages ; 22 cm. Features: Includes bibliography.
Call number
GT-B-Z / Fisch
ISBN
9781556439964
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Named Person: Homer.
Named Work: Odyssey.
Description: Uses the lessons of Homer's poem about the struggles of an imperfect man trying to reach home along with anecdotes and spiritual insights from the author's own life to illuminate the search for purpose and greater meaning in life felt by many.
Table of Contents: Introduction --
Stting forth. The sea of stories --
The paradox of return --
Waiting --
Speak your grief --
False stories --
Leaving home --
A mentor's path to enlightenment --
Practice with the body --
Disaster. Working with disaster, pleasure, and time --
The lotus eaters : remembering to practice --
Being nobody --
Fatigue --
Circe, or, desire --
The land of the dead --
The siren call --
Impossible choices : Scylla and Charybdis --
Return. Sleep --
Reveal yourself --
Love's risk --
On the threshold --
Laertes, or Forgiveness --
Peace.
Location: COLLECTION: Teachings & Practices -- AREA: Great Traditions -- SECTION: Buddhism - Zen / Filing name: Fischer
Topics: In TinyCat -- See "Tags" above for our libraries topic areas. See "Subjects" below for LCSH (Library of Congress Subject Headings) (note you can tour our library via Tags or LCSH, but LCHS are not available for all items in our holdings).
FY2016 /
Named Work: Odyssey.
Description: Uses the lessons of Homer's poem about the struggles of an imperfect man trying to reach home along with anecdotes and spiritual insights from the author's own life to illuminate the search for purpose and greater meaning in life felt by many.
Table of Contents: Introduction --
Stting forth. The sea of stories --
The paradox of return --
Waiting --
Speak your grief --
False stories --
Leaving home --
A mentor's path to enlightenment --
Practice with the body --
Disaster. Working with disaster, pleasure, and time --
The lotus eaters : remembering to practice --
Being nobody --
Fatigue --
Circe, or, desire --
The land of the dead --
The siren call --
Impossible choices : Scylla and Charybdis --
Return. Sleep --
Reveal yourself --
Love's risk --
On the threshold --
Laertes, or Forgiveness --
Peace.
Location: COLLECTION: Teachings & Practices -- AREA: Great Traditions -- SECTION: Buddhism - Zen / Filing name: Fischer
Topics: In TinyCat -- See "Tags" above for our libraries topic areas. See "Subjects" below for LCSH (Library of Congress Subject Headings) (note you can tour our library via Tags or LCSH, but LCHS are not available for all items in our holdings).
FY2016 /
Other editions
Physical description
viii, 234 p.; 22 cm
Description
In the tradition of How Proust Can Change Your Life, this work reveals the universal lessons and profound personal guidance within Homer's classic Greek epic, The Odyssey.
Language
Original language
English