Publication
Imprint: London ; San Francisco : The Aquarian Press, a division of HarperCollins Publishers, 1990. Context: Originally published in German as Zen-Unterweisung. Responsibility: Hugo M. Enomiya-Lassalle ; compiled and edited by Roland Ropers and Bogdan Snela ; translated from the German by Michelle Bromley. OCLC Number: 36595627. Physical: Text : 1 volume : 123 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Features: Includes appendix, bibliography, glossary, index.
Call number
Meditation / Enomi
ISBN
1852740590 / 9781852740597
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: Here Zen master Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle presents a seven-day introduction to the techniques and disciplines involved in Zen meditation. As well as explaining how to approach meditation, sitting and breathing correctly, and working with koans to reach shikantaza (concentrated awareness), he also deals with the temptations and false trails one may meet while striving for enlightenment and explains the different stages the student goes through before reaching satori, the way to human maturity and the ultimate experience of God.
These carefully-graded exercises are useful not only for beginners but for anyone interested in the profound experiences of Eastern and Western mysticism. Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle makes a direct comparison between Christian mysticism and Zen to help Christians and non-Christians to understand each other's outlook more easily, and includes wise sayings by Zen masters and Christian mystics to illustrate his approach. -- from back cover
Contents:
Day one : silence, sitting, breathing, not thinking
Day two : the koan, just sitting, the master, sitting in a group
Day three : temptation, seeing into one's true nature, little enlightenment
Day four : absorption, asceticism, meditational power, daily life
Day five : reflection, mystical realization, origin, the absolute
Day six : mustering up strength, purification, enlightenment, further practice
Day seven : fear of death, ripeness, experiencing God
Appendix : exercises, illustrative material
FY1994 / FY2015 /
These carefully-graded exercises are useful not only for beginners but for anyone interested in the profound experiences of Eastern and Western mysticism. Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle makes a direct comparison between Christian mysticism and Zen to help Christians and non-Christians to understand each other's outlook more easily, and includes wise sayings by Zen masters and Christian mystics to illustrate his approach. -- from back cover
Contents:
Day one : silence, sitting, breathing, not thinking
Day two : the koan, just sitting, the master, sitting in a group
Day three : temptation, seeing into one's true nature, little enlightenment
Day four : absorption, asceticism, meditational power, daily life
Day five : reflection, mystical realization, origin, the absolute
Day six : mustering up strength, purification, enlightenment, further practice
Day seven : fear of death, ripeness, experiencing God
Appendix : exercises, illustrative material
FY1994 / FY2015 /
Physical description
123 p.; 24 cm
Language
Original language
German
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