Omori Sogen : the art of a Zen master

by Dogen Hosokawa

Hardcover, 1997

Publication

Imprint: London ; New York : Kegan Paul International, 1999. Responsibility: Hosokawa Dogen. OCLC Number: 37322207. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xiii, 177 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Features: Includes index, notes.

Call number

Biography / Sogen

Barcode

BK-08401

ISBN

9780710305886

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, Accounts of the Path

CSS Library Notes

Description: "Omori Sogen (1904-1994) was one of the foremost Rinzai Zen teachers of the 20th century, his life spanning the years from the 1900s when teachers schooled in the samurai tradition were still alive, to the late 1990s when Japan's international roles in business, technology, design and diplomacy were well established. As an expert in Kendo (the Way of the sword) and Shodo (the Way of the brush), and as a political activist, scholar and university president, his approach to teaching was totally different from other Zen masters. His Zen emphasized the vitality of the martial arts, the spiritual depth of Zen and the refinement of fine arts." ... "By telling the story of his life, much of it in his own words, the first half of this biography illustrates how a life of training in the Way can include broad service and engagement with all facets of life."-- from jacket flap

Table of Contents:
Pt. I The Life of Omori Sogen --
Ch. 1 Shugyo: 1904-1934 (starting p. 3) --
Ch. 2 Renma: 1934-1945 (starting p. 39) --
Ch. 3 Gogo no Shugyo: 1945-1994 (starting p. 55) --
Pt. II The Three Ways --
Ch. 4 Zen and Budo (starting p. 101) --
Ch. 5 Practical Zen (starting p. 115) --
Ch. 6 Teisho: The World of the Absolute Present (starting p. 139) --
Ch. 7 Zen and the Fine Arts (starting p. 153) --

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