Encouraging Words
Zen Buddhist Teachings for Western Students
$28.75
- Paperback
252 pages
- Release Date
6 September 1994
Summary
Nominated for the Tricycle Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Buddhism in America
A collection of short talks and essays from a renowned meditation teacher.
“The inspiration that guided monks and nuns in ancient times is our own deepest incentive as we establish our practice in a world that desperately needs new forms of kinship and love.” - Robert Aitken
In this inspiring collection, you will find a series of talks and essays that Aitken Rashi has offered his stude…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679756521 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0679756523 |
| Author: | Robert Aitken |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Pantheon Books Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 252 |
| Release Date: | 6 September 1994 |
| Weight: | 323g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm x 19mm |
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Critics Review
“Aitken’s title says it all. Encouraging Words will appeal to both beginning and advanced Zen lay students who seek to integrate their spiritual practice into everyday life. Curious readers will be rewarded, too. Here is a teacher both wise and practical in equal measure.”
—Ronn Ronck, Honolulu Advertiser
About The Author
Robert Aitken
ROBERT AITKEN (1917-2010) was first introduced to Zen in a Japanese internment camp during World War II. R. H. Blyth, author of Zen in English Literature, was imprisoned in the same camp, and in this setting Aitken began the first of several apprenticeships. After the war, Aitken often returned to Japan to study. He became friends with Daisetz T. Suzuki and studied with Nakagawa Sūen Roshi and Yasutani Haku’un Roshi. In 1959 he and his wife, Anne, established the Diamond Sangha, a Zen Buddhist society with headquarters in Hawaii. Aitken was given the title Roshi and was authorized to teach by Yamada Koun Roshi in 1974; he received full transmission from Yamada Rūshi in 1985.
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