Riding The Ox Home

Download Riding The Ox Home full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Riding The Ox Home ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Riding the Ox Home

Author : John Daido Loori
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 157062951X
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (76 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Riding the Ox Home by : John Daido Loori

Download or read book Riding the Ox Home written by John Daido Loori and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2002-08-13 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maps and guideposts are helpful when we undertake a journey. The ten Ox-Herding Pictures, the accompanying ancient poems, and a modern commentary by John Daido Loori, sketch the spiritual path encountered in Zen training, a path of exhaustive study of the self and the realization of the ultimate nature of reality. The Ox-Herding Pictures can be our companion on the Way of self-discovery, our compass and perspective when we need one. They are a bottomless source of mysterious wisdom to which we can return again and again for inspiration, and they translate easily into the gritty reality of spiritual practice that emerges from and grounds us in the inescapable relevance of our daily lives. The exquisite versions of the pictures found in the book are traditional Chinese nanga brush paintings by Gyokusei Jikihara Sensei, a modern Japanese master of calligraphy and a teacher in the Obaku School of Zen. The traditional verses accompanying them have been translated by John Daido Loori and Kazuaki Tanahashi, translator and editor of Enlightenment Unfolds: The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Dogen.

Riding the Ox Home

Author : Willard L. Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Riding the Ox Home by : Willard L. Johnson

Download or read book Riding the Ox Home written by Willard L. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Path of Enlightenment

Author : John Daido Loori
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781882795055
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (95 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Path of Enlightenment by : John Daido Loori

Download or read book Path of Enlightenment written by John Daido Loori and published by . This book was released on 1999-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mountain Record of Zen Talks

Author : John Daido Loori
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834826437
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Mountain Record of Zen Talks by : John Daido Loori

Download or read book Mountain Record of Zen Talks written by John Daido Loori and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2008-12-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this treasury of Zen wisdom based on his talks, the abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery in Mt. Tremper, New York, explores the eight areas of study that are the focus for training in his community: meditation, study with the teacher, liturgy, art practice, body practice, the study of scriptures, work practice, and the moral and ethical teachings. John Daido Loori also covers such topics as koans, the martial arts, and illness and healing, and he makes intriguing observations about the spirit and requirements of Zen in America.

Lectures On The Ten Oxherding Pictures

Author : Mumon Yamada
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824828936
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (289 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Lectures On The Ten Oxherding Pictures by : Mumon Yamada

Download or read book Lectures On The Ten Oxherding Pictures written by Mumon Yamada and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A favorite with early Zen practitioners in China and Japan, The Ten Oxherding Pictures uses the ox as a symbol for Buddha nature the original possession of all human beings and the taming of the ox as a symbol for the practice of realizing that nature. This volume contains lectures on the text given by Yamada Mumon Roshi (1900 1988) to his monks while master of Shofuku-ji Monastery. It is the first authentic explication of a Zen text by a traditional Japanese Zen master. A seeker of the way, Yamada Mumon spent many years sharing a life of practice with young monks at the monastery in addition to serving as president of Hanazono College and director of the Research Institute for Zen Studies. Later he assumed the post of chief abbot of the Myoshin-ji temples. Followers of Zen have long been waiting for this book. According to Mumon Roshi, the path of the seeker is not only for the committed specialist. Even the average reader, drawn along by Mumon Roshi s straightforward explanations, will move forward on the journey of the self (symbolized by the taming of the ox) and come to see humanity with new eyes.

The Ox-Bow Incident

Author : Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Publisher : Modern Library
ISBN 13 : 0307807401
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Ox-Bow Incident by : Walter Van Tilburg Clark

Download or read book The Ox-Bow Incident written by Walter Van Tilburg Clark and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2011-10-12 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in 1885, The Ox-Bow Incident is a searing and realistic portrait of frontier life and mob violence in the American West. First published in 1940, it focuses on the lynching of three innocent men and the tragedy that ensues when law and order are abandoned. The result is an emotionally powerful, vivid, and unforgettable re-creation of the Western novel, which Clark transmuted into a universal story about good and evil, individual and community, justice and human nature. As Wallace Stegner writes, [Clark's] theme was civilization, and he recorded, indelibly, its first steps in a new country.

Ten Ox-Herding Images

Author : Wim van den Dungen
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1365361586
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (653 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Ten Ox-Herding Images by : Wim van den Dungen

Download or read book Ten Ox-Herding Images written by Wim van den Dungen and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-10-10 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ten Ox-Herding Images are an ingenious set of metaphors representing the process of awakening, the complete recognition of the original mind. These images by Rinzai Ch'an priest Kuoan Shiyuan of the 12th century, reproduced by Tensho Shubun (1414 - 1463), have been repainted throughout the centuries. But while varying versions exist, what they convey stands unchanged. Part of the Zen tradition, they show how to train the mind, a process shared by all schools of the Buddha Vehicle. This mind training, in the form of ten stages on the path to enlightenment, is a science of awakening rooted in the Dharma of the Buddha. These metaphors shed light on the mental processes leading to true peace. Kuoan's illustrations move beyond the attainment of Buddhahood, and explain how the last stage calls for the awakened one to walk back 'In Town With Helping Hands'. The path culminates in universal altruism.

Taming the Ox

Author : Charles R. Johnson
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834800004
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Taming the Ox by : Charles R. Johnson

Download or read book Taming the Ox written by Charles R. Johnson and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned author and National Book Award winner Dr. Charles Johnson writes that his creative work and Buddhist practice are the two activities in his life that have reinforced each other—and have anchored him. In this wide and varied collection of essays, reviews, and short stories, Johnson offers writings that passionately and compellingly illuminate how politics, race, and spiritual life intersect in our changing culture. Throughout his long and varied creative career, Johnson has been a cartoonist and illustrator, screen- and teleplay writer, novelist, philosopher, short fiction writer, essayist, literary scholar, and professor. His work is often philosophically, politically, and spiritually oriented, and he has deeply explored racial issues in the United States, most notably in his novel Middle Passage, which won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1990. Johnson received a MacArthur Fellowship, or "Genius Grant," in 1998. Taming the Ox is a wonderful reflection of what Johnson has learned during his passage through American literature, the visual arts, and the Buddhadharma.

The Zen of Creativity

Author : John Daido Loori
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307417557
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Zen of Creativity by : John Daido Loori

Download or read book The Zen of Creativity written by John Daido Loori and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many of us, the return of Zen conjures up images of rock gardens and gently flowing waterfalls. We think of mindfulness and meditation, immersion in a state of being where meaning is found through simplicity. Zen lore has been absorbed by Western practitioners and pop culture alike, yet there is a specific area of this ancient tradition that hasn’t been fully explored in the West. Now, in The Zen of Creativity, American Zen master John Daido Loori presents a book that taps the principles of the Zen arts and aesthetic as a means to unlock creativity and find freedom in the various dimensions of our existence. Loori dissolves the barriers between art and spirituality, opening up the possibility of meeting life with spontaneity, grace, and peace. Zen Buddhism is steeped in the arts. In spiritual ways, calligraphy, poetry, painting, the tea ceremony, and flower arranging can point us toward our essential, boundless nature. Brilliantly interpreting the teachings of the artless arts, Loori illuminates various elements that awaken our creativity, among them still point, the center of each moment that focuses on the tranquility within; simplicity, in which the creative process is uncluttered and unlimited, like a cloudless sky; spontaneity, a way to navigate through life without preconceptions, with a freshness in which everything becomes new; mystery, a sense of trust in the unknown; creative feedback, the systematic use of an audience to receive noncritical input about our art; art koans, exercises based on paradoxical questions that can be resolved only through artistic expression. Loori shows how these elements interpenetrate and function not only in art, but in all our endeavors. Beautifully illustrated and punctuated with poems and reflections from Loori’s own spiritual journey, The Zen of Creativity presents a multilayered, bottomless source of insight into our creativity. Appealing equally to spiritual seekers, artists, and veteran Buddhist practitioners, this book is perfect for those wishing to discover new means of self-awareness and expression—and to restore equanimity and freedom amid the vicissitudes of our lives.

Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail

Author : Ezra Meeker
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail by : Ezra Meeker

Download or read book Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail written by Ezra Meeker and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail' is a book written by Ezra Meeker about his experience traveling the Oregon Trail by ox-drawn wagon as a young man, migrating from Iowa to the Pacific Coast. Later on in his life, Meeker became convinced that the Oregon Trail was being forgotten, and he determined to bring it publicity so it could be marked and monuments erected. In 1906–1908, while in his late 70s, he retraced his steps along the Oregon Trail by wagon, seeking to build monuments in communities along the way. His trek reached New York City, and in Washington, D.C., he met President Theodore Roosevelt. He traveled the Trail again several times in the final two decades of this life, including by oxcart in 1910–1912 and by airplane in 1924.

The True Dharma Eye

Author : John Daido Loori
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780834823112
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (231 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The True Dharma Eye by : John Daido Loori

Download or read book The True Dharma Eye written by John Daido Loori and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2009-08-11 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of three hundred koans compiled by Eihei Dogen, the thirteenth-century founder of Soto Zen in Japan, this book presents readers with a uniquely contemporary perspective on his profound teachings and their relevance for modern Western practitioners of Zen. Following the traditional format for koan collections, John Daido Loori Roshi, an American Zen master, has added his own commentary and accompanying verse for each of Dogen’s koans. Zen students and scholars will find The True Dharma Eye to be a source of deep insight into the mind of one of the world’s greatest religious thinkers, as well as the practice of koan study itself.

Flying Home

Author : Ralph Ellison
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307797392
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Flying Home by : Ralph Ellison

Download or read book Flying Home written by Ralph Ellison and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These 13 stories by the author of The Invisible Man "approach the elegance of Chekhov" (Washington Post) and provide "early explorations of (Ellison's) lifelong fascination with the 'complex fate' and 'beautiful absurdity' of American identity" (John Callahan). First serial to The New Yorker. NPR sponsorship.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Author : Robert M. Pirsig
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780606039604
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (396 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by : Robert M. Pirsig

Download or read book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance written by Robert M. Pirsig and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1979 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With a new introduction by the author"--Jacket.

Riding the Ox Home

Author : John Daido Loori
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834825147
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Riding the Ox Home by : John Daido Loori

Download or read book Riding the Ox Home written by John Daido Loori and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2002-08-13 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Maps and guideposts are helpful when we undertake a journey. The ten Ox-Herding Pictures, the accompanying ancient poems, and a modern commentary by John Daido Loori, sketch the spiritual path encountered in Zen training, a path of exhaustive study of the self and the realization of the ultimate nature of reality. The Ox-Herding Pictures can be our companion on the Way of self-discovery, our compass and perspective when we need one. They are a bottomless source of mysterious wisdom to which we can return again and again for inspiration, and they translate easily into the gritty reality of spiritual practice that emerges from and grounds us in the inescapable relevance of our daily lives.

Riding Out the Hurricane

Author : Maeve McMahon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781906077068
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (77 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Riding Out the Hurricane by : Maeve McMahon

Download or read book Riding Out the Hurricane written by Maeve McMahon and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hurricane Katrina happened on 29th August, 2005. It ripped thousands of children from their normal lives, their families and their friends; it destroyed their homes and their schools. Twelve-year-old Jade Williams is one of those children.

Hoofprint of the Ox

Author : Master Sheng-yen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198031319
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Hoofprint of the Ox by : Master Sheng-yen

Download or read book Hoofprint of the Ox written by Master Sheng-yen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-08-08 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revered by Buddhists in the United States and China, Master Sheng-yen shares his wisdom and teachings in this first comprehensive English primer of Chan, the Chinese tradition of Buddhism that inspired Japanese Zen. Often misunderstood as a system of mind games, the Chan path leads to enlightenment through apparent contradiction. While demanding the mental and physical discipline of traditional Buddhist doctrine, it asserts that wisdom (Buddha-nature) is innate and immediate in all living beings, and thus not to be achieved through devotion to the strictures of religious practice. You arrive without departing. Master Sheng-yen provides an unprecedented understanding of Chan, its precepts, and its practice. Beginning with a basic overview of Buddhism and meditation, Hoofprint of the Ox details the progressive mental exercises traditionally followed by all Buddhists. Known as the Three Disciplines, these procedures develop moral purity, meditative concentration, and enlightening insight through the "stilling" of the mind. Master Sheng-yen then expounds Chan Buddhism, recounting its centuries-old history in China and illuminating its fundamental tenets. He contemplates the nature of Buddhahood, specifies the physical and mental prerequisites for beginning Chan practice, and humbly considers what it means to be an enlightened Chan master. Drawing its title from a famous series of pictures that symbolizes the Chan path as the search of an ox-herd for his wayward ox, Hoofprint of the Ox is an inspirational guide to self-discovery through mental transformation. A profound contribution to Western understanding of Chan and Zen, this book is intended for practicing Buddhists as well as anyone interested in learning about the Buddhist path.

World Flutelore

Author : Dale A. Olsen
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252095146
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis World Flutelore by : Dale A. Olsen

Download or read book World Flutelore written by Dale A. Olsen and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2013-11-30 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In many places around the world, flutes and the sounds of flutes are powerful magical forces for seduction and love, protection, vegetal and human fertility, birth and death, and other aspects of human and nonhuman behavior. This book explores the cultural significance of flutes, flute playing, and flute players from around the world as interpreted from folktales, myths, and other stories--in a word, ""flutelore."" A scholarly yet readable study, World Flutelore: Folktales, Myths, and Other Stories of Magical Flute Power draws upon a range of sources in folklore, anthropology, ethnomusicology, and literary analysis. Describing and interpreting many examples of flutes as they are found in mythology, poetry, lyrics, and other narrative and literary sources from around the world, veteran ethnomusicologist Dale Olsen seeks to determine what is singularly distinct or unique about flutes, flute playing, and flute players in a global context. He shows how and why flutes are important for personal, communal, religious, spiritual, and secular expression and even, perhaps, existence. This is a book for students, scholars, and any reader interested in the cultural power of flutes.