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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
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I downloaded this book in an idle moment and had no special expectations.
Kaiten Nukariya has written a book that is profound, inspiring and scholarly. I will caution you that at times I was almost put off by his propensity for lists. For anyone other than academics this is tiresome BUT do not be put off. Kaiten's style is remarkably modern and there are truly beautiful quotes, descriptions and interpretations of Buddhist thought and practice generally and specifically what distinguishes Zen practice.
Sometimes books are difficult but reward your patience again and again. I feel this book must have influenced many later, more popular, twentieth century writers and for good reason.
Kaiten Nukariya has written a book that is profound, inspiring and scholarly. I will caution you that at times I was almost put off by his propensity for lists. For anyone other than academics this is tiresome BUT do not be put off. Kaiten's style is remarkably modern and there are truly beautiful quotes, descriptions and interpretations of Buddhist thought and practice generally and specifically what distinguishes Zen practice.
Sometimes books are difficult but reward your patience again and again. I feel this book must have influenced many later, more popular, twentieth century writers and for good reason.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Extensive history of Zen Buddhissm from india to china and Japan. Quite hard to read. Very good chapter on the practice and theory of Zazen though.
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17 April 2010
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This is a delightful book on the history of Zen in Japan. The author starts from the beginngs of zen philosophy in China and brings you right to the Kamakura period where zen became the fashion with the warrior class. I say fashion, but it was/is more than that. It is indeed a study of how a particular philosophy ( zen ) can take hold and flurish in a specific culture, in this case Japan. This was my first kindle book and I simply could not put in down ( rather turn it off!) If you are interested in Zen at all, you will enjoy this book! Highly recommended-and it's FREE to boot!!
52 of 53 people found the following review helpful
Easy read, clarifies many things, reads current
20 Aug 2010
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My introduction to Buddhism came through the Eckhard Tolle books. I looked at this free book to better understand what Tolle talks about and I ended up submerged in an wealth of explanations (understandings) such as, where did the name Zen come from, what are the basic tenets, how is it different from others. The book reads as if written today except for the occasional dated grammar.
The book goes much beyond the roots of Zen. I spent the last hour reading the discussion on the nature of man. Is man fundamentally good, fundamentally bad? The book explores four options and then moves to explore the relationship of man to nature (the universe in my terminology). Wonderful and easy to read.
The book goes much beyond the roots of Zen. I spent the last hour reading the discussion on the nature of man. Is man fundamentally good, fundamentally bad? The book explores four options and then moves to explore the relationship of man to nature (the universe in my terminology). Wonderful and easy to read.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Bodhidharma came from the West . . .
29 Dec 2010
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This FREE e-book from Kindle represents my first Kindle purchase . . . Essentially a dry run into the Kindle universe. On the technical side, I did not like the e-formatting of the book. Otherwise, this is a charming, though dated, brief history of Zen Buddhism in China and Japan, first published in 1913.
A previous reviewer says that the book was confusing. I can understand why. With its late Nineteenth Century prose style and constructions ("To-Day," "Shakya Muni"), it reads very unlike present day books on Zen. When this book was written, Zen was virtually unheard of in America and Europe. The first Zen teacher to come to America, Soyen Shaku, had arrived in Chicago for the World Congress of Religions in 1893, only two decades earlier, and his direct impact in transmitting the Dharma had been miniscule; but Soyen's disciple, D.T. Suzuki, was to have a major impact on Zen in America over many decades.
It's important to realize that, more than likely, a forgotten hard copy of this book sits dustily on the shelves of the Library of Congress, untouched since before World War I, except for this scanning. This is very literally THE introductory volume of Zen in the West. There are better, more modern ones that are far more accessible to the 21st Century student of Zen. Still, for a serious student of Zen, this is a must have book if only because it is so obscure.
A previous reviewer says that the book was confusing. I can understand why. With its late Nineteenth Century prose style and constructions ("To-Day," "Shakya Muni"), it reads very unlike present day books on Zen. When this book was written, Zen was virtually unheard of in America and Europe. The first Zen teacher to come to America, Soyen Shaku, had arrived in Chicago for the World Congress of Religions in 1893, only two decades earlier, and his direct impact in transmitting the Dharma had been miniscule; but Soyen's disciple, D.T. Suzuki, was to have a major impact on Zen in America over many decades.
It's important to realize that, more than likely, a forgotten hard copy of this book sits dustily on the shelves of the Library of Congress, untouched since before World War I, except for this scanning. This is very literally THE introductory volume of Zen in the West. There are better, more modern ones that are far more accessible to the 21st Century student of Zen. Still, for a serious student of Zen, this is a must have book if only because it is so obscure.
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