Aitken, Robert Books
The Practice of Perfection: The Paramitas from a Zen Buddhist Perspective
By Aitken Robert, Robert Aitken
Robert Aitken, author of Encouraging Words and Taking the Path of Zen, is America's most senior Zen Roshi. In this new book he presents the Ten Paramitas, or Transcendental Perfections - namely, gi...
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GATELESS BARRIER PA
By Robert Aitken, Aitken, Robert, Translated And With A Commentary By Robert Aitken, Illustrations By Sengai
The Gateless Barrier is generally acknowledged to be the fundamental koan collection in the literature of Zen. Gathered together by Wu-men (Mumon), a thirteenth-century master of the Lin-chi (Rinza...
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Taking The Path Of Zen
By Robert Aitken, Aitken, Robert
there Is A Fine Art To Presenting Complex Ideas With Simplicity And Insight, In A Manner That Both Guides And Inspires. In taking The Path Of Zen Robert Aitken Presents The Practice, Lifestyle, Rat...
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The River Of Heaven
By Robert Aitken, Aitken, Robert
“In this, his final work, American senior Zen Roshi Robert Aitken lovingly ties together two threads, Zen practice and haiku.” —Spirituality & Health Known to many as the study of quiet stillness...
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A Zen Wave
By Robert Aitken, Aitken, Robert, Matsuo Basho, Foreword By W.S. Merwin
Zen Buddhism distinguishes itself by brilliant flashes of insight and its terseness of expression. The haiku verse form is a superb means of studying Zen modes of thought and expression, for its se...
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