Each moment is the universe Zen and the way of being time

Dainin Katagiri, 1928-

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Published
Boston : Shambhala 2007.
Language
English
Main Author
Dainin Katagiri, 1928- (-)
Other Authors
Andrea Martin, 1948- (-)
Physical Description
242 p.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781590304082
  • Editor's Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part 1. The Cosmic World of a Moment
  • 1. The Naked Nature of Time
  • 2. The Search for Meaning and Security
  • 3. Taking Care of Expectation
  • 4. Making Your Life Vividly Alive
  • 5. Right Seeing of Buddha
  • 6. The Root of the Buddha Way
  • Part 2. Profound Human Desire
  • 7. Seeking Satisfaction within Constant Change
  • 8. Fundamental Suffering as Truth
  • 9. Touching the Present Moment
  • 10. Passage to Freedom
  • 11. A Deep Sense of Human Value
  • Part 3. Timeless Freedom
  • 12. Time, Space, and Being
  • 13. The Pivot of Nothingness
  • 14. Real Time and Daily Life
  • 15. Commentary on an Excerpt from Dogen's "Being-Time"
  • 16. Total Dynamic Working
  • 17. Delusion and Suffering
  • 18. Practice and Enlightenment
  • 19. Living in Real Time
  • Part 4. The Practice of Creative Action
  • 20. Best Time, Best Place, Best Person
  • 21. The Flow of the Rhythm of Life
  • 22. Changing the Structure of Time and Space
  • 23. Commentary on an Excerpt from Dogen's "Zazenshin"
  • 24. How to Make Your Life Mature
  • 25. The Circle of Nirvana
  • 26. The True Meaning of Effort
  • Part 5. Creating the Future
  • 27. What Is Karma?
  • 28. The Law of Causation
  • 29. Individual and Not-individual Karma
  • 30. Manifested and Unmanifested Karma
  • 31. Karma and Causation
  • 32. Turning a New Leaf
  • 33. Freedom from Causation
  • 34. Eternal Possibility
  • 35. Living with Great Hope
  • 36. Finding Time in Buddha's Dharma
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Move over, Martin Heidegger. The late Japanese Zen master Katagiri Roshi offers a Zen interpretation of being and time. As text editor Andrea Martin explains in her introduction, the core Buddhist teachings of impermanence and emptiness lend themselves to considerations of time and being. Zen may be anticoncept and nonabstract, but it is certainly pro-insight. So Katagiri explains his understanding of time, based squarely on his interpretation of the work of influential 13th-century Zen master Dogen, whose work has inspired a number of contemporary Zen teachers. But Katagiri is no academic, and the language he uses to express complex ideas is extremely simple ("this is called going into mud and water") and often enthusiastic ("Touch it and bounce!"). The editor has successfully transmitted the oral style that helps make the content accessible. Katagiri conveys a zest for Zen understanding that differs from the calm inscrutability of other Zen Buddhists; he also brings up terms like hope and beauty. Katagiri's statement "I think the purpose of spiritual life is to just go toward the future with great hope" may sound metaphysical, but it comes from a teacher who has spent time on the meditation cushion and applied insight to the day-to-day life that Zen embraces. (July 10) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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