To Meet the Real Dragon
by Gudo Nishijima
Jeffrey Bailey
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ISBN: 978-1-4303-1950-4
Copyright:
© 2007 by Gudo Nishijima Standard Copyright License
Language: English
Country: Japan
Edition: Third Edition
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Printed: 244 pages, 6.14" x 9.21", perfect binding, black and white interior ink Description:Buddhist masters of the past have explained the relationship between Buddhist theory and the Truth by way of a simple metaphor. The Truth, they say, is like the distant moon. Ideas, theories, and explanations are merely fingers pointing at that far-away goal. They are not, and can never be, the moon itself. So this book is one such finger, a finger pointing at the moon, but the moon itself can be touched by you alone... The Buddhism which emerges from To Meet the Real Dragon is not a Buddhism for gods or supermen. It is Buddhism for real people: ordinary human beings with ordinary human problems. It is humanistic Zen--Zen for human beings. Here are a few of the topics covered by this very readable book: What is Religion, Meeting a True Master, Master Dogen, Science and Buddhism, Idealism and Materialism, Gautama Buddha, The Four Noble Truths, The Transmission of the Truth, Cause and Effect, Not Doing Wrong, Action: The Centre of Buddhism, Zazen, The Four Philosophies. Keywords:Listed in: |
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