This immensely useful book explores Zen's rich tradition of chanted liturgy and the powerful ways that such chants support meditation, expressing and helping us truly uphold our heartfelt vows to live a life of freedom and compassion. Exploring eight of Zen's most essential and universal liturgical texts, Living by Vow is a handbook to walking the Zen path, and Shohaku Okumura guides us like an old friend, speaking clearly and directly of the personal meaning and implications of these chants, generously using his experiences to illustrate their practical significance. A scholar of Buddhist literature, he masterfully uncovers the subtle, intricate web of culture and history that permeate these great texts. Esoteric or challenging terms take on vivid, personal meaning, and old familiar phrases gain new poetic resonance.
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Living by Vow
A Practical Introduction to Eight Essential Zen Chants and Texts
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eBook - ePub
Living by Vow
A Practical Introduction to Eight Essential Zen Chants and Texts
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Topic
Theology & ReligionSubtopic
BuddhismTable of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Editorâs Preface
- Authorâs Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Living by Vow: The Four Bodhisattva Vows
- 2. Awakening to Incompleteness: The Verse of Repentance
- 3. Final Shelter: The Verse of the Three Refuges
- 4. Cultivating the Virtuous Field: The Robe Chant
- 5. Continuous Circle of Offering: The Meal Chants
- 6. Sound of Emptiness: The Heart Sutra
- 7. All Is One, One Is All: Merging of Difference and Unity
- 8. Endless Practice Here and Now: The Verse for Opening the Sutra
- Notes
- Glossary of Names
- Glossary of Terms and Texts
- Index
- About the Author
- Also Available by the Author from Wisdom Publications
- About Wisdom Publications
- Copyright
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