How to Raise an Ox: Zen Practice as Taught in Master Dogen's Shobogenzo
By: Francis Harold Cook
4.05
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The writings of Zen master Dogen are among the highest achievements not only of Japanese literature…
Want to Read $ 12.99"The Buddha is found in other people - even the ones we do not like very much."-Francis Harold Cook, How to Raise an Ox: Zen Practice as Taught in Master Dogen's Shobogenzo
"The Buddha is found in other people - even the ones we do not like very much."-Francis Harold Cook, How to Raise an Ox: Zen Practice as Taught in Master Dogen's Shobogenzo
"Can the water in the valleys ever stop and rest? When the water finally reaches the sea, it becomes great waves."-Francis Harold Cook, How to Raise an Ox: Zen Practice as Taught in Master Dogen's Shobogenzo
"Can the water in the valleys ever stop and rest? When the water finally reaches the sea, it becomes great waves."-Francis Harold Cook, How to Raise an Ox: Zen Practice as Taught in Master Dogen's Shobogenzo
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"I have no other self than the totality of things of which I am aware."-Alan W. Watts, The Way of Zen
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15. How to Raise an Ox: Zen Practice as Taught in Master Dogen's Shobogenzo
By: Francis Harold Cook
4.05
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The writings of Zen master Dogen are among the highest achievements not only of Japanese literature… read more
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"The Buddha is found in other people - even the ones we do not like very much."-Francis Harold Cook, How to Raise an Ox: Zen Practice as Taught in Master Dogen's Shobogenzo
"Can the water in the valleys ever stop and rest? When the water finally reaches the sea, it becomes great waves."-Francis Harold Cook, How to Raise an Ox: Zen Practice as Taught in Master Dogen's Shobogenzo
"The prospect of future lives in remote heavens as a compensation for the inadequacy of our present lives is a bad tradeoff for losing out on the present."-Francis Harold Cook, How to Raise an Ox: Zen Practice as Taught in Master Dogen's Shobogenzo
"The object of Zen is not to kill all feelings and become anesthetized to pain and fear. The object of Zen is to free us to scream loudly and fully when it is time to scream."-Francis Harold Cook, How to Raise an Ox: Zen Practice as Taught in Master Dogen's Shobogenzo
