Sachgebiete

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258 S.; graph. Darst.; 21 cm; kart.

Bemerkung:

Gutes Ex. - Englisch. - ... Posture, breathing, the function of the abdominal muscles, muscle tone, and the mechanisms of wakefulness and attention are clearly and scientifically explained, so that one learns what actually happens in doing zazen, why it leads to certain psychological experiences, and what their significance is. There is also a chapter on koans that goes far to clarify what for many has seemed one of the most frustrating and baffling aspects of Zen. Again, the reader is told how actually to deal with koans and how they operate as catalysts of enlightenment. Mental operations and states of consciousness are rationally examined as well. The author's brilliant analysis of the mechanism of cognition in terms of the interplay of three kinds of nen or "thought impulses" sheds valuable light on mental activities, both normal and pathological, and on the nature of cognition, self-awareness, and levels of consciousness. ? (Verlagstext) // INHALT : Preface ---- Editor's Introduction ---- Orientations ---- Zazen Posture ---- The Physiology of Attention ---- Breathing in Zazen ---- Counting and Following the Breath ---- Working on Mu ---- The Tanden ---- Samadhi ---- Koans ---- Three Nen-Actions and One-Eon Nen ---- Existence and Mood ---- Laughter and Zen ---- Pure Existence ---- Pure Cognition and Kensho ---- Kensho Experiences. ISBN 0834801140