Discovering the True Self
- Author Kodo Sawaki
- Narrator David Shih
- Publisher Tantor Media, Inc
- Run Time 5 hours and 58 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre East Asian and Indian philosophy, Mind, body, spirit, Mind, body, spirit: meditation and visualization, Mindfulness, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Philosophy, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Zen Buddhism.
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As an orphan in the slums of Tsu City, Japan, Kodo Sawaki had to fight his way to adulthood, and became one of the most respected Zen masters of the twentieth century. He had a great understanding of Dogen Zenji's teaching and he knew how to express Dogen's philosophy. Sawaki's primary mission was to bring all people to an awareness of the Self, which he believed came through Zen meditation.
His humor and straightforward talk garnered Sawaki followers from all walks of life. Though he remained poor by choice, he was rich in spirit. Two of his students who became known in America as well as in Japan were Kosho Uchiyama, abbot of Antaiji Temple and author of Opening The Hand of Thought, and Gudo Nishijima, Zen teacher and translator of Dogen's Shobogenzo.
A student of Kosho Uchiyama, Arthur Braverman has compiled an anthology of Sawaki's writings and a garland of sayings gathered from throughout his lifetime. One of a few collections of Sawaki's teachings published in English, his life and work bracket the most intriguing and influential period of modern Zen practice in Japan and America.
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