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Taking the Path of Zen
By Robert Aitken
With a Foreword by
Gary
Snyder
There is a fine art to presenting complex ideas
with simplicity and insight
,
in a manner that
both guides and inspires
.
InTAKINGTHEPATH
OF ZEN Robert Aitken presents the practice, life-
style, rationale, and ideology of Zen Buddhism
with remarkable clarity. As
one
of the few West-
ern Roshis (the Zen title
"
Roshi" means
"teach-
er") Robert Aitken is at once faithful
to
Eastern
tradition and to uniquely Western problems
and
attitudes
.
TAKING THE PATHOFZEN will serve as
orientation and guide for
anyone
who is drawn
to
the ways of Zen, from the sim pi y curious to the
serious Zen student
.
The foundation of Zen is the practice
of
zazen,
or meditation,
and
Aitken Roshi insists that
everything flows from this center. He discusses
correct
breathing, posture, routine, teacher-
student relations,
and
koan study
,
as well
as
common
problems and milestones encountered
in the process
.
Throughout the book the author
returns
to
zazen, offering further advice
and
more
advanced techniques. The orientation
extends
to
various religious attitudes and includes detailed
discussions
of
the Three Treasures and the Ten
Precepts
of
Zen Buddhism
.
These subtle
and
complex ethical structures
are
usually introduced
to the serious student of Zen only
after
years
of
meditation and study.
As citizens ofa troubled world,
facing
war
and
exploi tation and the possibili ty ofannihilation,
people are questioning with some urgency the
basic tenets
oflife.
Aitken Roshi
's
purpose in
presenting this comprehensive introduction to
Zen Buddhism is
to
offer Zen practice more
widelyas
an option
in the human search to resolve
such questions
.
ISBN: 0-86547 -080-4
1
Taking
the Path
of Zen
Robert Ai tken
North Point Press
San Francisco
1982
Copyright
<0
1982 by Diamond Sang ha
Foreword
copyright
I{)
1982 by
Gary Snyder
Princed in the UnitedStatesof America
Library
of Congress Catalogue
Card
Number:
82-081475
ISBN:
0-86547-080-4
The drawings
ofMakkoho and
Zazen
positions
on
pp
.
17 and
18
are by
Andrew Thomas.
The represencation
ofShakyamuni
Buddhaon
p. 21
is courtesy ofche
Honolulu Academy
of
Arcs
(GiftofMr.
Roberc Allercon).
The porcrai t
ofDai
to Kokushi
by
Hakuin
Zen
j
i on p. 22
is reproduced
courcesy of
the
owner,
Rev.
Shiigu
Yokota
ofTenrin
Temple, Matsue
,
Japan.
To the memory and to the presence of
Yasutani Hakuun-shitsu Rooaishi

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