Japanese Arts and Self-Cultivation

Name: Japanese Arts and Self-Cultivation
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ISBN: 9780791472545

ISBN-10: 079147254X

ISBN-13: 9780791472545

Edition: 2007

Authors: Robert E. Carter, Eliot Deutsch

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 11/8/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 197
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.528
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Self-Cultivation


The Bodymind


Unification of Body and Mind


Enlightenment


Meditation as a Path


The Resultant Transformation


Ki


A Brief Map



Aikido-The Way of Peace


The Beginnings


Aikido: One and Not One


Aikido and Budo


A Spiritual Way


Aikido and Ethics


The Value and Worth of the Other


Aikido and Sports


Yagyu


Letting Go of the Ego



Landscape Gardening as Interconnectedness


Prelude


The Shinto Influence


The Buddhist Influence


Zen-Inspired Gardens


Masuno's Gardens


I and Thou


The Ethics of Gardens



The Way of Tea (Chado)-To Live without Contrivance


Background to the Way of Tea


Wabi


Zen and Pure Land


From Sen no Rikyu to Sen Genshitsu XV


Furyu


The Lineage


Beyond Language



The Way of Flowers (Ikebana)-Eternity Is in the Moment


Introduction


Zen and Ikebana


Ikenobo


Shinto and Ikebana


The Koan of Living by Dying and Dying by Living


Reflections of a Pioneer


The Principle of Three


A Culture of Flowers



The Way of Pottery-Beauty Is in the Abdomen


Introduction


Non-Dualistic Awareness


Hamada: Teacher and Collector


... and Ethics?


Summary


Conclusion


Ethics and Self-Transformation


The Train to Takayama


Attitudes Revisited


Glossary


References


Index