Living Zen Loving God

Author : Ruben L. F. Habito
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780861718962

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Living Zen, Loving God by Ruben L. F. Habito Pdf

The release of Ruben Habito's new book, Living Zen, Loving God has coincided with a rave review from Publishers Weekly magazine: "Habito may not seem himself as a revolutionary, but his humble life calling - to illuminate the commonalities between Zen Buddhism and Christianity - seems a profound gift. Habito excels in illuminating the connective spiritual tissue between the two religions, while explaining the principles of Buddhism. This is an excellent book for readers who want to deepen their understanding of Christianity, as well as Buddhism." - Publishers Weekly Exactly right. This wonderful book, in its friendly, informative tone, carefully explains Buddhist ideas - from key concepts like Emptiness and The Truth of Suffering to an in-depth and enlightening examination of the Heart Sutra - all in terms that will help modern Christian practitioners to deepen their faith, and Buddhists, to revitalize and broaden their perception and understanding. This is a book with immense value to anyone interested in interreligious dialogue and studies, and as such, has already won accolades from Habito's contemporaries. (See below.) Habito, a practicing Catholic and former Jesuit priest - as well as an acknowledged Zen master and professor in the School of Theology at Southern Methodist University - makes a clear case that Zen practice can deepen a Christian's connection to God, further clarify the Gospel teachings of Jesus, and enable one to live a more joyous, compassionate, and socially engaged life. Habito demonstrates that the practice of Zen meditation and even some elements of the Buddhist worldview can enable one to love God more constantly and commit to the service of the Realm of Heaven and the human community more wholeheartedly. Ruben L.F. Habito is the author of numerous publications, in both Japanese and English, on Zen and Christianity and is a prominent figure in the Buddhist-Christian Dialogue. A native of the philipines, Habito served as a Jesuit priest in Japan under the guidance of the great spiritual pioneer Father Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle and studied Zen with renowned teacher Koun Yamada. He lives in Dallas, Texas.

Author : Ruben L. F. Habito
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1626982155

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Be Still and Know by Ruben L. F. Habito Pdf

What has Jerusalem to do with the Bodhi Tree? This study of the relationship between the Christian Bible and Zen Buddhism is informed by the insights of an author who has vast experience with both. Ruben Habito, a Zen roshi as well as a Catholic spiritual director, uses his insights from years of talks at Zen retreats to inform this spiritual gem, focusing on the ways the practices of Zen can enrich Christianity, and vice versa. A treasure for all seekers, Christian and otherwise.

Author : Ruben L. F. Habito
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-22
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780861715084

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Healing Breath by Ruben L. F. Habito Pdf

Healing Breath shows us how we can heal our lives and thereby heal our wounded world. Ruben Habito reveals Zen's potential for positive transformation in the personal, social, and ecological realms. Habito's presentation is deeply resonant with Christ's teachings, and offers a powerful way to draw those teachings more deeply into our day-to-day living. Book jacket.

Author : Habito, Ruben
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608336807

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Be Still and Know by Habito, Ruben Pdf

Author : Robert Kennedy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781635579918

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Zen Spirit, Christian Spirit by Robert Kennedy Pdf

A new revised edition of the classic title on Zen and Christian living. Zen Spirit, Christian Spirit is a study of the intersection between Zen Buddhism and Christianity. Robert Kennedy explores how Zen can help us to live deeper lives and how we can return from a study of Zen to a more profound understanding of Christian living and practice. "What I looked for in Zen," says the author, "was not a new faith, but a new way of being Catholic that grew out of my own lived experience and would not be blown away by authority or by changing theological fashion." Kennedy is unique in being competent in both Catholic and Zen practice and who responds to people who are drawn to this form of prayer and life. This is a refreshingly simple but also most beautiful book.

Author : Harold Kasimow,Keenan P. John,Linda Klepinger Keenan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780861719037

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Beside Still Waters by Harold Kasimow,Keenan P. John,Linda Klepinger Keenan Pdf

A compelling question for people of faith today is how to remain committed to one's own religious tradition while being open to the beauty and truth of other religions. For example, some fear that Buddhism is a threat to Western faith traditions and express grave doubts about interreligious and cross-cultural encounters. Yet, many who have actually broadened their experience profess to have developed a deeper understanding of and a deeper commitment to their tradition of origin. This is what makes Beside Still Waters: Jews, Christians, and the Way of the Buddha such a new and meaningful contribution. Rather than offering research or lectures, Beside Still Waters takes a deeply personal approach, allowing the reader to delve into the individual experiences of fourteen Jews and Christians whose encounters with Buddhism have truly impacted their sense of religious identity. As Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography, says in the book's foreword, "The Buddhist presence in the religious world is far larger than a head-count of Buddhists can reveal." Beside Still Waters upholds this point by way of the diverse and eloquent authors who lend their perspective in its pages; these include Sylvia Boorstein, John B. Cobb, Norman Fischer, Ruben Habito, and other important members of the Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, and scholarly communities. Their collected anecdotes and interviews amount to an unprecedented and enduring work, sure to deepen our ability to understand each other, and therefore, ourselves.

Author : Brian J. Pierce
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608334674

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We Walk the Path Together by Brian J. Pierce Pdf

Author : Robert Linssen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Buddha (The concept)
ISBN : 0394173910

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Living Zen by Robert Linssen Pdf

History of Buddhism -- Short historical sketch of Zen -- Is Buddhism a philosophy? -- Is Buddhism a religion? -- The notion of God in Buddhism -- The illusory character of aid, of salvation, of all systems -- The nature of things -- Complementarity of physics and psychology -- The force of habit -- The action of the force of habit on the mind according to psychological types -- Memory-habits and the birth of the "I-process"--Tanha, or the thirst for becoming -- Obedience to the nature of things -- Nirvâna or satori -- Nirvâna and the void -- Nirvâna, satori and lucid love -- Lucidity without ideation -- Nirvâna, satori and the present -- Satori and the Zen unconscious -- Characteristics of satori according to the Zen masters -- Zen Buddhism and everyday life -- The inadequacies -- Buddhism and social problems -- Buddhism and Christianity -- Similarities between Zen and Krishnamurti -- Divergencies between Buddhism, Zen and Krishnamurti -- Commentary on a 'koan' -- Brief survey of the Tibetan schools of philosophy, of the 'oral transmission' of the (so-called) 'secret doctrines, by Madame A. David-Neel -- Transformation of physical life and its relations with the psycho-physical unity -- Transformation of human relations -- The true 'letting-go' effected by 'love-intelligence' -- On the birth of thoughts -- Satori and the research techniques of physicists -- From personal consciousness to the state of satori -- Parable of the flame and the smoke.

Author : Robert Kennedy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2004-10-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0826416543

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Zen Gifts to Christians by Robert Kennedy Pdf

Robert Kennedy is one of three Jesuits in the world who answer to both the titles "Father" and "Roshi," or venerable Zen teacher. In 1991, after ten years of practicing Zen meditation, he was installed as a Zen teacher at the recommendation of his teacher, Glassman Roshi, and of Glassman Roshi's teacher, Maezumi Roshi. Today, he directs a dozen groups of people from many religious persuasions--even atheists and agnostics--who sit weekly in Zen meditation throughout the greater New York metropolitan area. This book is specifically addressed to the Christian practitioners of Zen meditation or those who are curious about it. It is structured around ten well-known ox-herding pictures that have been a consistent source of inspiration to Zen students for centuries. Each picture represents a specific Zen insight to life, and these insights, says Kennedy, are not only fully compatible with Christianity but can help Christians achieve the spiritual goals enshrined in a Christian classic. For example, "The Cloud of Unknowing:" to be silent and attentive, to be wholly present to life, to be able to separate one's true self from one's false self, the self-seeking part of the personality that so often brings on pain.

Author : Peter C. Phan,Anh Q. Tran
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666959994

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Christian Perspectives on Transforming Interreligious Encounter by Peter C. Phan,Anh Q. Tran Pdf

Christian Perspectives on Transforming Interreligious Encounter underscores the urgency of interreligious dialogue for contemporary society, aiming to foster interfaith understanding, justice, and peace. The initial section focuses on novel approaches to engaging with the religious Other through non-Christian sacred texts. Contributors explore the Jewish-Christian relationship, offer Christian interpretations of Hindu, Buddhist, and Confucian scriptures, and discuss the Qurʾān's potential to refine Christian theology. The dangers of comparative theology are warned against, and alternative perspectives, such as Asian liberation theology, are proposed for situating religion critically, as well as share the insights on Christian engagement with Zen practice. The second part explores the transformation of key Christian doctrines through interreligious encounters. Contributors delve into topics such as the conditions for faith and divine revelation, formulating a Christology in dialogue with Asian traditions, and understanding the Spirit as a source of questioning. They investigate the communitarian dimension of religious faith, discuss the Catholic Church's stance on interreligious dialogue, examine the role of biblical hermeneutics in decolonizing theology, and reflect on the existential threat of ecological destruction. The third part pays tribute to Leo Lefebure, emphasizing his impact on Catholic theology and comparative theology, and concludes with Lefebure's epilogue, providing him with the last word.

Author : James Ishmael Ford
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006-10-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780861715091

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Zen Master Who? by James Ishmael Ford Pdf

Surprisingly little has been written about how Zen came to North America. "Zen Master Who?" does that and much more. Author James Ishmael Ford, a renowned Zen master in two lineages, traces the tradition's history in Asia, looking at some of its most important figures -- the Buddha himself, and the handful of Indian, Chinese, and Japanese masters who gave the Zen school its shape. It also outlines the challenges that occurred as Zen became integrated into western consciousness, and the state of Zen in North America today. The author includes profiles of modern Zen teachers and institutions, including D. T. Suzuki and Alan Watts, and such topics as the emergence of liberal Buddhism, and Christians, Jews, and Zen. This engaging, accessible book is aimed at anyone interested in this tradition but who may not know how to start. Most importantly, it clarifies a great and ancient tradition for the contemporary seeker.

Author : Ellen Jikai Birx,Charles Shinkai Birx
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781614291398

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Waking Up Together by Ellen Jikai Birx,Charles Shinkai Birx Pdf

Waking Up Together is written for those who want to journey to new depths of intimacy, both spiritually and in their love relationship. The book shows how a committed, long-term relationship can enhance spiritual development and how relationships can be transformed by spiritual practice. Written by two Zen teachers married for thirty-seven years, it shows that relationships and all that arise from them can be a help--not a hindrance!--as we seek greater freedom and joy. It is possible to wake up together! Going far beyond merely recommending skills and strategies to improve relationships, Waking Up Together serves as a guide in our ongoing process of spiritual discovery and intimacy. Throughout the book the authors intermingle stories and poems along with anecdotes from their married life, empowering couples to awaken to an ever-expanding experience of relationship that is full of spontaneity, mystery, awe, love, and unlimited possibility. Waking Up Together will be useful for couples of all persuasions. It affirms and encourages couples to cultivate the richness of their own relationship, and open to the unbounded potential of love.

Author : Jon Paul Sydnor
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666775150

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The Great Open Dance by Jon Paul Sydnor Pdf

The Great Open Dance offers a progressive Christian theology that endorses contemporary ideals: environmental protection, economic justice, racial reconciliation, interreligious peace, gender equality, and LGBTQ+ celebration. Just as importantly, this book provides a theology of progress—an interpretation of Christian faith as ever-changing and ever-advancing into God’s imagination. Faith demands change because Jesus of Nazareth started a movement, not a tradition. He preached about a new world, the Kingdom of God, and invited his followers to work toward the divine vision of universal flourishing. This vision includes all and excludes none. Since we have not yet achieved the world that Jesus describes, we must continue to progress. The energizing impulse of this progress is the Trinity: Abba, Jesus, and Sophia, three persons united by love into one perfect community. God is fundamentally relational, and humankind, made in the image of God, is relational as a result. We are inextricably entwined with one another, sharing a common purpose and a common destiny. In this vision, we find abundant life by practicing agape, the universal, unconditional love that Abba extends, Jesus reveals, and Sophia inspires.

Author : James Ishmael Ford
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781614293156

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Introduction to Zen Koans by James Ishmael Ford Pdf

An indispensible guide to koans, teaching the reader about the importance of lineage, the practice of “just sitting,” and koan practice as paths to awakening. “This marvelous book opens the treasure house of Zen and yet, happily, does not dispel its mystery. James Ford, an excellent storyteller and longtime Zen practitioner, presents a detailed and beautiful description of the craft of zazen, including “just sitting” and various forms of breath meditation—but focuses primarily on koan introspection. The power of koans, these 'public cases' from China, has never ceased to enrich my own experience of Zen. They are a medium of exploration of the history, culture, and view of Zen, but most importantly are a medium of awakening. James Ford is fundamentally a koan person, and for this, the book is particularly rich, opening the practice of koans in a splendid way. I am grateful for his long experience as a teacher and practitioner of this rare and powerful practice. Since the word koan has found its way into popular English usage, I am grateful too for the more nuanced and fertile view of koans that Ford presents. His definition of the word is telling: “a koan points to something of deep importance, and invites us to stand in that place.” He has also has created a wonderful translation of the Heart Sutra, Zen’s central scripture—and carefully opens up the heart of the Heart Sutra through scholarship and practice. Rich in textual sources and woven throughout with the perspectives of contemporary teachers, Introduction to Zen Koans sheds new light on ancient teachings. Through it, the reader will discover the importance of lineage, the traceless traces of the Zen ancestors, and the places of “just sitting” and koan practice as paths to awakening, as the great doorways into Zen.” —from the foreword by Joan Halifax

Author : John P. Keenan
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498221320

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The Emptied Christ of Philippians by John P. Keenan Pdf

Before the Gospels were written, long before the creeds of the Church were hammered out, Christ followers in Philippi sang a hymn of the Christ who, "although he was in the form of God . . . emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born as are all humans." But this emptied Christ never fit neatly into later theologies of the church, shaped by Greek thought, concerned with being and essence. In Philippians, Paul struggles, stumbling over his own awkward words to express his hope, his eschatological faith, that he might "gain Christ and be found in him . . . and participate in his sufferings by being conformed to his death, if in some way I may reach to what goes beyond the resurrection from the dead." Might we better comprehend Paul's inchoate, even mystical, faith in Jesus Christ with aid from a less empirical world of thought than our western heritage offers? Might the thinking of Mahā[set macron over a]yā[set macron over a]na Buddhism guide us toward an awareness of a truth in the Christian faith that is more profound than anything reducible to historical "facts," or even to human language?