Encouraging Words

Zen Buddhist Teachings for Western Students

Robert Aitken

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Pantheon Books
06 September 1994

Philosophy; Religion & beliefs

Nominated for the Tricycle Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Buddhism in America-a collection of short talks and essays from a renowned meditation teacher.

""The inspiration that guided monks and nuns in ancient times is our own deepest incentive as we establish our practice in a world that desperately needs new forms of kinship and love."" -Robert Aitken

In this inspiring collection, you will find a series of talks and

essays that Aitken Rashi has offered his students at meditation retreats during the past two decades. They are arranged according to themes central to all spiritual seekers-attention, emptiness, coming and going, diligence, death and the afterlife, the sacred self, and the moral path. Aitken provides guidance on pursuing religious practice in a lay context, ""re-casting the Dharma to include women, jobs, and family."" He also charts his own quest to develop a set of moral codes in keeping with Buddhism's basic precepts and honoring the enormous ethical challenges faced in the twentieth century.

By: Robert Aitken
Imprint: Pantheon Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 323g
ISBN: 9780679756521
ISBN 10: 0679756523
Pages: 230
Publication Date: 06 September 1994
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Encouraging Words: Zen Buddhist Teachings for Western Students

Aitken's title says it all. Encouraging Words will appeal to both beginning and advanced Zen lay students who seek to integrate their spiritual practice into everyday life. Curious readers will be rewarded, too. Here is a teacher both wise and practical in equal measure. -Ronn Ronck, Honolulu Advertiser