"Since there is a flame of Buddha's enlightenment burning in every heart, there is nothing to seek or acquire. We are enlightened, and all the words in the world will not give us what we already have. Zen man is therefore concerned with only one thing, to become aware of what he already is," says Christmas Humphreys in his preface to this volume. It is the task of Zen masters to guide and accompany the student on his path to this awareness, to help him let go of his worldly "I" with the help of a wide variety of methods.
Zen master Myōkyō-ni Irmgard Schlögl gives us here not only a profound and comprehensive introduction to the essence of Zen in the context of the Buddha's teachings, but also a wealth of examples of the many ways and methods used by masters to guide their students and to be their role models-in love, in austerity, as helpers and as destroyers of the veil of illusions-on their path toward clear seeing.
Features:
Publisher: Verlag Werner Kristkeitz
Language: German
Author: Myokyo-ni Irmagard Schlögl
Hardcover with thread binding
ribbon bookmark
104 pages
ISBN: 978-3-932337-46-8
