Not One Single Thing - by Shodo Harada (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Explore the seminal Platform Sutra, with one of the greatest living Zen masters as a guide. A lodestone of Zen Buddhism, the Platform Sutra presents the life, work, and wisdom of Eno, or Huineng, the fascinating and much-loved seventh-century Sixth Patriarch of Chinese Zen. An illiterate woodcutter who famously attained enlightenment after only hearing a single line of a sutra, and who went on to decisively upstage senior monks with a poem that demonstrated the depth and clarity of his insight, his example has demonstrated to generations of students and spiritual seekers worldwide that enlightenment is attainable regardless of education or social standing. His exhortations to directly perceive one's true nature, right here and now, still reverberate in contemporary Zen. There is no bodhi tree, Nor stand of a mirror bright. Since all is void, Where can the dust alight? Shodo Harada Roshi's fresh reading of the Platform Sutra offers both the history behind the work and the lived experience of its wisdom. In a plain-English, conversational voice, Shodo Harada brings the sutra to life for his students, discussing and explaining its central points chapter by chapter and illustrating it with his own beautiful calligraphy. This is far from a collection of dry lectures; it is an essential Buddhist text brought to life"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Explore the seminal <i>Platform Sutra</i>, with one of the greatest living Zen masters as a guide.</b> <p/>A lodestone of Zen Buddhism, the <i>Platform Sutra</i> presents the life, work, and wisdom of Eno, or Huineng, the fascinating and much-loved seventh-century Sixth Patriarch of Chinese Zen. He was an illiterate woodcutter who famously attained enlightenment after only hearing a single line of the Diamond Sutra, and who went on to decisively upstage senior monks with a poem that demonstrated the depth and clarity of his insight. His example has demonstrated to generations of students and spiritual seekers worldwide that enlightenment is attainable regardless of education or social standing. His exhortations to directly perceive one's true nature, right here and now, still reverberate in contemporary Zen. <p/> Shodo Harada Roshi's fresh reading of the <i>Platform Sutra</i> offers both the history behind the work and the lived experience of its wisdom. In a plain-English, conversational voice, Shodo Harada brings the sutra to life for his students, discussing and explaining its central points chapter by chapter and illustrating it with his own beautiful calligraphy. This is an essential Buddhist text brought to life.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"These teachings are deep...the light of this genuine Zen master's profound clarity shines through!"--Ven. Mitra Bishop, abbot, Mountain Gate, and spiritual director, Hidden Valley Zen Center<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Shodo Harada Roshi</b> is an established Zen teacher, whose students include many American Zen teachers. He is the disciple and Dharma heir of Yamada Mumon Roshi, a renowned Zen master and Zen calligrapher. Harada Roshi is the abbot of Sogenji Zen Monastery in Okayama, Japan, and travels frequently to Tahoma Shogenji Monastery on Whidbey Island in Washington State.
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