Kaoru Nonomura

Eat Sleep Sit (eBook, ePUB)

My Year at Japan's Most Rigorous Zen Temple
Übersetzer: Carpenter, Juliet Winters

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

At the age of thirty, Kaoru Nonomura left his family, his girlfriend, and his job as a designer to undertake a year of ascetic training at Eiheiji, one of the most rigorous Zen training temples in Japan. This book is Nonomura's account of his experiences. He skillfully describes every aspect of training, including how to meditate, how to eat, how to wash, and even how to use the toilet, in a way that is easy to understand even for readers with no knowledge of Zen Buddhism. This first-person account also describes Nonomura's struggles in the face of beatings, hunger, exhaustion, fear, and loneliness, the comfort he draws from his friendships with the other trainees, and his quiet determination to give his life spiritual meaning. After writing Eat Sleep Sit, Kaoru Nonomura returned to his normal life as a designer, but his book has maintained its popularity in Japan, selling more than 100,000 copies since its first printing in 1996. Beautifully written, and a fascinating insight into a lifestyle of hardships that few people could endure, this is a book that will appeal to all those with an interest in Zen Buddhism and to anyone with an interest in the quest for spiritual growth.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kodansha USA
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9784770050076
• Artikelnr.: 48673097

Autorenporträt

Born in 1959, KAORU NONOMURA traveled widely in China and Tibet as a young man. He worked as a designer before his year at Eiheiji. After his year there, he returned to his design job, and it was on the daily crowded train commute to work that he began to scribble his recollections of his Eiheiji experience, and these scribblings eventually became Eat Sleep Sit, the author's only book.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
PART ONE    The End and the Beginning
    Resolve   11
    Jizo Cloister   17
    Dragon Gate   25
    Main Gate   29
    Temporary Quarters   34
    Lavatory   38
    Facing the Wall   46
    Buddha Bowl   47
    Evening Service   53
    Evening Meal   56
    Night Sitting   61
PART TWO    Etiquette is Zen
    JMorning Service   69
    JMorning Meal   74
    JCleaning the Corridors   81
    JDignified Dress   84
    JWashing the Face   89
    JVerses   96
    JNoon  97
    JStick   101
PART THREE    Alone in the Freezing Dark
    JEntering the Hall   111
    JMonks’ Hall   115
    JCommon Quarters   120
    JWake-up Bell   129
    JBell Tower   133
    JSelf-reflection   143
    JFood Server   150
    JMonks’ Food   153
    JShaving the Head   159
    JDaikan   164
    JHunger  169
PART FOUR    The Passage of Time
    JEscape   177
    JRegistration Ceremony   180
    JFirst Bath   185
    JBeginning Intensive Training   189
    JManual Labor   195
    JPenance   201
    JMain Lecture   207
    JTransfer   211
PART FIVE    The Source of the Warmth of Life
    JNew Job   219
    JSales   223
    JDistribution of Goods   229
    JGuest Pavilion   233
    JInspection   238
    JWashrags   242
    JEnding Intensive Training &  247
PART SIX    The Colors of the Peak, the Echo in the Valley
    JAttendant to the Director   253
    JConference Room &  256
    JIn Attendance   259
    JMorning Session   263
    JIncense Bearer &  267
    JPreparations for Winter   271
    JIntensive Sitting   275
    JYear-end Cleaning   280
    JNew Year’s Day   283
    JNew Arrivals   286
    JJust Sit   290
    JDeparture Survey   294
    J Leaving   300
Afterword to the Japanese First Edition   311
Afterword to the Japanese Paperback Edition   315
Notes   323