Alejandro Jodorowsky

The Finger and the Moon (eBook, ePUB)

Zen Teachings and Koans

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Jodo's interpretations of the stories and koans of Zen master Ejo Takata • Offers more than 60 Zen teaching tales, initiatory stories, koans, and haikus for self-realization and spiritual awakening • Each story or koan is accompanied by the author's lucid and penetrating commentary, blending the same burlesque slapstick and sublime insight that characterize his films • Explains how one must see beyond the words of the story to grasp the spiritual insights they contain Before he became the film maker and graphic novel author known throughout the world today, Alejandro Jodorowsky studied with Zen master Ejo Takata in Mexico City. In The Finger and the Moon, Jodorowsky recounts how he became Takata's student and offers his interpretations of the teaching tales, initiatory stories, koans, and enigmatic haikus he learned at the feet of his great and humble teacher. Blending the same burlesque slapstick and sublime insight that characterize his films such as El Topo and The Holy Mountain, each story is accompanied by the author's lucid and penetrating commentary, as well as insights from ancient Zen teachers. Yet their most significant gift to the reader is the sudden shock of realization they impart that can lead to spiritual awakening. Jodorowsky notes that most people are incapable of self-realization because of their fear of the void within, an emptiness they seek to fill with noise and chatter. He shows that Zen teachings can be compared to a finger pointing at the moon, directing you to awaken to your true nature--the Buddha within. The danger lies in mistaking the pointing finger for the moon, mistaking the words for the essential enlightenment, which can only be grasped once words have been surpassed. Unlike most tales, these stories are intended to evoke silent illumination--as true awakening and self-realization cannot occur until the mind has been stilled.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781620555361
• Artikelnr.: 49184972

Autorenporträt

Alejandro Jodorowsky is a playwright, filmmaker, composer, mime, psychotherapist, and author of many books on spirituality and tarot, and over thirty comic books and graphic novels. He has directed several films, including The Rainbow Thief and the cult classics El Topo and The Holy Mountain. He lives in France. In 2019, Alejandro Jodorowsky was cited as one of the "100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People in the World" according to Watkins Mind Body Spirit magazine.

Inhaltsangabe

PROLOGUE
Experience with Ejo Takata (Mexico, 1961)
The Essential Sound of Emptiness
ZEN AND JAPANESE STORIES
Swallowing the Serpent
The Two Cat Doors
The Fool and the Theologian
Crossing the River
Eyes Wide Open
The Monks and the Rabbits
Miracle and Faith
The Zen Garden
Attention
Ignorance and Enlightenment
The Interview
Hell and Paradise
Pay Attention
An Impassive Old Man
The Test of the Jar
The Head of the Dog
The Learning Process
KOANS
Regarding Koan Masters and Disciples
The Wooden Buddha in the Temple Fire
Water
What Is Buddha?
Back to the World
Infinity
Is Buddha in the Dog?
Seizing the Sky
The Master’s Bones
The Master’s Death
Two Monks and a Nightingale
The White Stone
The Heart of the Tree
The Visit of Master Tanka
Mokugen’s Smile
Submit!
Open Hand, Closed Hand
Cutting Off Buddha’s Neck
A Million Things
The One-Pound Shirt
Break the Shape
Where Are You?
Becoming One with the Path
The Dog’s Nature
Nansen’s Arrow
Joshu and the Birds
The Monk, the Bridge, and the River
The Spirit at the Center
Falling into the Well
The Sleeping Attendant
Constant Inconstancy
The Thousand Hands of the Buddha of Compassion
The Master’s Heart
Ten Thousand
Stronger than Buddha
Interior and Exterior
The Best Piece of Meat
The Three Worlds
What Has Become of the Old Masters?
A Definition of Zen
Facing Disaster
Tchao-Tcheu Tests an Old Woman
The Mocking Gloss of Wu-Men
Arakuine’s Tears
Enlightenment
The Candle
The Master’s Gratitude
HAIKUS
GLOSSARY
INDEX