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Zen and the kingdom of heaven : reflections on the tradition of meditation in Christianity and Zen Buddhism / Tom Chetwynd.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chetwynd, Tom.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church.
- Meditation--Buddhism.
- Meditation.
- Meditation--Catholic Church.
- Zen Buddhism--Relations--Catholic Church.
- Zen Buddhism.
- Catholic Church--Relations--Zen Buddhism.
- Relations.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 153 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Wisdom, [2001]
- Summary:
- Using the teachings of Christ and the writings and stories of Christian spiritual masters, Chetwynd delves into the history of the tradition of meditation within Christianity. "Zen & the Kingdom of Heaven" offers provocative insights into the role of meditation in the East and the West.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Zen Experience
- Chapter 1 The First Step 9
- Difficulty at the Beginning 9
- Just Sitting Facing the Wall 10
- The Zen Monk Arrives 15
- My First Zen Retreat 20
- Chapter 2 Baby Zendo and Sochu Roshi 33
- Chapter 3 Infinite Steps 49
- "Life Is a Marathon" 49
- The Science of the Soul 53
- Last Stop, First Step 60
- The Investigation 62
- Part 2 Christian Meditation in the Light of Zen
- Chapter 4 The Story of Christian Meditation 71
- The Buddha Was a Christian Saint, but Was Christ a Buddhist Sage? 72
- Did Jesus Christ Meditate? 77
- Jesus Christ, Teacher of Meditation 78
- Pure Mind 82
- The Kingdom of Heaven 83
- Chapter 5 The Immediate Sequel 89
- From the First Christian Communities to the Desert Fathers 89
- The Righteous Men and Anthony of the Desert 91
- Chapter 6 The Line of Christian Spiritual Masters 95
- The Investigation Continued 95
- From the Third to the Seventh Centuries: The Desert Fathers 98
- From the Orthodox Monks and Cassian to the Fourteenth Century 104
- From the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day in the Eastern Orthodox Branch of Christianity 114
- In the West, from Cassian to the Present Day 115
- A Break in the Chain of Christian Transmission 120
- Part 3 Christian Zen Practice
- Chapter 7 Christian Zen Practice 129
- The Still Body Stills the Mind 133
- Dissolving the Mind into the Breath 136
- Suitable Circumstances 140
- Chapter 8 What Comes Next? 143.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-153).
- ISBN:
- 0861711874
- OCLC:
- 45087046
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