Minding the earth, mending the world : Zen and the art of planetary crisis / Susan Murphy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murphy, Susan, 1950- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology--Religious aspects--Zen Buddhism.

Human ecology.

Zen Buddhism--Social aspects.

Zen Buddhism.

Human ecology--Religious aspects.

Physical Description:

xi, 317 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint, [2014]

Summary:

"Shunryu Suzuki Roshi founded the San Francisco Zen Center in 1962, and after fifty years we have seen a fine group of Zen masters trained in the west take up the mantle and extend the practice of Zen in ways that might have been hard to imagine in those first early years. Susan Murphy, one of Robert Aitken's students and dharma heirs, is one of the finest in this group of young Zen teachers. She is also a fine writer, and following on the teaching of her Roshi she has engaged her spiritual work in the ordinary world, dealing with the practice of daily life and with the struggles of all beings. We know that our earth is in crisis, but is the situation beyond repair? Are we on a path of planetary disaster where the only proper response is to prepare for our melancholic dystopian future? Is there a way out of our suspicious cynicism? In the tradition of Thomas Berry, using this spiritual opportunity to change the very nature of our crisis, Susan Murphy offers a profound message, subtly presented with clarity and assurance, showing that engaged Buddhism provides a possible path to the necessary repair and healing"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I A planet in crisis

Chapter 1 The koan of the earth 15

Chapter 2 What if this was real? 33

Part II Seeing the frame

Chapter 3 How stories frame us 61

Chapter 4 Stories we've been telling ourselves 71

Part III Breaking the frame

Chapter 5 Natural mind 111

Chapter 6 Stories we need to hear now 139

Chapter 7 Earthed 160

Chapter 8 Reinventing the human 179

Part IV Minding the earth

Chapter 9 Medicine and sickness heal each other 201

Chapter 10 Where do you find your self? 226

Part V A medicine bundle of koans

Chapter 11 On opening the bundle 241.

Notes:

Originally published: Picador : Pan Macmillan Australia, 2012.

ISBN:

9781619023048

1619023040

OCLC:

870248373