ZEN & HEALTH

About the Book

This book tells the true significance, necessity, merits, and possibility of the practice of Zen, Awakened Way, and the wholly wholesome way in everyone’s all daily activities and throughout one’s whole life in a new, original perspective and prognosis of them. Zazen, sitting meditation, stops all karmas (physical, verbal, mental actions and action results, which became our psycho-physical beings and behaviors), thus witnesses primordial purity, peace and prognosis. Zen is the core practice (cultivation/verification) of the Awakened Way (Buddhism), realizing unconditioned peace (nirvana) and unsurpassed awakening (anuttara sambodhi) into existence and wakeful life by them in the wholly wholesome way and world. From this vantage point it pervades and penetrates through all actions in harmonious, healthy, happy breathing, body-mouth-mind bearing, cooking, eating, executing errands, cultivating capacities, sporting in skills, etc. Anyone can come and see the detailed description of how Zen is applied and appreciated in breathing, calming and clearing minds and hearts, cooking, eating, sporting, doing duties, transforming the life ways and world in this book.

About the Author

Hajime Iwamoto is a professor of Toyo University in Tokyo. Born in Fukuoka, Japan, he graduated with a Bachelor of Economics in Political Science and Economics in1967, a Bachelor of English and Literature in the School of Education in 1971, both from Waseda University, and with a Master of Linguistics in 1977 from New York University. He has been teaching Linguistics, a Theory of Literature, and English. He published "The Japanese Aesthetic Sense through Zen" as well as other academic articles, and is going to publish "Zen Mind" and "Zen and the Western Philosophy." He has been practicing Zen with and helping Rev. Yoshida's Zen Center and other places abroad with his skills in calligraphy, Sumie-painting, seal carving, gardening, etc. Rosan Osamu Yoshida is the founder and director of the Missouri Zen Center since 1980, has been practicing Zen in Japan and in the States, and received dharma transmission from Dainin Katagiri Roshi in 1989 and from Tsugen Narasaki Roshi in 1993. He was certified by Soto Shu (School) as an international teacher in 1994. He earned his Ph.D. and M.Ph. from Columbia University and M.A. from Tokyo University. He is the author of "NO SELF - A Systematic Interpretation of Buddhism" and "Limitless Life: Dogen's World" as well as other books, articles, translations. He also produced a Video Series on the world's religions. He participated in the Parliament of the World's Religions and is promoting the Global Ethic. He is a primary founder and adviser of the Global System Ethic Association and has been active and attending their conferences.