Zen

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Alan Watts. Zen

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Ruth Fuller Sasaki

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Zen’s final section addresses the instantaneous action through self-abandonment found in the traditional Zen arts, whether in calligraphic brushstrokes or haiku, flower arranging or stone gardens, tea ceremony or archery — and the deep training and discipline necessary for that instantaneous action to be authentic.

It’s remarkable how in such a slender volume — what he called his little booklet — Watts could convey Zen’s challenges and its possibilities for life-changing breakthroughs. More than an outline or overview, Zen itself is like a haiku, a condensation of profundity that beckons to new understandings.

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