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Kakuzo Okakura • The Book of Tea (Unexpurgated Start Publishing LLC)
The art of the inner work, which unlike the outer does not forsake the artist, which he does not “do” and can only“be,” springs from the depths of which the day knows nothing. EUGEN HERRIGEL, ZEN IN THE ART OF ARCHERY
John Daido Loori • The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life
Shōyō Rōku says, “On the withered tree, a flower blooms.”
Charlotte J. Beck • Everyday Zen: Love and Work (Plus)
Wabi sabi is not solely the work done by nature, nor is it solely the work done by man. It is a symbiosis of the two. This story is often quoted by the Japanese as being the best way to describe the spirit of wabi sabi. Wabi sabi may abound in nature, but only by catching its subtlest moods and framing them can man bring himself closer to the secre
... See moreAndrew Juniper • Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence
“truths that transcend words.”
Red Pine • The Lankavatara Sutra: Translation and Commentary (NONE)
“From emptiness comes wisdom
Red Pine • The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. —Michelangelo
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
—Alan Watts, The Way of Zen
Jack Kornfield • The Buddha Is Still Teaching: Contemporary Buddhist Wisdom
The core philosophy that beauty was to be found in detail was now incorporated into the Japanese mind, where it remained relatively unchallenged until Japan again opened her borders to the West.