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Ce este Zenul? Intr-o exprimare simpla, Zenul este practica descoperirii adevaratului sine prin experienta directa si prin personalizarea acelei descoperiri in viata de zi cu zi. Descoperirea apare in ceea ce noi numim o experienta iluminatoare… Valoarea particulara a carţii de fata deriva din faptul ca experienta autorului a fost neobisnuit de profunda. Sunt sigur ca volumul va fi o veritabila calauza pentru cei aflati in cautarea adevarului despre Zen si ca va aduce o contributie durabila la corpusul literaturii Zen. Ryōun-ken Masamichi Yamada Iluminarea profunda a lui Kōun Roshi se vedea stralucind in el. Era o prezenta puternica si plina de compasiune, o persoana care trezea in mod firesc respectul si afectiunea in cei care il cunosteau. Dorinta sa cea mai mare era sa ii ajute pe altii sa gaseasca pacea privind in interiorul lor si intelegand cine sunt. In aceasta carte, el lamureste cum natura intrinseca a oricarei fiinte umane este „terenul comun” unde oamenii de toate rasele, nationalitatile si credintele alcatuiesc o singura realitate. El ne invata ca, prin practicarea Zenului si prin ajungerea la aceeasi experienta ca Buddha Sakyamuni – realizarea lipsei de sine a tuturor fiintelor –, putem transcende diferentele care ne separa si putem gasi pacea adevarata in inimile noastre si in aceasta lume. Joan Rieck si Henry Shukman Trezirea este realizarea faptului ca atat conţinutul subiectului, cat şi al obiectului sunt vide si unitare si ca aceasta vacuitate nu este altceva decat schimbarea constanta a lumii fenomenale a formei. Mai bine spus, intr-un aspect existenta reala este complet vida si intr-un alt aspect este lumea fenomenala a formei ce apare si dispare fara incetare, in conformitate cu legea cauzalitatii. Kōun Yamada

Among the jumble of paperweights, plates, typewriters and general bric-a-brac in Mr Nakano's thrift store, there are treasures to be found. Each piece carries its own story of love and loss - or so it seems to Hitomi, when she takes a job there working behind the till. Nor are her fellow employees any less curious or weatherworn than the items they sell. There's the store's owner, Mr Nakano, an enigmatic ladies' man with several ex-wives; Sakiko, his sensuous, unreadable lover; his sister, Masayo, an artist whose free-spirited creations mask hidden sorrows. And finally there's Hitomi's fellow employee, Takeo, whose abrupt and taciturn manner Hitomi finds, to her consternation, increasingly disarming. A beguiling story of love found amid odds and ends, The Nakano Thrift Shop is a heart-warming and utterly charming novel from one of Japan's most celebrated contemporary novelists.

Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, 'Sensei', in a bar. He is at least thirty years her senior, retired and, she presumes, a widower. After this initial encounter, the pair continue to meet occasionally to share food and drink sake, and as the seasons pass - from spring cherry blossom to autumnal mushrooms - Tsukiko and Sensei come to develop a hesitant intimacy which tilts awkwardly and poignantly into love. Perfectly constructed, funny, and moving, Strange Weather in Tokyo is a tale of modern Japan and old-fashioned romance.

Roman finalist al Man Asian Literary Prize 2012.

Un roman de o forta extraordinara, care ilustreaza, fara indoiala, mostenirea marilor prozatori moderni ai Japoniei.” (La Vanguardia)

Cele zece iubiri ale lui Nishino capteaza deopotriva unde secrete ale obiectelor, ale naturii si, in stilul bine-cunoscut al lui Hiromi Kawakami, dincolo de simplitatea naratiunii, te face sa simti un parfum si un freamat care dureaza.

'Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle.' In this charming book from 1906, Okakura explores Zen, Taoism, Tea Masters and the significance of the Japanese tea ceremony. It is both a paean to the art of simplicity, and a wry critique of the West's view of Japan.