Through Forests Of Every Color

Author : Joan Sutherland
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834844559
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Through Forests of Every Color written by Joan Sutherland and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nautilus Book Award Winner An intimate spiritual and literary journey exploring how Zen koans make us permeable to the joys and the anguish of this life—and to the primordial mystery we glimpse behind the veil of the everyday. In Through Forests of Every Color, renowned Zen teacher Joan Sutherland reimagines the koan tradition with allegiance to the root spirit of the koans and to their profound potential for vivifying, subverting, and sanctifying our lives. Her decades of practicing with koans and of translating them from classical Chinese imbues this text with a warm familiarity, an ease still suffused with awe. Interlinked essays on “koans as art,” “keeping company with koans,” and “walking the koan way” intersperse with beautifully translated renditions of dozens of traditional Zen koans. Sutherland also shares innovative koans culled from Western literature, as well as teachings on how to create idiosyncratic koans or "turning words" from the circumstances of one's own life. “First honored is your yearning, the preparation made on faith that there is something that will receive you if you make yourself ready,” writes Sutherland of the koan seeker. “Bathed—attended to, washed free of complications—and then aspiring to the deepest kind of beauty—receptive, brave, dedicated, openhearted. Already you’ve begun to look like the thing you’re looking for.”

Author : Joan Sutherland
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 161180986X
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Through Forests of Every Color written by Joan Sutherland and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate spiritual and literary journey exploring how Zen koans make us permeable to the joys and the anguish of this life—and to the primordial mystery we glimpse behind the veil of the everyday. In Through Forests of Every Color, renowned Zen teacher Joan Sutherland reimagines the koan tradition with allegiance to the root spirit of the koans and to their profound potential for vivifying, subverting, and sanctifying our lives. Her decades of practicing with koans and of translating them from classical Chinese imbues this text with a warm familiarity, an ease still suffused with awe. Interlinked essays on “koans as art,” “keeping company with koans,” and “walking the koan way” intersperse with beautifully translated renditions of dozens of traditional Zen koans. Sutherland also shares innovative koans culled from Western literature, as well as teachings on how to create idiosyncratic koans or "turning words" from the circumstances of one's own life. “First honored is your yearning, the preparation made on faith that there is something that will receive you if you make yourself ready,” writes Sutherland of the koan seeker. “Bathed—attended to, washed free of complications—and then aspiring to the deepest kind of beauty—receptive, brave, dedicated, openhearted. Already you’ve begun to look like the thing you’re looking for.”

Author : John Tarrant
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780834823495
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bring Me the Rhinoceros written by John Tarrant and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2008-11-11 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bring Me the Rhinoceros is an unusual guide to happiness and a can opener for your thinking. For fifteen hundred years, Zen koans have been passed down through generations of masters, usually in private encounters between teacher and student. This book deftly retells more than a dozen traditional koans, which are partly paradoxical questions dangerous to your beliefs and partly treasure boxes of ancient wisdom. Koans show that you don’t have to impress people or change into an improved, more polished version of yourself. Instead you can find happiness by unbuilding, unmaking, throwing overboard, and generally subverting unhappiness. John Tarrant brings the heart of the koan tradition out into the open, reminding us that the old wisdom remains as vital as ever, a deep resource available to anyone in any place or time.

Author : John Hamamura
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307386074
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Color of the Sea written by John Hamamura and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2007-11-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raised in Japan and Hawaii, Sam Hamada has been trained in the ways of the samurai. After graduation Sam strikes out for California and falls in love for the first time, with a beautiful young woman named Keiko. But then the Japanese attack Peal Harbor, igniting the war and making Sam, Keiko, and their families enemies of the state. Drafted into the U.S. Army, sent on a secret mission, Sam’s very identity both puts his life at risk and gives him the strength he needs to survive. Taking us from the lush Hawaiian Islands of the 1930s to the wartime world of madness in Hiroshima, Color of the Sea is the unforgettable story of one Japanese boy’s coming-of-age.

Author : Roger Priddy
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312494582
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Counting Colors Padded Board Book written by Roger Priddy and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-10-07 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents basic colors and the numbers from one to ten in illustrations featuring various camouflaged objects.

Author : Magnus Weightman
Publisher : Clavis
ISBN 13 : 9781605375199
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All Along the River written by Magnus Weightman and published by Clavis. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join this delightful river journey through forests, farms, waterfalls, and harbors.

Author : Moira Butterfield
Publisher : 360 Degrees
ISBN 13 : 9781680107371
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Green Planet written by Moira Butterfield and published by 360 Degrees. This book was released on 2020 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Every creature in the forest--from the tiny beetle to the giant bear--depends on trees for survival. Trees give off oxygen for living things to breathe, and they provide a home for countless bugs and animals all over the planet. This engaging book introduces children to the wildlife that lives in the world's forests"--Back cover.

Author : Verna R. Johnston
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520202481
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book California Forests and Woodlands written by Verna R. Johnston and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1996-06-16 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From majestic Redwoods to ancient Western Bristlecone Pines, California's trees have long inspired artists, poets, naturalists—and real estate developers. Verna Johnston's splendid book, illustrated with her superb color photographs and Carla Simmons's detailed black-and-white drawings, now offers an unparalleled view of the Golden State's world-renowned forests and woodlands. In clear, vivid prose, Johnston introduces each of the state's dominant forest types. She describes the unique characteristics of the trees and the interrelationships of the plants and animals living among them, and she analyzes how fire, flood, fungi, weather, soil, and humans have affected the forest ecology. The world of forest and woodland animals comes alive in these pages—the mating games, predation patterns, communal life, and the microscopic environment of invertebrates and fungi are all here. Johnston also presents a sobering view of the environmental hazards that threaten the state's trees: acid snow, ozone, blister rust, over-logging. Noting the interconnectedness of the diverse life forms within tree regions, she suggests possible answers to the problems currently plaguing these areas. Enriched by the observations of early naturalists and Johnston's many years of fieldwork, this is a book that will be welcomed by all who care about California's treasured forests and woodlands.

Author : Johanna Basford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781780679181
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Enchanted forest journal written by Johanna Basford and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sadao Hibi
Publisher : Kodansha International
ISBN 13 : 9784770025364
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Colors of Japan written by Sadao Hibi and published by Kodansha International. This book was released on 2000 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a photographic exploration of the characteristic colours of Japan that have appeared repeatedly throughout the centuries in everything from everyday utensils to works of high art. The Colors of Japan is a visually stunning look into the unique use of color in Japanese culture from prehistoric times to the present day. That the Japanese should possess their own sense of color is not surprising, for like almost every other aspect of human life, color perception varies from culture to culture. The first and most fundamental reason for this variation can be