Dancing with Your Books: The Zen Way of StudyingHere is a sound guide for students that one hopes will be cataloged in the How to Study rather than Zen religion area. The author, an experienced professor, touches bases with many previous writers who have explicated Zen Buddhism for the West. Simple meditation, mind control, and relaxation methods are explained in short chapters. The applications to study are relevant to most common student problems. A final section summarizes some specific study techniques given in other guides. In all, this is a valuable addition to a subject that usually lacks discussion of the psychological pitfalls. It could become a cult classic--but who can tell in the current college atmosphere? For undergraduate collections.-- Jeanne S. Bagby, formerly with Tucson P.L., Ariz.-Library Journal. |
Contents
Control and Freedom | 21 |
Beginners Mind | 27 |
Is There Life After Ego? | 33 |
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accept activities akido answer assigned become begin beginner's mind Bo Lozoff body boredom breath counting cern chapter commitment concentrate course daily Dainin Katagiri dance dancer deal develop discussion ego monster emotions energy everything exam example experience feel flow full attention future goals hour Hubert Benoit idea imagine important internal space intrusive thoughts keep kinhin learning lecture LeShan let go let them go matter means meditation method mind's light Monster Ego needs Peter Matthiessen Philip Kapleau Pirsig position posture present problems professor reading realization relaxed requires research paper research question right effort Robert Aitken Robert Pirsig schedule schoolwork seiza shower simply SQ3R step study with right suggested task at hand techniques test anxiety thing thoughts time-place dissonance tion topic underline value rigidity words worry zafu zazen Zen masters