Zen in the Art of Archery: Training the Mind and Body to Become One

Zen in the Art of Archery: Training the Mind and Body to Become One

by Herrigel, Eugen

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The Zen tradition of archery (or swordsmanship) is not just a sport or a form of self-defence, but an art, a religious ritual and one of the many possible paths to Enlightenment.

In this classic work, Eugen Herrigel gives an unsparingly honest account of how he was initiated, step by step, into the 'Great doctrine' of archery and to learn Zen from a master.

At first he was baffled by what he was taught - that art must become artless, that the archer must lean to aim at himself - yet gradually he began to glimpse the depth of wisdom concealed in such paradoxes. While many Western writers on Zen serve up second-hand slogans, Herrigel's hard-won insight were his won discoveries and this wonderful book offers a beautifully clear introduction to one of the most haunting subtle spiritual traditions of the East.
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