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Ukiyo-e is a Japanese art genre that includes woodblock prints and paintings that flourished from the 17th to 19th centuries. The term "ukiyo-e" translates to "pictures of the floating world," which refers to the transitory nature of life and the pleasure districts of cities during the Edo period (1615–1868). The prints depict scenes from everyday ... See more

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“I have no peace of mind [hsin],” said Hui-k’o. “Please pacify my mind.” “Bring out your mind here before me,” replied Bodhidharma, “and I will pacify it!” “But when I seek my own mind,” said Hui-k’o, “I cannot find it.” “There!” snapped Bodhidharma, “I have pacified your mind!”15 g At this moment Hui-k’o had his awakening, his tun-wu or satori, so

Alan W. Watts • The Way of Zen

The warriors and rich merchants who were retired gave rise to a class of the populace called the "literati" or bunjin (bun=literature; jin=person). This class was well versed in reading and

Sato,Shozo • Shodo: The Quiet Art of Japanese Zen Calligraphy, Learn the Wisdom of Zen Through Traditional Brush Painting

the ishitateso, “the monks who place stones,”

Andrew Juniper • Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence

In just three lines totaling seventeen syllables (5–7–5), a haiku presents a brief meditation in which the reader or listener is invited to participate, using imagery drawn from intensely careful observation.

Sam Hamill • The Pocket Haiku (Shambhala Pocket Library)

shakuhachi music, ikebana flower arrangement with its asymmetric

Hector Garcia • Geek in Japan: Discovering the Land of Manga, Anime, Zen, and the Tea Ceremony (Geek In...guides)

As in the tea ceremony, the way of elegance in haiku involves highly focused attention to detail as revealed through Zen practice. This constantly attentive state, and the discipline of writing, becomes for the poet a means of self-cultivation and a source of enlightenment.

Sam Hamill • The Pocket Haiku (Shambhala Pocket Library)

The fifteenth century saw Japan ennoble it into a religion of aestheticism—Teaism. Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a ten

Kakuzo Okakura • The Book of Tea (Unexpurgated Start Publishing LLC)

A life of poverty was the Zen ideal for a monk seeking the ultimate truth of reality, and so from these negative images came the poetic ideal of a man who has transcended the need for the comforts of the physical world and has managed to find peace and harmony in the simplest of lives.