Susan Murphy

Upside-Down Zen

Finding the Marvelous in the Ordinary

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Produktbeschreibung

"Upside-Down Zen" invites readers to explore the vivid spirit of Zen Buddhism in fresh ways. Recalling, in another vein, the warm, lyrical style of Lin Jensen' s "Bad Dog!," author Susan Murphy offers a multifaceted take on the spiritual, grounded in the everyday. She uses her skills as storyteller, filmmaker, and poet to uncover the connections between Zen and Western cinema, as well as between Zen and traditions as diverse as Australian aboriginal beliefs and Jewish folktales. In the process, she finds spirituality where it has always belonged - wherever life is happening. Murphy helps readers make sense of Zen koans, the often oversimplified and misunderstood teaching stories of the tradition, and highlights their wisdom for any reader on the spiritual path. A strong new voice in Western Buddhism, Murphy speaks for the many " unrecorded" women of Zen while bringing a lively, literate approach to a sometimes daunting genre.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wisdom Publications
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 154mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9780861712793
• ISBN-10: 086171279X
• Artikelnr.: 21161763

Autorenporträt

Susan Murphy is a Zen teacher in the lineage that comes through Robert Aitken and Ross Bolleter in the Diamond Sangha branch of the Harada-Yasutani line of Zen, and John Tarrant, who has established an independent Zen school, the Pacific Zen Institute. She regularly conducts sesshin (Zen retreats) with the Zen Open Circle (www.zenopencircle.org.au). She also travels to Melbourne and the US to teach. Susan is a writer and feature film director, with a special interest in place, dream, and the affinity of Dharma with aboriginal spirituality. She is a widely published author on subjects as varied as cinema and Zen. She lives in Sydney.