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Explore the depths of inquiry with *A Fire Runs through All Things*, a transformative work that delves into the intersection of Zen koans and the climate crisis. This brand new trade paperback (UK) edition, published by Random House US in 2023, invites readers to engage in holistic reflections that challenge conventional thought patterns. Zen koans, rooted in East Asia's radical Buddhist tradition, serve as a powerful tool for grappling with the complexities of our world and the pressing climate emergency. Through a series of imaginative and provocative koans, author Susan Murphy guides us to embrace the 'not-knowing' mindset, allowing acceptance and creativity to emerge in response to today's environmental challenges.
Murphy transcends traditional narratives by intertwining Zen wisdom with Indigenous perspectives, particularly spotlighting the Australian Aboriginal concept of Country, emphasizing our profound connection to the Earth. By blending ancient teachings with contemporary issues, this book breaks down barriers to understanding our relationship with nature and ourselves. The transformative energy of these koans encourages readers to confront their feelings about climate change and empowers them to take meaningful action.
In *A Fire Runs through All Things*, discover how embracing uncertainty can lead to regeneration and healing for our planet. This essential read not only enriches your spiritual journey but also inspires a collective commitment to nurturing and protecting our world. Don't miss the chance to enhance your understanding of Zen and climate activism today.
Delivery Information: Enjoy fast and reliable shipping to your doorstep. Our delivery service ensures that you receive your copy in a timely manner, ready for exploration and reflection!
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781645471080
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2023
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Description:
Zen koans are a tradition of holistic inquiry based on "encounter stories" from East Asia's most radical Buddhist tradition. Turning this form of inquiry toward the climate crisis, Susan Murphy contends that koans can help us enter the mind of not-knowing, from which acceptance and possibility freely emerge. Koans reveal intimate, mythic, artful, playful, provocative, humorous, and fierce ways to engage the work of protecting and healing our world.
The koans point firstly at ourselves-at the very nature of "self." Until we hold "self" as a live question rather than its own unquestioned answer, we're stuck looking on from the "outside," hoping to engineer change upon a problem called "climate crisis," all the time oblivious to the fact that we're swimming in a reality with no outside to it, an ocean of transformative energy. Do we dare relinquish our wish for absolute control and fearlessly surf the intensity of our feelings about the suffering earth?
In addition to her use of dozens of traditional and new koans, Murphy illuminates the little-known Zen resonance with the oldest continuous body of indigenous wisdom on earth, summed up in the subtle Australian Aboriginal word Country. Murphy draws from her study and coteaching with Dulumunmun, Uncle Max Harrison, a distinguished Yuin Elder, to show how this millennia-deep taproot of intelligence confirms the aliveness of the earth and the kinship of all beings.
At a time of climate emergency, Zen koans show us how crisis itself can reveal the regenerative openness of life, mind, and being.
Zen koans are a tradition of holistic inquiry based
Murphy transcends traditional narratives by intertwining Zen wisdom with Indigenous perspectives, particularly spotlighting the Australian Aboriginal concept of Country, emphasizing our profound connection to the Earth. By blending ancient teachings with contemporary issues, this book breaks down barriers to understanding our relationship with nature and ourselves. The transformative energy of these koans encourages readers to confront their feelings about climate change and empowers them to take meaningful action.
In *A Fire Runs through All Things*, discover how embracing uncertainty can lead to regeneration and healing for our planet. This essential read not only enriches your spiritual journey but also inspires a collective commitment to nurturing and protecting our world. Don't miss the chance to enhance your understanding of Zen and climate activism today.
Delivery Information: Enjoy fast and reliable shipping to your doorstep. Our delivery service ensures that you receive your copy in a timely manner, ready for exploration and reflection!
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781645471080
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2023
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Description:
Zen koans are a tradition of holistic inquiry based on "encounter stories" from East Asia's most radical Buddhist tradition. Turning this form of inquiry toward the climate crisis, Susan Murphy contends that koans can help us enter the mind of not-knowing, from which acceptance and possibility freely emerge. Koans reveal intimate, mythic, artful, playful, provocative, humorous, and fierce ways to engage the work of protecting and healing our world.
The koans point firstly at ourselves-at the very nature of "self." Until we hold "self" as a live question rather than its own unquestioned answer, we're stuck looking on from the "outside," hoping to engineer change upon a problem called "climate crisis," all the time oblivious to the fact that we're swimming in a reality with no outside to it, an ocean of transformative energy. Do we dare relinquish our wish for absolute control and fearlessly surf the intensity of our feelings about the suffering earth?
In addition to her use of dozens of traditional and new koans, Murphy illuminates the little-known Zen resonance with the oldest continuous body of indigenous wisdom on earth, summed up in the subtle Australian Aboriginal word Country. Murphy draws from her study and coteaching with Dulumunmun, Uncle Max Harrison, a distinguished Yuin Elder, to show how this millennia-deep taproot of intelligence confirms the aliveness of the earth and the kinship of all beings.
At a time of climate emergency, Zen koans show us how crisis itself can reveal the regenerative openness of life, mind, and being.
Zen koans are a tradition of holistic inquiry based