- Archery, Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects of Archery, Zen Buddhism
The path to achieving Zen (a balance between the body and the mind) is brilliantly explained by Professor Eugen Herrigel in this timeless account.
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Contemplative, earnest, grave and warm.
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- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Eugen Herrigel
- First published
- 1948
- Pages
- 102
- Publisher
- Vintage Books, Random House Inc (T), Vintage
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- German, English
- ISBN
- 9780679722977
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“At first sight it must seem intolerably degrading for Zen-however the reader may understand this word-to be associated with anything so mundane as archery.”
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