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Real Zen for real life [videorecording (DVD)] / Bret W. Davis.

by Davis, Bret W.

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Teaching Company, 2020.

DVD 294.3443 D261r

Zen meditations.

Great courses (DVD). Philosophy & intellectual history.

Great courses (DVD)

9781644650127 (set)

Alternate title:

Great Courses. Real Zen for real life [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)] /

4 videodiscs (720 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Course no. 4162.

"24 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container.

Closed-captioned.

Disc 1. What is Zen? recovering the beginner's mind -- The Zen way to know and forget thyself -- Zen meditation: clearing the heart-mind -- How to practice Zen meditation -- The middle way of knowing what suffices meditation checkup: the middle way of meditation -- Embracing the impermanence of life meditation checkup: lead with the body and physical stillness -- Disc 2. The true self is egoless -- Loving others as yourself -- Taking turns as the center of the universe meditation checkup: from mindless reacting to mindful responding -- Who or what is the Buddha -- Mind is Buddha: if you meet him, kill him! meditation checkup: dealing with unavoidable pain -- Dying to live: Buddhism and Christianity -- Disc 3. Zen beyond Mysticism: everyday even mind -- Engaged Zen: from inner to outer peace meditation checkup: dealing with distractions -- The Dharma of karma: we reap what we sow -- Zen morality: follow and then forget rules -- The zone of Zen: the freedom of no-mind -- Zen lessons from nature: the giving leaves meditation checkup: three ways of breathing in and out -- Disc 4. Zen art: cultivating naturalness -- Zen and words: between silence and speech meditation checkup: chanting as a meditative practice -- Zen and philosophy: The Kyoto School -- Just sitting and working with Koans meditation checkup: walking meditation -- Death and rebirth: or, Nirvana here and now -- Reviewing the path of Zen: the oxherding pictures finding a Zen community.

Lecturer: Bret W. Davis, PhD., Loyola State University Maryland.

"Engage in the practice of Zen as you dive into its philosophical implications on modern western culture."--Container.

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