Deepest Practice, Deepest Wisdom by Kosho Uchiyama
Insightful commentary on a beloved ancient philosopher of Zen by a beloved contemporary master of Zen. Famously insightful and famously complex, Eihei Dogen's writings have been studied and puzzled over for hundreds of years. In Deepest Practice, Deepest Wisdom, Kosho Uchiyama, beloved twentieth-century Zen teacher addresses himself head-on to unpacking Dogen's wisdom from three fascicles (or chapters) of his monumental Shobogenzo for a modern audience. The fascicles presented here from Shobogenzo, or Treasury of the True Dharma Eye include Shoaku Makusa or Refraining from Evil, Maka Hannya Haramitsu or Practicing Deepest Wisdom, and Uji or Living Time. Tom Wright and Shohaku Okumura lovingly translate Dogen's penetrating words and Uchiyama's thoughtful commentary on each piece. At turns poetic and funny, always insightful, this is Zen wisdom for the ages.
Wright, Tom: - Tom Wright is a London based playwright and theatre director, originally from the Midlands. He is currently the Artist Development Coordinator at The Old Vic. He has participated in the Royal Court, Soho Theatre and Finborough Theatre's playwright groups, is a member of Mercury Musical Development's Advanced Writers' Lab, as well as working with Old Vic New Voices. Tom's debut play My Dad's Gap Year will be presented at the Park Theatre in February 2019. It was first performed at the Tristan Bates Theatre, before being developed with Rikki Beadle-Blair for Team Angelica and revived at the Bush Theatre, London. Tom's second play I Ain't Dumb was also developed with Team Angelica and supported by the Peggy Ramsay Foundation. It premiered at Theatre Royal Stratford East the following year. Tom was commissioned to adapt Jamie O'Neill's novel 'At Swim, Two Boys' into stage musical Rebel Song which was nominated for the Stiles & Drewe Best New Song Prize, secured funding from Arts Council England and was selected as part of From Page To Stage to be performed at Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Other Palace. Short work includes Broadcast (Old Vic New Voices), Three Sunrises (St. James Theatre) and I, We, Me (Vaults Festival). His next full-length play Undetectable will premier at the King's Head Theatre in March 2019.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781614293026 |
| ISBN 10 | 1614293023 |
| Title | Deepest Practice, Deepest Wisdom |
| Author | Kosho Uchiyama |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Wisdom Publications,U.S. |
| Year published | 2018-02-28 |
| Number of pages | 401 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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