Minding The Earth, Mending The World: Zen And The Art Of Planetary Crisis
by Susan Murphy /
2014 / English / EPUB
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Shunryu Suzuki Roshi founded the San Francisco Zen Center in
1962, and after fifty years we have seen a fine group of Zen
masters trained in the west take up the mantle and extend the
practice of Zen in ways that might have been hard to imagine in
those first early years. Susan Murphy, one of Robert Aitken’s
students and dharma heirs, is one of the finest in this group of
young Zen teachers. She is also a fine writer, and following on
the teaching of her Roshi she has engaged her spiritual work in
the ordinary world, dealing with the practice of daily life and
with the struggles of all beings.
Shunryu Suzuki Roshi founded the San Francisco Zen Center in
1962, and after fifty years we have seen a fine group of Zen
masters trained in the west take up the mantle and extend the
practice of Zen in ways that might have been hard to imagine in
those first early years. Susan Murphy, one of Robert Aitken’s
students and dharma heirs, is one of the finest in this group of
young Zen teachers. She is also a fine writer, and following on
the teaching of her Roshi she has engaged her spiritual work in
the ordinary world, dealing with the practice of daily life and
with the struggles of all beings.
We know that our earth is in crisis, but is the situation beyond
repair? Are we on a path of planetary disaster where the only
proper response is to prepare for our melancholic dystopian
future? Is there a way out of our suspicious cynicism?
We know that our earth is in crisis, but is the situation beyond
repair? Are we on a path of planetary disaster where the only
proper response is to prepare for our melancholic dystopian
future? Is there a way out of our suspicious cynicism?
In the tradition of Thomas Berry, using this spiritual
opportunity to change the very nature of our crisis, Susan Murphy
offers a profound message, subtly presented with clarity and
assurance, showing that engaged Buddhism provides a possible path
to the necessary repair and healing.
In the tradition of Thomas Berry, using this spiritual
opportunity to change the very nature of our crisis, Susan Murphy
offers a profound message, subtly presented with clarity and
assurance, showing that engaged Buddhism provides a possible path
to the necessary repair and healing.