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It's okay not to look for the meaning of life: a Zen monk's guide to living stress-free one day at a time/ Jikisai Minami ; translated by Makiko Itoh.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, c2023Description: 190 pages: illustrations; 19 cmISBN:
  • 978-4-8053-1778-5
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BQ 9265.4  .M553 2023
Contents:
A technique for living -- What is the "self" you value? -- Shake off the burden of hopes and dreams -- Don't be swayed by emotions -- Live life to the full while looking death in the face
Summary: "Zen monk Jikisai Minami takes the things we are supposed to strive for and turns them on their head. The [38] short, thought-provoking essays in this book are divided into four chapters about our sense of self, our hopes and dreams, our personal relationships and how to face death. Each essay begins with a deliberately controversial point of view to help us look at life's problems through fresh eyes." -Amazon.com
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Books High School Learning Resource Center General Circulation Non-fiction BQ 9625.4 M553 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available HS14920

Originally published in Japanese as "Zenso ga oshieru kokoro ga raku ni naru ikakata," 2017

A technique for living -- What is the "self" you value? -- Shake off the burden of hopes and dreams -- Don't be swayed by emotions -- Live life to
the full while looking death in the face

"Zen monk Jikisai Minami takes the things we are supposed to strive for and turns them on their head. The [38] short, thought-provoking
essays in this book are divided into four chapters about our sense of self, our hopes and dreams, our personal relationships and how to face
death. Each essay begins with a deliberately controversial point of view to help us look at life's problems through fresh eyes." -Amazon.com

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