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Samadhi: Self Development in Zen, Swordsmanship, and Psychotherapy (Suny Series in Transpersonal and Humanistic Psychology) by Mike K. Sayama is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The key to self-development, says Mike Sayama, is the experience of Samadhi, a state of relaxed concentration in which the individual neither freezes out of fear nor clings due to desire. Simply stated, samadhi is the free flow of vital energy within the body and between the body and the universe. Moving effortlessly across traditions and techniques, Sayama discovers that sages throughout history—Greek philosophers, German mystics, Indian seers, and our own Albert Einstein among others—have taught that this experience of transcendental oneness lies at the heart of full self-realization.The first part of the book studies self-realization in Zen Buddhism. The author pinpoints its essence in Buddha's enlightenment. The development of Zen is then traced, continuing down to living masters who in very recent times have transplanted their lineages from Japan to the United States. Sayama notes that we must choose as masters those to whom the authentic teaching has been transmitted through generations, and he examines in loving detail the sometimes strange and astonishing behaviors of those whose very presence communicates the state of samadhi.The second part of the book presents Zen therap

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Author

Mike K. Sayama

Publisher

State University of New York Press

Published

1986

Language

EN

ISBN

9780887061462

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Psychology, Religion, Fiction