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Bring me the rhinoceros : and other Zen koans that will save your life / John Tarrant.

By: Material type: TextTextBoston : Shambhala, 2008Description: ix, 194 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781590306185
  • 159030618X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.3/4432 22
LOC classification:
  • BQ9289.5 .T373 2008
Contents:
Bodhidharma's vast emptiness: forgetting who you are and making use of nothing -- Zhaozhou's dog: the secret of changing your heart -- Rhinoceros: meeting the inconceivable -- Ordinary mind is the way: the heaven that's already here -- A condolence: call pursuing death into life -- The red thread: connections that desire makes -- Counting the stars: a boring koan -- Out of nowhere, the mind comes forth: light playing on children's faces -- Tortoise mountain wakes up: friendship -- The great way is not difficult: life with and without your cherished beliefs -- The oak tree in the garden: the trouble with ancestors -- The bodhisattva's great mercy: a secret kindness working in the dark -- The woman at the inn: are you afraid of this happiness? -- There's nothing I dislike: on avoiding bad art -- The master song man, an Australian koan: finding your song.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-194).

Bodhidharma's vast emptiness: forgetting who you are and making use of nothing -- Zhaozhou's dog: the secret of changing your heart -- Rhinoceros: meeting the inconceivable -- Ordinary mind is the way: the heaven that's already here -- A condolence: call pursuing death into life -- The red thread: connections that desire makes -- Counting the stars: a boring koan -- Out of nowhere, the mind comes forth: light playing on children's faces -- Tortoise mountain wakes up: friendship -- The great way is not difficult: life with and without your cherished beliefs -- The oak tree in the garden: the trouble with ancestors -- The bodhisattva's great mercy: a secret kindness working in the dark -- The woman at the inn: are you afraid of this happiness? -- There's nothing I dislike: on avoiding bad art -- The master song man, an Australian koan: finding your song.