Healing Breath : Zen for Christians and Buddhists in a Wounded World

by Habito, Ruben L. F.

• ISBN13: 9780861715084
• ISBN10: 086171508X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-22
• Publisher: Wisdom Publications

Summary

Many people are taking positive steps to address the needs of the globalommunity, but the magnitude of the task can be overwhelming. "Healing Breath"elps readers become socially active without being depressed or angry. Ithows how the healing of one's own life can become the basis of the Earth'sealing, and sheds light on Zen as a spiritual path that leads to healing inhree dimensions: personal, social and ecological. In the process ofescribing the Zen way of life, the author considers various Christianxpressions, symbols and practices, to show how they, too, point to theransformative and healing perspectives and experiences provided by Zen.ritten equally for Christians, Buddhists and anyone who just wants to make aifference in the world, "Healing Breath" offers an integrated spiritual pathith socially active, ecological engagement as the ground.

Author Biography

Ruben L. F. Habito teaches at the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Diagnosing Our Woundedness	p. 1
Surveying Our Situation	p. 1
Tracing the Roots of Our Brokenness	p. 5
Four Ennobling Truths: A Buddhist Diagnosis	p. 13
Sin and Salvation: The Christian Message	p. 16
Tasting and Seeing-The Zen Way of Life	p. 19
Four Marks of Zen	p. 19
Three Fruits of the Zen Life	p. 30
Listening to the Breath	p. 37
Elements of Zen Practice	p. 38
The Zen Teacher as Midwife	p. 46
Rediscovering the Breath	p. 49
The Breath as Connector and Healer	p. 51
The Breath in Christian Spirituality	p. 53
Awakening to True Self	p. 57
The Fundamental Questions	p. 58
The Koan Mu	p. 59
Hearing the Way	p. 65
Just Sitting: Shikan Taza	p. 68
Cosmic Affirmation: God Is Love	p. 71
Embodying the Way	p. 75
To Become as Little Children	p. 83
The Wonder of a Cup of Tea	p. 86
This Is My Body	p. 91
Dropping Off Body and Mind	p. 91
This Very Body, The Great Wide Earth	p. 95
Hologram: The Part Is the Whole	p. 96
The Mystical Body of Christ	p. 98
The Body Broken	p. 102
Rekindling after "Burnout"	p. 104
Coming Home-A Six-Point Recovery	p. 107
Recovering the Now	p. 109
Recovering the Body	p. 115
Recovering Our Shadow	p. 119
Recovering the Feminine	p. 124
Recovering the Wonder in Nature	p. 127
Recovering and Reconnecting with My Neighbor	p. 131
Epilogue: Spirituality for Healing Our Global Society	p. 135
Notes	p. 143
Index	p. 157
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