Total liberation : Zen spirituality and the social dimension /

Habito, Ruben L.F

Total liberation : Zen spirituality and the social dimension / Ruben L. F. Habito. - xviii, 110 pages : illustrations 21 cm.

Includes index.

It is with great joy that I offer a foreword to the compilation of Zen material by Ruben Habito. When Ruben Habito arrived in Japan in 1970, he almost immediately became involved in Zen. He was, as far as I know, the first Catholic to have received confirmation of the opening Zen experience (Kensho) under a Japanese Zen Master. Since then he has assiduously maintained his training under this true teacher, Yamada Koun Roshi of the Kamakura San-un Zendo. During his formative years as a Jesuit in Japan, Habito proved himself of high intellectual caliber by being admitted to the prestigious University of Tokyo, and acquitting himself honorably in its erudition. He successfully completed a master's degree and finished doctoral studies in Buddhist philosophy. --From the foreword

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Catholic Church
Zen Buddhism
Zen Buddhism

BQ 9268 / .H114 1989