The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice
The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice
Friends,
I'm very pleased to announce that my book The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice is currently in production with Shambhala Publications, and expected to be available in February or March 2018. Shambhala distributes through Penguin Random House, so this should be available in all the usual places one finds books these days.
I wrote the book originally for folks in my community, since there are comparatively few works pertaining to Rinzai Zen practice out there. Naturally the primary "guide to practice" is oral instruction from one's teacher. However, these days I'm often contacted by distant folks who haven't yet found a teacher, but might in the meantime benefit from starting to practice in some way. So the intent of the work has broadened over time, and I hope it will be useful especially for people in that situation. The book contains instruction for a number of things that are safe to begin on one's own, along with photographs detailing body usage.
I'll post updates here in the future.
Finally, I'd like to thank everyone here at DW. Discussion with you folks over the years provided some of the seeds for this book, and I'm deeply grateful for that.
~ Meido
I'm very pleased to announce that my book The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice is currently in production with Shambhala Publications, and expected to be available in February or March 2018. Shambhala distributes through Penguin Random House, so this should be available in all the usual places one finds books these days.
I wrote the book originally for folks in my community, since there are comparatively few works pertaining to Rinzai Zen practice out there. Naturally the primary "guide to practice" is oral instruction from one's teacher. However, these days I'm often contacted by distant folks who haven't yet found a teacher, but might in the meantime benefit from starting to practice in some way. So the intent of the work has broadened over time, and I hope it will be useful especially for people in that situation. The book contains instruction for a number of things that are safe to begin on one's own, along with photographs detailing body usage.
I'll post updates here in the future.
Finally, I'd like to thank everyone here at DW. Discussion with you folks over the years provided some of the seeds for this book, and I'm deeply grateful for that.
~ Meido
It is relatively easy to accomplish the important matter of insight into one’s true nature, but uncommonly difficult to function freely and clearly [according to this understanding], in motion and in rest, in good and in adverse circumstances. Please make strenuous and vigorous efforts towards this end, otherwise all the teachings of Buddhas and patriarchs become mere empty words. - Torei
The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice
Korinji Rinzai Zen Monastery [臨済宗 • 祖的山光林禅寺] - http://www.korinji.org
The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice
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Congratulations! I'm really looking forward to reading it.
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Congrats Meido, that's is great news. I have learned a lot from your posts here and look forward to the book.
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An invaluable resource, I'm sure. I will certainly be getting a copy and will also order one for the Buddhist Library here when it is published.


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Congratulations! I'll be sure to seek it out as well.
We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all. - Kalu Rinpoche
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Congratulations. I am sure your book will be well received.Meido wrote:Friends,
I'm very pleased to announce that my book The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice is currently in production with Shambhala Publications, and expected to be available in February or March 2018. Shambhala distributes through Penguin Random House, so this should be available in all the usual places one finds books these days.
Buddhahood in This Life
འ༔ ཨ༔ ཧ༔ ཤ༔ ས༔ མ༔
[A]nything at all that is well spoken is the word of the Buddha.
-- Ārya-adhyāśaya-sañcodana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra
The different sūtras in accord with the emptiness
taught by the Sugata are definitive in meaning;
One can understand that all of those Dharmas in
which a sentient being, individual, or person are taught are provisional in meaning.
-- Samadhirāja Sūtra
འ༔ ཨ༔ ཧ༔ ཤ༔ ས༔ མ༔
[A]nything at all that is well spoken is the word of the Buddha.
-- Ārya-adhyāśaya-sañcodana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra
The different sūtras in accord with the emptiness
taught by the Sugata are definitive in meaning;
One can understand that all of those Dharmas in
which a sentient being, individual, or person are taught are provisional in meaning.
-- Samadhirāja Sūtra
Re: The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice
Nice!
Does it come with a stick where you can hit yourself? 


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Re: The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice
Thank you for the kind words, all.
~ Meido
In a small number of cases, turning it spine up and aiming between one's eyes may help. But neither publisher nor author will be held responsible for such use.seeker242 wrote:Does it come with a stick where you can hit yourself?
~ Meido
It is relatively easy to accomplish the important matter of insight into one’s true nature, but uncommonly difficult to function freely and clearly [according to this understanding], in motion and in rest, in good and in adverse circumstances. Please make strenuous and vigorous efforts towards this end, otherwise all the teachings of Buddhas and patriarchs become mere empty words. - Torei
The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice
Korinji Rinzai Zen Monastery [臨済宗 • 祖的山光林禅寺] - http://www.korinji.org
The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice
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I think there's an app for that now.seeker242 wrote:Does it come with a stick where you can hit yourself?
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Nothing is complete
Everything looks impressive
Do not be deceived - David Byrne
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Re: The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice
Its age of Internet and oral teachings are outdated. I am so thirsdy for books filled with practice and guides instead of dry blocks of pointless text.
Looking forward to get this one on my kindle
Looking forward to get this one on my kindle

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Hoping this will be neither dry nor pointless. Someone not interested to practice may find much of it uninteresting.Nyantron wrote:Its age of Internet and oral teachings are outdated. I am so thirsdy for books filled with practice and guides instead of dry blocks of pointless text.
Looking forward to get this one on my kindle
Still on schedule for Feb/March 2018 availability, more updates soon...

~ Meido
It is relatively easy to accomplish the important matter of insight into one’s true nature, but uncommonly difficult to function freely and clearly [according to this understanding], in motion and in rest, in good and in adverse circumstances. Please make strenuous and vigorous efforts towards this end, otherwise all the teachings of Buddhas and patriarchs become mere empty words. - Torei
The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice
Korinji Rinzai Zen Monastery [臨済宗 • 祖的山光林禅寺] - http://www.korinji.org
The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice
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Re: The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice
Sounds great! 

Lacking mindfulness, we commit every wrong. - Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche
འ༔ ཨ༔ ཧ༔ ཤ༔ ས༔ མ༔
ཨཱོཾ་མ་ཏྲི་མུ་ཡེ་སལེ་འདུ།།
འ༔ ཨ༔ ཧ༔ ཤ༔ ས༔ མ༔
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Re: The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice
It is relatively easy to accomplish the important matter of insight into one’s true nature, but uncommonly difficult to function freely and clearly [according to this understanding], in motion and in rest, in good and in adverse circumstances. Please make strenuous and vigorous efforts towards this end, otherwise all the teachings of Buddhas and patriarchs become mere empty words. - Torei
The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice
Korinji Rinzai Zen Monastery [臨済宗 • 祖的山光林禅寺] - http://www.korinji.org
The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice
Korinji Rinzai Zen Monastery [臨済宗 • 祖的山光林禅寺] - http://www.korinji.org
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Congratulations! I'm looking forward to it.
Meido wrote:The book is available for pre-order on Amazon...
The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice
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Thank you, I'll be pleased if you find it useful.
~ Meido
~ Meido
It is relatively easy to accomplish the important matter of insight into one’s true nature, but uncommonly difficult to function freely and clearly [according to this understanding], in motion and in rest, in good and in adverse circumstances. Please make strenuous and vigorous efforts towards this end, otherwise all the teachings of Buddhas and patriarchs become mere empty words. - Torei
The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice
Korinji Rinzai Zen Monastery [臨済宗 • 祖的山光林禅寺] - http://www.korinji.org
The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice
Korinji Rinzai Zen Monastery [臨済宗 • 祖的山光林禅寺] - http://www.korinji.org
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Congrats on the new book Meido.
I am happy to see a book on the practice of Rinzai Zen.
Beside the Omori Sogen's - Introduction To Zen Training, I am not aware of another book of the Rinzai Way.
I have pre-ordered the book via Amazon smile and wish you this one to be the first of many in future.
Also congratulations on opening ( finishing with the completion ) of the Korinji Monastery.
Victor
I am happy to see a book on the practice of Rinzai Zen.
Beside the Omori Sogen's - Introduction To Zen Training, I am not aware of another book of the Rinzai Way.
I have pre-ordered the book via Amazon smile and wish you this one to be the first of many in future.
Also congratulations on opening ( finishing with the completion ) of the Korinji Monastery.
Victor

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Thank you, Victor, I appreciate it.
Omori Roshi's book (which was translated into English by his student, and one of my teachers, Hosokawa Roshi) is really an important work; I recommend it to everyone interested in Rinzai practice. Luckily still in print, and reasonably priced in paperback.
I couldn't write anything matching that, but just tried to write something more simple for beginners and including some more actual practice details. Hopefully someone finds it helpful.
~ Meido
Omori Roshi's book (which was translated into English by his student, and one of my teachers, Hosokawa Roshi) is really an important work; I recommend it to everyone interested in Rinzai practice. Luckily still in print, and reasonably priced in paperback.
I couldn't write anything matching that, but just tried to write something more simple for beginners and including some more actual practice details. Hopefully someone finds it helpful.
~ Meido
It is relatively easy to accomplish the important matter of insight into one’s true nature, but uncommonly difficult to function freely and clearly [according to this understanding], in motion and in rest, in good and in adverse circumstances. Please make strenuous and vigorous efforts towards this end, otherwise all the teachings of Buddhas and patriarchs become mere empty words. - Torei
The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice
Korinji Rinzai Zen Monastery [臨済宗 • 祖的山光林禅寺] - http://www.korinji.org
The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice
Korinji Rinzai Zen Monastery [臨済宗 • 祖的山光林禅寺] - http://www.korinji.org
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So it's been published.
I already got the kindle version, will read within the week.

I already got the kindle version, will read within the week.
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Yep, today's the official release date, but apparently it's been shipping for a few days.
Hope you enjoy...
~ Meido
Hope you enjoy...
~ Meido
It is relatively easy to accomplish the important matter of insight into one’s true nature, but uncommonly difficult to function freely and clearly [according to this understanding], in motion and in rest, in good and in adverse circumstances. Please make strenuous and vigorous efforts towards this end, otherwise all the teachings of Buddhas and patriarchs become mere empty words. - Torei
The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice
Korinji Rinzai Zen Monastery [臨済宗 • 祖的山光林禅寺] - http://www.korinji.org
The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice
Korinji Rinzai Zen Monastery [臨済宗 • 祖的山光林禅寺] - http://www.korinji.org
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