The book sets forth theories about motor learning and control that provide lessons for learning any sport or physical activity. For example, a central idea in the book is that through years of practice, a physical activity becomes effortless both mentally and physically, as if the body executes complex and difficult movements without conscious control from the mind.

Zen in the Art of Archery

Self-Help

Herrigel, Eugen

Personal Transformation

Random House, Inc.

A precise description of the techniques used in Zen training.

The Method of Zen

Religion & Spirituality

Vintage Books

Sports & Outdoors

Vintage

An illuminating account of how to understand Zen through archery.

Buddhism

A precise description of the techniques used in Zen training.

The method of Zen

Pantheon Books

MacMillan Audio

This intriguing, influential work of literature—an outstanding way to experience Zen—is now available on cd It is almost impossible to understand Zen by studying it as you would other intellectual pursuits. The best way to understand Zen is, simply, to Zen. This is what author Eugen Herrigel allows us to do by sharing his own fascinating journey toward a comprehension of this illuminating philosophy. In Japan, an art such as archery is not practiced solely for utilitarian purposes such as learning to hit targets. Archery is also meant to train the mind and bring it into contact with the ultimate reality. If one really wishes to be master of an art, technical knowledge of it is not enough. One has to transcend technique so that the art becomes an “artless art” growing out of the Unconsciousness. In this way, as the author simply, clearly demonstrates, archery becomes a path to greater understanding and enlightenment.

Zen in the Art of Archery (Deluxe Hardcover Book)

2020 Reprint of the 1953 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Up to the time of publication, "this was the only book written by a westerner, and indeed the only book in a western language that describes the difficult path of learning Zen. A simple, vivid account of personal experience, it may well serve to mitigate the "unspeakable queerness" of Zen to the average westerner--to make the kicks and shouts of the Zen patriarchs seem less like the behavior of lunatics. Students of Japanese culture, too, will find that it sheds much light on the way in which art and religion have been traditionally blended." New Statesman Herrigel's book may have inspired Tim Gallwey's 1974 book The Inner Game of Tennis. Both Herrigel and Gallwey approach sport and life as opportunities for learning inner cooperation. Zen in the Art of Archery also relates to the "inner child" idea in humanistic psychology. This work most likely inspired the titles of many other works, either directly or indirectly. Foremost among these is Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. J. D. Salinger's fictional character Seymour Glass applied one aspect of Zen archery--aiming by deliberately not taking aim--to playing the children's game of marbles. The wider theme of many of these works is that a regular routine can have a spiritual dimension.

Martino Fine Books

Dans cet admirable petit livre, l'auteur donne de sa propre expérience un récit qui nous éclaire : s'adonner au tir à l'arc pour comprendre le zen, pratiquer les arts martiaux, non pour en attendre des jouissances esthétiques mais pour former le mental et le mettre en contact avec la réalité ultime.

Le zen dans l'art chevaleresque du tir à l'arc

Other Eastern Religions & Sacred Texts

DERVY

Zen in der Kunst des Bogenschießens

Individual Sports

Barth O.W.

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Zen in the Art of Archery

The Method of Zen

Zen in the Art of Archery

Zen in the Art of Archery

The method of Zen

Zen in the Art of Archery

Zen in the Art of Archery

Zen in the Art of Archery

Le zen dans l'art chevaleresque du tir à l'arc

Zen in der Kunst des Bogenschießens