"Kokoro is an invitation to cultivate stillness and contentment in an ever-changing, uncertain world, inspired by ancient and contemporary Japanese wisdom. Drawing on a thousand years of Japanese literature, culture, and philosophical ideas to explore the true nature of time and what it means to be human, Kokoro--which mysteriously translates as "heart-mind"--is a meditation on living well. Join Japanologist Beth Kempton on this life-changing pilgrimage far beyond the tourist trail, to uncover the soul of the country, its people, and its deeply buried wisdom"--
"Kokoro is an invitation to cultivate stillness and contentment in an ever-changing, uncertain world, inspired by ancient and contemporary Japanese wisdom. Drawing on a thousand years of Japanese literature, culture, and philosophical ideas to explore the true nature of time and what it means to be human, Kokoro--which mysteriously translates as "heart-mind"--is a meditation on living well. Join Japanologist Beth Kempton on this life-changing pilgrimage far beyond the tourist trail, to uncover the soul of the country, its people, and its deeply buried wisdom"--
Beth Kempton is a Japanologist and a bestselling self-help author and writer mentor, whose books have been translated into more than 25 languages. She has had a twenty-year love affair with Japan, and has made it her work to uncover life lessons and philosophical ideas buried in Japanese culture, words, and ritual. Beth has two degrees in Japanese and has a rare understanding of Japanese cultural and linguistic nuances. She is also a qualified yoga teacher and Reiki Master, trained in the Japanese tradition in Tokyo. She is also founder of Do What You Love, a company which produces and delivers inspiring online courses for living well, with over 100,000 alumni and a community of 250,000 people worldwide.
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword by Professor Yoshinori Hiroi Prologue Introduction
羽黒山 PART ONE: HAGUROSAN Encountering the present on Black Wing Mountain 1 LIFE: The scroll unravels 2 HEART-MINDFULNESS: Just arranging flowers 3 STILLNESS: Where silence speaks 4 TIME: A voice like thunder
月山 PART TWO: GASSAN In the shadow of death on Moon Mountain
5 MORTALITY: Here. Not here. 6 FALLING: Letting go. Being carried. 7 RELEASE: Traveling light 8 AGING: Layers of life
湯殿山 PART THREE: YUDONOSAN Rebirth on Sacred Spring Mountain
9 RETURNING: Becoming who we are 10 NOURISHMENT: Goodness in. Goodness out. 11 WHOLEHEARTEDNESS: The time is now 12 INTENTIONALITY: We get to have this day
Epilogue Anatomy of the Kokoro Notes Bibliography Resources Acknowledgments Index
Foreword by Professor Yoshinori Hiroi Prologue Introduction
羽黒山 PART ONE: HAGUROSAN Encountering the present on Black Wing Mountain 1 LIFE: The scroll unravels 2 HEART-MINDFULNESS: Just arranging flowers 3 STILLNESS: Where silence speaks 4 TIME: A voice like thunder
月山 PART TWO: GASSAN In the shadow of death on Moon Mountain
5 MORTALITY: Here. Not here. 6 FALLING: Letting go. Being carried. 7 RELEASE: Traveling light 8 AGING: Layers of life
湯殿山 PART THREE: YUDONOSAN Rebirth on Sacred Spring Mountain
9 RETURNING: Becoming who we are 10 NOURISHMENT: Goodness in. Goodness out. 11 WHOLEHEARTEDNESS: The time is now 12 INTENTIONALITY: We get to have this day
Epilogue Anatomy of the Kokoro Notes Bibliography Resources Acknowledgments Index
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