You Have to Say Something
Manifesting Zen Insight
By Dainin Katagiri
Edited by Steve Hagen
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Shambhala Publications12/01/1999Pages: 192Size: 5.5 x 8.5ISBN: 9781570624629DetailsDainin Katagiri (19281990) was a central figure in the transmission of Zen in America. His first book, Returning to Silence, emphasized the need to return to our original, enlightened state of being, and became one of the classics of Zen in America. In You Have to Say Something, selections from his talks have been collected to address another key theme of Katagiri's teaching: that of bringing Zen insight to bear on our everyday experience. "To live life fully," Katagiri says, "means to take care of your life day by day, moment to moment, right here, right now." To do this, he teaches, we must plunge into our life completely, bringing to it the same wholeheartedness that is required in Zen meditation. When we approach life in this way, every activity—everything we do, everything we say—becomes an opportunity for manifesting our own innate wisdom. With extraordinary freshness and immediacy, Katagiri shows the reader how this wisdom not only enlivens our spiritual practice but can help make our life a rich, seamless whole.RelatedCheck items to add to the cart orAuthor BioBorn in Osaka, Japan, in 1928, Dainin Katagiri was trained traditionally as a Zen teacher. He first came to the United States in 1963, to help with a Soto Zen Temple in Los Angeles. He later joined Shunryu Suzuki Roshi at the San Francisco Zen Center and taught there until Suzuki Roshi’s death in 1971. He was then invited to form a new Zen center in Minneapolis, which, in addition to a monastery in the countryside of Minnesota, he oversaw until his death in 1990. He left behind a legacy of recorded teachings and twelve Dharma heirs. Katagiri is the author of several books, including Returning to Silence and You Have to Say Something.Steve Hagen is a Zen priest, a longtime teacher of Buddhism, and the author of Buddhism Plain and Simple (Charles E. Tuttle, October 1997) and How the World Can Be the Way It Is: An Inquiry for the New Millennium into Science, Philosophy, and Perception (Quest Books, September 1995). Hagen began studying Buddhism in 1967 and in 1975 became a student of Katagiri Roshi. He was ordained a Zen priest by Katagiri Roshi in 1979. Hagen later studied with Buddhist teachers in Asia and Europe. In 1989, he received Dharma transmission (endorsement to teach) from Katagiri Roshi. Hagen lives in Minneapolis, where he lectures, teaches meditation, and leads retreats. He is currently the head teacher at Dharma Field Meditation and Learning Center in Minneapolis.Praise"Through vivid imagery, humorous anecdotes, and an irrepressible sense of astonishment, Katagiri Roshi reminds us through this collection of talks that the heart of Zen lies in the very moment we are living now." —Stephen Batchelor, author of Buddhism without Beliefs
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