Sentence examples for zen training from inspiring English sources

Women say they were encouraged to believe that being touched by Mr. Sasaki was part of their Zen training.

The concept of pure experience expounded here is the Western philosophical mold into which Nishida poured his own religious experience cultivated by his Zen training.

I went into that journey in 1973 on the wings of many years of Zen training and in the wake of the death of my wife.

In 1938, for example, Suzuki described Zen as "a religion of will power" and identified Zen training with Bushido (the code of conduct of the Japanese warrior class) and Japanese swordsmanship.

His work integrates aspects of Zen training with Western methods and science for increasing human performance and effectiveness.

In 1938, at 23, Watts moved to New York (he would eventually become an American citizen) and took up formal Zen training.

These are the Zen Town Hall, Fairy-Tale Town Hall, Modern Town Hall, Fairy-Tale Train Station, Zen Train Station, and Modern Train Station.

Twat in a hat Matt doesn't tell us what's zen about his training, or even what his methods entail, offering only: "As a pack leader I don't pretend, defend or explain, because you're genetically wired to follow me".

He was impatient with details, making decisions quickly and preferring action over argument; his natural disposition was probably reinforced by his education, which included training in Zen Buddhism and the Neo-Confucianism of the Chinese philosopher Wang Yang-ming, who espoused sincere convictions and forthright action.

He began his formal training in Zen Buddhism at 14 and, after much restless travel and numerous experiences of enlightenment, returned at 31 to Hara, the rural village of where he was born, and he became the abbot of Shoin-ji, the local temple.

Trained in Zen Buddhism, Mr. Jobs came to value experiential wisdom over empirical analysis.