Miniatures of a Zen Master

By: Robert Aitken

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Paperback | 15 September 2009

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For more than four decades, Robert Aitken Roshi has taught thousands of people the Buddhist practice of Zen meditation, and has led hundreds through their practice of the study of traditional koans. He has authored more than a dozen books, including a celebrated appreciation of Basho’s haiku; volumes of commentary on sacred texts; works on ethics, daily life, and social action; and one of the best-loved introductions to Zen Buddhism, Taking the Path of Zen. After a long and remarkable life—he will be 91 years old when this collection is published—Aitken Roshi offers a collection of 266 short texts. Some are clearly parables; others are simple stories, quotations, memories, and commentaries. Resembling Benjamin Franklin’s Almanac or the epigrams of Chamfort as much as it does work from ancient sages, this collection of “miniatures” distills a life devoted to teaching and awareness. Any person living a considered life, whether secular humanist or religious seeker, will find this a book of rich inspiration.

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"... in this sprightly collection of 188 short texts, [Aitken] offers brief stories, observations, memories, and commentaries. Those familiar with his book Encouraging Words will appreciate the further evidence of this Zen Master's wisdom." --Spirituality & Practice "Like some of the finest Zen literature, they read like the contents of one's own mind and also like a mirror held up to show the mind's quotidian chatter to be somehow pure." --BuddhaDharma

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Introduction	p. 1
Miniatures

Intimacy	p. 9
The Virtue of Distraction	p. 10
Buddha's Birthday	p. 11
The Tangled Web	p. 12
Therapy	p. 13
Lucky	p. 14
Vows	p. 15
The Timeless	p. 16
Liking Yourself	p. 17
Doubt	p. 18
Killing Time	p. 19
Light	p. 20
Ground Your Practice	p. 21
Do Not Kill	p. 22
Teaching Yourself	p. 23
It is to Laugh	p. 24
The Domain of Integrity	p. 25
The Perfection of Character	p. 26
As You Are	p. 27
Long-Lost Home	p. 28
Yourself as an Instrument	p. 29
Faults and Weaknesses	p. 30
Be Yourself	p. 31
Essential Emptiness	p. 32
Make It Clear	p. 33
The Heart Sutra	p. 34
How'm I Doing?	p. 35
The Lesser Vehicle	p. 36
Get Serious	p. 37
The Meaning of Jukai	p. 38

Seeing and Hearing	p. 41
The Shorter Kannon Sutra	p. 42
The Impact of Truth	p. 43
Six Essentials	p. 44
Me to You	p. 45
The D&obar;j&obar;	p. 46
Enticement to Live	p. 47
Guanyin	p. 48
The Dharma	p. 49
Schiller's Creator	p. 50
Yakuseki	p. 51
The Raft Is the Shore	p. 52
The Mountains and Rivers Sesshin	p. 53
Vacancy!	p. 54
Bishop Ditch	p. 55
Folk Stories of Zen	p. 56
Zen Study	p. 57
The Buddha Dharma	p. 58
The Beginning of Practice	p. 59
The Exacting Master	p. 60
Improvised Practice	p. 61
"Beginner's Mind"	p. 62
The Rich Ambiguity	p. 63
Hush Hush	p. 64
Maezumi R&obar;shi	p. 65
The Old Teacher	p. 66
Women in Zen	p. 67
Itadakimas	p. 68
Upright Livelihood	p. 69
Zen and Psychology	p. 70
The Snow Man	p. 71
Upright Speech	p. 72
Coping with One's Mistakes	p. 73
The Great Master	p. 74
Not Conventional	p. 75
Ailments of Old Age	p. 76
A World Religion	p. 77
Important Work	p. 78
Yaza	p. 79
Study Practice	p. 80
No Almighty God	p. 81
Simone Weil	p. 82
My Damned Mother	p. 83
What Happens after Death?	p. 84
The Attitude toward Dr. Suzuki	p. 85
Zazen for the Mentally Unstable	p. 86
Put God on the Shelf	p. 87
Shin-jin Datsu Raku	p. 88
Breath Counting	p. 89
In Charge of Nature	p. 90
Whitman and D&obar;gen	p. 91
Beliefs	p. 92
The Disadvantage of Being an Old-Timer	p. 93
Dangerous Work	p. 94
The Way of Yao	p. 95
No Zazen for Children	p. 96
A Loaded Word	p. 97
Dumbing Down	p. 98
Déjà Vu	p. 99
Be Decent	p. 100
First Reasons	p. 101
This Very Body	p. 102
Enlightenment	p. 103
Awareness of Time	p. 104
Circumambulation	p. 105
The Jewels	p. 106
Thomas Traherne (1636-1674)	p. 107

The Myth of Sisyphus	p. 111
The Middle Initial	p. 112
Danger Man	p. 113
Gratitude	p. 114
Guidelines	p. 115
Love Never Faileth	p. 116
The Drunk	p. 117
Love	p. 118
Prevalence of Gays	p. 119
The Midway Rail	p. 120
The Naming of Children	p. 121
The Illegal Annexation	p. 122
Son of a Famous Man Syndrome	p. 123
The World of Make-Believe	p. 124
Step'um	p. 125
The Noble Cause	p. 126
Choosing Your Battle	p. 127
Overhead Wiring	p. 128
All Beings Are Sick	p. 129
What Works for You?	p. 130
Our Elders	p. 131
Obedient Objects	p. 132
Kenneth Rexroth	p. 133
Remembered in Museums	p. 134
The Listening Project	p. 135
Sixty Miles an Hour	p. 136
Truth-telling	p. 137
At Waimanalo Pier	p. 138
Wrong as Hell	p. 139
The Fragrant Emperor	p. 140

The Mountain Stream	p. 143
The Palaka Shirt	p. 144
The Eightfold Path	p. 145
The Empty Space	p. 146
Saint Andrew	p. 147
FDR	p. 148
Bon Dancing	p. 149
"Moose, Indian"	p. 150
Dinosaur Mountain	p. 151
Old Age	p. 152
Here I Come!	p. 153
Colonel Boogie March	p. 154
"Dasa Side"	p. 155
A Cue	p. 156
"Ta Dah!"	p. 157
Miles Carey	p. 158
Picture Brides	p. 159
Old Asian Women	p. 160
The Turnover	p. 161
The Notch	p. 162
The Green Flash	p. 163
Finger Bowls	p. 164
The Gurgling Magpie	p. 165
Secret Sorrow	p. 166
The Friendly Animals	p. 167
"Tongues in Trees"	p. 168
The Mejiro	p. 169
Cinque Ports	p. 170
Stephen Crane	p. 171
A Turning Point	p. 172
Sharing the Silence	p. 173
Uncle Max	p. 174
The Foreign Groom	p. 175
Holocaust Survivors	p. 176
Counting Seconds	p. 177
Pleasant Memories	p. 178
Grandmother's Admonitions	p. 179
Humane Antennae	p. 180
Reading the Book	p. 181
Incredibly Naïet;ve	p. 182
Liquid Sunshine	p. 183
All Things Are under the Law of Change	p. 184
A Fine Memory	p. 185
Grandpa Baker's Failure	p. 186
Impressing Mom and Dad	p. 187
Mother's Inability	p. 188
The Patriot	p. 189
Dad's Indiscretion	p. 190
Trick or Treat	p. 191
The Human Spirit	p. 192
Expelled	p. 193
The Master	p. 194
Advertisement	p. 195
Carrying the Dog	p. 196
Owly-Growly	p. 197
Saimin	p. 198
Unexpurgated Mother Goose	p. 199
Dr. Maher	p. 200
The Puffer Fish	p. 201
Seahorses	p. 202
The Music of the Spheres	p. 203
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