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Graphic Understatement. Such a tale is easy to sensationalize. As headlines flashed round the world, North American publishers rushed in, carrying cash and book contracts. The job of describing the tragedy eventually went to a British novelist, Piers Paul Read (The Professor's Daughter, Monk Daw son), whom the survivors, after considerable reflection and an interview, personally selected to tell their story. The choice proved sound...
...view that underlies his advice about how to prepare mentally for troubleshooting an engine. Briefly, motor maintenance requires a good deal of quiet concentration so that the underlying principles of the engine are allowed to fill the gap between the object (engine) and the subject (mechanic). A Zen monk would say that under such conditions, the fixer and the fixed are no longer opposing objects but one reality. The author is more practical. Among other things, he suggests that if you cannot fix the bike yourself, at least avoid garages where the mechanics play the radio...
Because these cinematic effects were central to Bergman's purpose, any stage adaptation is bound to convey only part of his message. When Elisabeth breaks into tears after looking at a picture of a Vietnamese monk setting himself afire, not everyone in the theatre can be sure just what she sees; when her husband arrives, all the ambiguity present in the encounter in the movie is lost...
This small and admirable memoir records the experiences of a young Dutch student who spent a year and a half as a novice monk in a Japanese Zen Buddhist monastery. As might be expected, the author shows a deep respect for the teachings of Zen. What makes his account extraordinary, how ever, is that the book contains none of the convert's irritating certitude, and no suggestion that the reader rush to follow the author's example...
...these encounters he received his koan, or Zen riddle. A postulant's first koan usually is one of formidable difficulty, and solving it may take years. On each day of each of these years, the master asks in a sharp and businesslike manner for the answer. The learning monk may at tempt some reply or say nothing. When the master decides that no progress will be made on that day, he rings a small bell, and the interview is over...