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Author:   Karlfried Graf Dürckheim
Publisher:   Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Imprint:   Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Edition:   4th Edition, New Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9781594770241

ISBN 10:   1594770247
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   27 October 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part I--Hara in the Life of the Japanese 1 Hara in the Life of the Japanese 2 Hara in the Life of the Japanese 3 Hara as the Purpose of Practice 4 Hara in the Japanese Language Part II--Hara in its General Human Significance 1 Eastern and Western Views of Hara The General Significance of the Center of the Body The European Attitude to the Belly Natural Hara The Two Levels Part III--Man With Hara 1 The Living Form Centered in Hara 2 The Ego and the Vital Center 3 Malformations of the I 4 Hara as Secular Power 5 Hara in Experience: Insight and Practice 6 The Strength, Breadth, and Closeness Engendered by Hara 7 The Order of Life in the Symbolism of the Body Part IV--Hara as Practice 1 The Purpose and Prerequisite of All Practice 2 The Purpose and Limits of Practice 3 The Prerequisites of all Practice 4 Posture, Breath, Tension--as Starting Points of Practice 5 The Practice of Right Posture 6 Sitting with Hara 7 Tension-Relaxation 8 The Practice of Breathing Part V--Retrospect and Outlook 1 Retrospect and Outlook Appendix--Japanese Texts 1 Okado Torajiro 2 Sato Tsuji-The Teachings of the Human Body 3 Kaneko Shoseki-Nature and Origins of Man Index

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Hara is essential reading for all who inquire into the spiritual principles and practices that are fundamental to all wisdom traditions and natural healing professions. Don Stapleton, author of Self-Awakening Yoga ...the formalism is well worth accommodating in order to gain its gems of wisdom. Spirit of Change, May/June 2005

. ..the formalism is well worth accommodating in order to gain its gems of wisdom. --Spirit of Change, May/June 2005

. ..the formalism is well worth accommodating in order to gain its gems of wisdom. -- Spirit of Change , May/June 2005

.,. the formalism is well worth accommodating in order to gain its gems of wisdom.

Author Information

Karlfried Graf Dürckheim (1896-1988) spent eight years in Japan before World War II and was a professor at the University of Kiel until Hitler’s rise to power in 1933. In Japan he discovered Zen Buddhism in its various expressions and subsequently became a Western authority on the subject.

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