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Samadhi
Self Development in Zen, Swordsmanship, and Psychotherapy

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Mike Sayama - Author

SUNY series in Transpersonal and Humanistic Psychology

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Hardcover - 160 pages

Release Date: October 1985

ISBN10: 0-88706-146-X
ISBN13: 978-0-88706-146-2

Price: $31.95
Paperback - 160 pages

Release Date: October 1985

ISBN10: 0-88706-147-8
ISBN13: 978-0-88706-147-9

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Summary

The key to self-development, says Mike Sayama, is the experience of Samadhi, a state of relaxed concentration in which the individual neither freezes out of fear nor clings due to desire. Simply stated, samadhi is the free flow of vital energy within the body and between the body and the universe. Moving effortlessly across traditions and techniques, Sayama discovers that sages throughout history--Greek philosophers, German mystics, Indian seers, and our own Albert Einstein among others--have taught that this experience of transcendental oneness lies at the heart of full self-realization.

The first part of the book studies self-realization in Zen Buddhism. The author pinpoints its essence in Buddha's enlightenment. The development of Zen is then traced, continuing down to living masters who in very recent times have transplanted their lineages from Japan to the United States. Sayama notes that we must choose as masters those to whom the authentic teaching has been transmitted through generations, and he examines in loving detail the sometimes strange and astonishing behaviors of those whose very presence communicates the state of samadhi.

The second part of the book presents Zen therapy, a way of self-development emphasizing the cultivation of samadhi through psychophysical training. Sayama compares the effects of Rolfing, Feldenkrais, and Zen therapy on the human body and mind. He includes easy-to-follow directions for creating the inner state he describes. He tells vivid stories of extraordinary cases treated from the point of view that the best therapy is nothing less than the removal of all dualism. Four main practices are presented: zazen (meditation), hara development, circulation of the vital energy, and communication.

Mike Sayama graduated from Yale University summa cum laude and received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Michigan. He has been training in Zen and the martial arts for more than ten years under Tanouye Tenshin Roshi. Currently, he is a member of the board of directors and the educational staff of the Institute for Zen Studies in Hawaii.

Table of Contents

Preface

List of Illustrations

Interpenetration, The Buddha's Enlightenment

The Chozen-ji Line

Bodhidharma

Hui-neng Ta-chien

Lin-chi I-hsuan

Hakuin Ekaku

Omori Sogen

Tanouye Tenshin

Zen Therapy

The Way: A Philosophy of Life

The Transcendent Unconscious and the True Self

Creative Problem Solving

Mind-Body Training

All Ways Are One in the End

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Related Subjects

Transpersonal Psychology
Zen Buddhism

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