{"id":7113,"date":"2024-01-26T18:24:31","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T16:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zencenterathens.com\/?p=7113"},"modified":"2024-01-26T18:29:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T16:29:26","slug":"opening-the-hand-of-thought-hestia-publications-and-zen-center-athens-greek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zencenterathens.com\/en\/opening-the-hand-of-thought-hestia-publications-and-zen-center-athens-greek\/","title":{"rendered":"OPENING THE HAND OF THOUGHT – HESTIA PUBLICATIONS AND ZEN CENTER ATHENS (GREEK)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t \n\t
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OPENING THE HAND OF THOUGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n

KOSHO UCHIYAMA<\/p>\n

Translation – prologue: HARIS MITSOURAS<\/p>\n

“When we let go<\/strong> of all our preconceptions, there is no other possible reality than the one that exists right now. […] This undeniable reality is the reality of life<\/strong>, which is fundamentally connected to everything in the universe. Therefore, it is the right now that matters most.<\/p>\n

Remaining in the here and now<\/strong>, in reality itself, letting go of all the things that randomly appear in our minds, is what I mean by ‘opening the hand of thought’.”<\/p>\n

Very few texts delve as deeply into Zen philosophy and practice as this one does. This book conveys the essence of Zen practice and zazen – sitting meditation – with unparalleled clarity and power, drawn from the lived experience of a unique contemporary teacher.<\/p>\n

Kosho Uchiyama was born in Tokyo in 1912. He completed his postgraduate studies in Western Philosophy at Waseda University in 1937. Three years later he became a Zen priest as a disciple of Kodo Sawaki Roshi. After the latter’s death in 1965, he succeeded him as abbot at Antaiji Monastery on the outskirts of Kyoto.<\/p>\n

Uchiyama Roshi traveled throughout Japan giving lectures and guiding sesshin. In 1975 he retired from his position as abbot of Antaiji<\/strong> and settled with his wife at Noke-in, a small temple outside Kyoto, where he continued to write and receive all who wanted his advice until his death in 1999.<\/p>\n

He published over twenty books on Zen and translated into modern Japanese most of Dogen Zenji’s writings<\/strong>, accompanying them with extensive explanations and commentaries. Much of this has been translated into English and many other languages.<\/p>\n

In addition to being a teacher of Zen, he was also a teacher of the art of origami, on which he also wrote books.<\/p>\n

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