{"product_id":"one-arrow-one-life-book-by-ken-kushner-preowned","title":"One Arrow, One Life Book by Kenneth Kushner (Preowned)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWhile still at college, Kenneth Kushner read a book about a German professor of philosophy who had studied the Zen art of archery while living in Japan. Being intolerant of spiritual matters at the time, he dismissed Zen as \"vague mysticism\" and gave Eugen Herrigel's Zen in the Art of Archery no further thought. Nine years later he found himself rolling rocks up a Hawaii hillside and picking weeds as part of his quest to study kyudo, the same \"Way of the bow\" described in Professor Herrigel's book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eInterweaving theory with personal accounts of his own training, Kenneth Kushner explores the relationship between kyudo and Zen. A Way, or Zen art, is not learned just to gain proficiency in a particular activity. Rather, the art itself is a vehicle for spiritual development, as the student attempts to enter the state of \"no mind\", achieved when the three elements of Zen meditation - breathing, posture and concentration - are in harmony. Thus the true target in kyudo is internal. If one is in the proper frame of mind when one releases the arrow, it does not matter whether it pierces the target. \"It may not hit, but it does not miss.\" For a student to train in kyudo as a true Way, he must strive to maintain that same state of mind at all times. Kyudo then becomes a microcosm of life and the bow a means for finding one's true self.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength: \u003c\/strong\u003e120 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1988\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Preowned","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46530897739975,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0506\/2521\/files\/OneArrow_OneLifeBookbyKenKushner.png?v=1778536312","url":"https:\/\/budovideos.com\/en-gb\/products\/one-arrow-one-life-book-by-ken-kushner-preowned","provider":"Budovideos Inc","version":"1.0","type":"link"}