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Lo zen e il tiro con l'arco

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Questo piccolo libro è un illuminante, lucido e utile resoconto, scritto da un occidentale, di come un occidentale possa avvicinarsi allo Zen. Un professore tedesco di filosofia, Eugen Herrigel, vuole essere introdotto allo Zen e gli viene consigliato di imparare una delle arti in cui lo Zen da secoli si applica: il tiro con l'arco. Comincia così un emozionante tirocinio, nel corso del quale Herrigel si troverà felicemente costretto a capovolgere le sue idee, e soprattutto il suo modo di vivere. All'inizio con grande pena e sconcerto. Dovrà infatti riconoscere prima di tutto che i suoi gesti sono sbagliati, poi che sono sbagliate le sue intenzioni, infine che proprio le cose su cui fa affidamento sono i più grandi ostacoli: la volontà, la chiara distinzione fra mezzo e fine, il desiderio di riuscire. Ma il tocco sapiente del Maestro aiuterà Herrigel a scrollarsi tutto di dosso, a restare "vuoto" per accogliere, quasi senza accorgersene, l'unico gesto giusto, che fa centro quello di cui gli arcieri Zen dicono: "Un colpo, una vita". In un tale colpo, arco, freccia, bersaglio e Io si intrecciano in modo che non è possibile separarli: la freccia scoccata mette in gioco tutta la vita dell'arciere e il bersaglio da colpire è l'arciere stesso.

Genre: Philosophy, Eastern
Format: Paperback
Published: 1975
Pages: 106
Publisher: Adelphi
ISBN: 9788845901775

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