Abstract

The world's most open-minded Zen lifestyle from California. Teachings from a 73-year-old active Zen monk that will benefit your life and business.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Don't think too much, just sit in Zazen.
(Zazen does not make you high, you don't have to get rid of your mind, etc.)
Chapter 2: Create the mind for good work.
(People will only move if convinced, so listen carefully to what others say.)
Chapter 3: What attracts Americans to Zen?
(What are temples like in the U.S.? Even furious jazz musicians are kind to monks, etc.)
Chapter 4: The world is not made of porridge.
(Aiming at a lifestyle of less greed and more knowledge, this world is not made of gruel, etc.)

Author’s Information

Gengo Akiba　　
Born in Tokyo in 1943, he graduated from Komazawa University. After training at Eiheiji Temple and serving as head priest, he spent a year and a half in California and at a temple in Tokyo before coming to the U.S. in 1987, he moved to the U.S. and was appointed a North American Kaikyoshi. In 1997, he has served as the head of the Soto Zen organization in North America. He was the International Missionary General for North America for thirteen years, visiting Zen centers throughout North America. In 1999, he chaired the organizing committee for the Stanford University Symposium on the 800th Anniversary of the Birth of Zen Master Dogen. Once he retired from his position as general director, he returned in 2015 to launch the Tenpyozan Zendo project, the first full-scale Zen temple in the U.S., which will be the Zenrinji Temple.