Zen in the Art of Archery
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Zen in the Art of Archery
Eugen Herrigel
Philosophy & Religion
James Mustich
Aug 1, 2018
When Eugen Herrigel, a German professor of philosophy, went to Tokyo in the 1940s, he studied ikebana (the Japanese art of flower arranging), apprenticed to a master of archery, and spent six years studying Zen Buddhism through those activities. Zen in the Art of Archery is his distillation of that experience, an attempt to make the purpose of Zen practice understandable to those outside of its native culture. Despite the wide dissemination of Zen ideas in the ensuing years, Herrigel’s book remains an illuminating, graceful, and inspiriting introduction, through Western eyes, to the meditative insight of Eastern philosophy.
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Arnold Bolisay
Mar 30, 2019
It made me look at archery and life in a different way
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Carol Ann Weaver
Feb 6, 2022
Loved this. So true that it gives one such a practical understanding of the essence of Zen. I had a Japanese basketball coach in college (40+ years ago), and I don't think we ever quite understood her coaching philosophy!
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