Japanese Zen

Relax and find happiness amid the swirl of the modern world with this internationally best-selling guide to simplifying your life by a Japanese monk who embodies the wisdom of Zen.

Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess of noodles?Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you'll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, which doom you to pick away at your piles of stuff forever.

The book The Way of Zen Buddhism & Zen Mind for Beginners goes beyond teachings of spirituality. The main focus of the book is to empower you to reach your full potential as an individual. Here, you’ll be introduced to Zen minimalist aesthetics, which will help you go from zero to abundance in no time.

Time is not on the Empire’s side. It has become painfully clear that simply winning battles will not be enough to turn the tide of this war. Having no interest in sharing the fate of her country, Tanya immediately decides to do the only thing that makes sense—look for a new job! Of course, she’ll have to proceed with extreme caution, because her current employer isn’t some random company but the Imperial Army. As it happens, she isn’t the only one ready to do something drastic when push comes to shove.

※本タイトルはハリー・ポッターシリーズ全7巻（『ハリー・ポッターと賢者の石』『ハリー・ポッターと秘密の部屋』『ハリー・ポッターとアズカバンの囚人』『ハリー・ポッターと炎のゴブレット』『ハリー・ポッターと不死鳥の騎士団』『ハリー・ポッターと謎のプリンス』『ハリー・ポッターと死の秘宝』）をまとめた「コンプリートコレクション」です

The Salamander Kampfgruppe has finally come off the front lines and is headed back west for much-needed R & R. The troops are more than ready to enjoy some peace and quiet after many long days flying missions on the eastern front. What they aren’t ready for is how unfamiliar it feels not to be surrounded by whizzing bullets and exploding artillery shells. For Tanya, though, this long-awaited return to the rear brings more disturbing realizations than respite. This vacation may be far more eventful than it has any right to be.

お花のかどわかし、そして熊吉も長年の同僚であった長吉との騒動が終わりを迎え、ぜんやの周りは少しずつ元の時間が戻りつつあった。だが時は落ち着くことを許してくれず、刻々と進みゆく。

居酒屋「ぜんや」の女将・お妙の父がかつて売っていた薬をもとに作られた「龍気補養丹」を改めて売り出すことになった熊吉。養い子だが、少しずつ養い親の只次郎とお妙に心を開き始めたお花。

「ぜんや」の常連の旦那衆を狙った毒酒騒動。犯行にかつての同僚・長吉が関わっていると確信した熊吉は捜索に走る。一方、長吉に騙されて常連客に毒を出しそうになってしまったお花は、意気消沈。

Après sa Divine Comédie, voyage sonore dans la Mythologie européenne, la romancière Amélie Nothomb nous accompagne, dans une deuxième saison très personnelle, à la rencontre du Japon de son enfance, avec ses mythes, ses rites et ses cultures. Dans ce documentaire audio de 10 épisodes, enrichi en son binaural, nous explorons les mythes et spiritualités japonais aux côtés d’Amélie Nothomb. Nous découvrons, dans ses yeux, un pays vecteur de réalisations personnelles.

Leave the pressures and demands of your daily life behind as you focus on the Zen within your soul. Zen and the Love of Nature takes you on a captivating journey from a single lotus flower to a rippling brook to the grandeur of Mount Fuji, giving a Zen perspective on the joy and beauty of our natural world.

Tanya has won victory after victory on the battlefield, and still the Empire hurtles toward its destruction. Zettour stands at the helm, a warped sense of patriotism guiding his actions as he prepares the stage. His only goal now is to secure the best possible defeat the Empire can afford, even if it means going down in history as the greatest villain of all time. And to make that happen, he’ll do whatever it takes to shock and awe the world, starting with Ildoa. The time for diplomacy or reason has passed. There is only war.

「さて。今日もさっそく、"お耳の研究"を始めようか♪」放課後。あなたが訪れたのは校内の科学室。そこには『実験』と『耳』を愛するクラスメイト・化亜弥の姿が。あなたは協力者として、彼女の実験に両耳を差し出します。

禅僧にして、大学教授、庭園デザイナーとしても活躍する著者がやさしく語りかける「人生のコツ」。
◎悩むより動く──そのほうが物事は絶対うまくいく
◎人と比べない──“妄想”の９割はこれで消える
◎前向きに受け取る──幸せかどうかは、あなたが決める
◎「お先にどうぞ」──求めない、あせらない、こだわらない
◎「朝」を大切にする──心に余裕をつくる最善の方法
◎余計なことを調べない──情報の“暴飲暴食”はやめる
◎「競争」から離れてみる──禅的「不安の遠ざけ方」

余計な不安や悩みを抱えないように、他人の価値観に振り回されないように、無駄なものをそぎ落とし、限りなくシンプルに生きる。
――そんな生き方を指南してくれる、48の禅の教えを紹介。

Who knew the path to enlightenment could start with a cup of tea? Learn the hidden significance behind the deceptively simple Zen tea ceremony - one which can lead directly to Buddhahood and its absolute truth. D.T. Suzuki, once Japan's leading authority on Zen Buddhism, describes the tearoom and the tea ceremony and explains the guiding principles of harmony, reverence, purity, and tranquility.

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日本の文学史上最古にして最高傑作ともいわれる『源氏物語』。

紫式部によって書かれた全五十四帖にわたる長編小説を、わかりやすく情感豊かに読み上げました。

Join author Beth Kempton on a life-changing pilgrimage through rural Japan in search of answers to some of life's biggest questions: How do we find calm in the chaos and beauty in the darkness? How do we let go of the past and stop worrying about the future? What can an awareness of impermanence teach us about living well?

★話題沸騰！ 発売即、大重版！★「ビッグバンからAI時代」まで138億年を一気読み！★さらに、「現代から宇宙の終わり」まで未来の予測可能なシナリオも！★17か国で続々刊行、世界的ベストセラー！

Japanese by birth but transplanted to Europe in adulthood, Miki Sakamoto has spent a lifetime tending her garden and reflecting on its mysteries. Why do primulas bloom in snow? Do the trees really ‘talk’ to one another? What are the blackbirds saying today? And is there a mindful way to deal with an aphid infestation? From rising early to walk barefoot on the grass each morning, to afternoons and evenings spent sipping tea in her gazebo or watching fireflies as she recalls her childhood in Japan, Sakamoto shares observations from a life spent in contemplation – and cultivation – of nature.

大王製紙社長の長男として、幼少時代は1200坪の屋敷で過ごし、東大法学部に現役合格。27歳で赤字子会社を立て直し、42歳で本社社長就任。順調な経営、華麗なる交遊……すべてを手にしていたはずの