Contents: Introduction, Step away, come back later, Focus, but not too much, Generalization comes after specialization, Don’t bother if you don’t need to, Let Go

Introduction

I recently read Zen in the Art of Archery, which isn’t a book about archery as much as it is a book about zen. The book describes author’s journey learning archery from a zen master. I highly recommend it, the book is a short read–I finished it in a day.

Excerpts I found interesting from Alan Watt’s The Way of Zen, grouped by vibes:

Definition Convention Feel Growing Spontaneity Pointing Ego Interference Present Negation Liberation Za-zen Widespread Art

Definition

Zen Buddhism is a way and a view of life which does not belong to any of the formal categories of modern Western thought.