Download or read book The Philosophy of No-Mind written by Nishihira Tadashi and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-16 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Translated into English for the first time, leading Japanese philosopher, Nishihira Tadashi, explores the deeply experiential philosophy of losing yourself in the reality of the present. He takes us on a tour through the history of Zen, the gatekeeper of the philosophy of no-mind D.T. Suzuki, the Noh theory of Zeami and Takuan's treatise on swordsmanship. Nishihira pulls together the threads of this genealogy of no-mind, showing the richness of the concept and its essential connection to the paradoxical task of becoming fully human"--