{"product_id":"eat-sleep-sit-isbn-9781568365657","title":"Eat Sleep Sit","description":"At the age of thirty, Kaoru Nonomura left his family, his girlfriend, and his job as a designer in Tokyo to undertake a year of ascetic training at Eiheiji, one of the most rigorous Zen training temples in Japan. This book is Nonomura's recollection of his experiences. He skillfully describes every aspect of training, including how to meditate, how to eat, how to wash, even how to use the toilet, in a way that is easy to understand no matter how familiar a reader is with Zen Buddhism. This first-person account also describes Nonomura's struggles in the face of beatings, hunger, exhaustion, fear, and loneliness, the comfort he draws from his friendships with the other trainees, and his quiet determination to give his life spiritual meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter writing \u003ci\u003eEat Sleep Sit\u003c\/i\u003e, Kaoru Nonomura returned to his normal life as a designer, but his book has maintained its popularity in Japan, selling more than 100,000 copies since its first printing in 1996. Beautifully written, and offering fascinating insight into a culture of hardships that few people could endure, this is a deeply personal story that will appeal to all those with an interest in Zen Buddhism, as well as to anyone seeking spiritual growth.\u003cb\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART ONE    The End and the Beginning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Resolve   11\u003cbr\u003e    Jizo Cloister   17\u003cbr\u003e    Dragon Gate   25\u003cbr\u003e    Main Gate   29\u003cbr\u003e    Temporary Quarters   34\u003cbr\u003e    Lavatory   38\u003cbr\u003e    Facing the Wall   46\u003cbr\u003e    Buddha Bowl   47\u003cbr\u003e    Evening Service   53\u003cbr\u003e    Evening Meal   56\u003cbr\u003e    Night Sitting   61\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART TWO    Etiquette is Zen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    JMorning Service   69\u003cbr\u003e    JMorning Meal   74\u003cbr\u003e    JCleaning the Corridors   81\u003cbr\u003e    JDignified Dress   84\u003cbr\u003e    JWashing the Face   89\u003cbr\u003e    JVerses   96\u003cbr\u003e    JNoon  97\u003cbr\u003e    JStick   101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART THREE    Alone in the Freezing Dark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     JEntering the Hall   111\u003cbr\u003e    JMonks’ Hall   115\u003cbr\u003e    JCommon Quarters   120\u003cbr\u003e    JWake-up Bell   129\u003cbr\u003e    JBell Tower   133\u003cbr\u003e    JSelf-reflection   143\u003cbr\u003e    JFood Server   150\u003cbr\u003e    JMonks’ Food   153\u003cbr\u003e    JShaving the Head   159\u003cbr\u003e    JDaikan   164\u003cbr\u003e    JHunger  169\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART FOUR    The Passage of Time\u003cbr\u003e    JEscape   177\u003cbr\u003e    JRegistration Ceremony   180\u003cbr\u003e    JFirst Bath   185\u003cbr\u003e    JBeginning Intensive Training   189\u003cbr\u003e    JManual Labor   195\u003cbr\u003e    JPenance   201\u003cbr\u003e    JMain Lecture   207\u003cbr\u003e    JTransfer   211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART FIVE    The Source of the Warmth of Life\u003cbr\u003e    JNew Job   219\u003cbr\u003e    JSales   223\u003cbr\u003e    JDistribution of Goods   229\u003cbr\u003e    JGuest Pavilion   233\u003cbr\u003e    JInspection   238\u003cbr\u003e    JWashrags   242\u003cbr\u003e    JEnding Intensive Training \u0026amp;  247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART SIX    The Colors of the Peak, the Echo in the Valley\u003cbr\u003e    JAttendant to the Director   253\u003cbr\u003e    JConference Room \u0026amp;  256\u003cbr\u003e    JIn Attendance   259\u003cbr\u003e    JMorning Session   263\u003cbr\u003e    JIncense Bearer \u0026amp;  267\u003cbr\u003e    JPreparations for Winter   271\u003cbr\u003e    JIntensive Sitting   275\u003cbr\u003e    JYear-end Cleaning   280\u003cbr\u003e    JNew Year’s Day   283\u003cbr\u003e    JNew Arrivals   286\u003cbr\u003e    JJust Sit   290\u003cbr\u003e    JDeparture Survey   294\u003cbr\u003e    J Leaving   300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfterword to the Japanese First Edition   311\u003cbr\u003eAfterword to the Japanese Paperback Edition   315\u003cbr\u003eNotes   323\"Here is an unusually fine translation of a most unusual best-seller. . . We sometimes have the odd idea that Zen means simply sitting around until satori happens. . . . It is much more, as novice Nonomura discovered when he joined the beginners at Eijeiji, one of the most rigorous temples in Japan. . . . a boot camp of a place that would make even brave marines quail. . . .Nonumura stood the strain. He stayed a year. . . . This painful route, then, is the true Zen path. . . . Almost as painful must have been the translation of this book with its extraordinary width of styles – from the arcane Zen tracts of Dogen and others, to the diary-like grumbles of the clueless young Nonomura. Here, translator Juliet Carpenter not only stays the course, she defines it….here is a particularly felicitous translation, especially in the handling of the colloquial within the religious context.\" –\u003cb\u003eDONALD RICHIE\u003c\/b\u003e, in \u003ci\u003eThe Japan Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It is difficult to adequately praise this book. To begin with, Kaoru Nonomura is a great writer. The description of his experiences Is precise, detailed and unsparingly honest, yet giving sudden glimpses of the heart and soul of a poet and mystic. The translation is superb. The story is riveting. . . . a treasure for anyone on any spiritual path.\" –\u003ci\u003e Light of Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003eBorn in 1959, \u003cb\u003eKaoru Nonomura\u003c\/b\u003e traveled widely in Asia as a university student, and upon graduation began to work as a designer in Tokyo. At the age of thirty, he decided to put his career on hold to spend a year as a trainee monk at Eiheiji, a monastery famed for its rigid discipline. Twelve months later, he returned to his design job, and it was during his daily commute on a crowded train that he began to jot down his recollections of his Eiheiji experience. These notes eventually became \u003ci\u003eEat Sleep Sit\u003c\/i\u003e, the author's only book.","brand":"Kodansha USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302578933989,"sku":"NP9781568365657","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781568365657.jpg?v=1767725831","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/eat-sleep-sit-isbn-9781568365657","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}