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ZEN SHOWED ME THE WAY

…. To peace, happiness and tranquility

By  SESSUE  HAYAKAWA

Edited by Croswell Bowen

London– George Allen and Unwin LTD.

CONTENTS

Introduction to Zen, by Croswell Bowen

1.                  The Hand of destiny

2.                  A Fatal dive

3.                  Buddha’s lamp

4.                  Return to the world of men

5.                  Omen of destiny

6.                  The boat before the wind

7.                  Seeds are being planted

8.                  Water in the hands

9.                  An oasis in the desert

10.              the cup of humanity

11.              A soundless sound

12.              The bridge

PUBLISHER’S NOTE

In his famous role as the Japanese Colonel in The Bridge on the River Kwai, Sessue Hayakawa was required to commit suicide by hara-kiri. As he prepared the scene, he relived the time, many years before, when as a youth the had actually attempted this escape from the dishonour he thought he had brought upon his noble Japanese family.

After he recovered from the attempt, he sought out a Zen priest who gave him spiritual comfort. On the priest’s advice, Hayama retired to an abandoned Zen temple, and he subsequently studied Zen and lived alone in meditation.

At the end of a year young Hayakawa had reached a philosophical plateau which he believed would enable him to go abroad and live successfully. After his graduation from the University of Chicago, destiny led him to a Japanese theatre in Los Angeles which he joined as an actor. Presently he came to the attention of the motion picture companies just establishing themselves in Hollywood, and became one of the leading stars of the silent screen.

His subsequent long career as an actor on stage and screen took him all over the globe and into many vicissitudes of romance, high adventure, close brushes with death, mysterious prophecies and harrowing experiences during World War II. His Zen philosophy made it possible for him to bear all these with serenity. Grateful for the tranquility Zen had brought him, he studied for the Zen priesthood and was ordained qualified to impart to others the Zen wisdom of the centuries.

In this exciting, absorbing book Sessue Hayakawa shows you the way to the great wisdom and deep philosophy of Zen.

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