Japanese Spirituality

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Ikigai by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles, read by Noako Mori. Bring meaning and joy to your every day with the internationally best-selling guide to ikigai. The people of Japan believe that everyone has an ikigai - a reason for being; the thing that gets you out of bed each morning. And according to the residents of the Japanese island of Okinawa - the world's longest-living people - finding it is the key to a longer and more fulfilled life.

This book is an invitation to cultivate stillness and contentment in an ever-changing, uncertain world. Drawing on a thousand years of Japanese literature, culture and philosophical ideas to explore the true nature of time and what it means to be human, Kokoro - which mysteriously translates as 'heart-mind' - is a meditation on living well. Join Japanologist Beth Kempton on this life-changing pilgrimage far beyond the tourist trail, to uncover the soul of the country, its people and its deeply buried wisdom.

Learn to make every moment a once-in-a-lifetime experience with this definitive guide to the Japanese art of ichigo ichie, from the best-selling authors of Ikigai. Every moment in our life happens only once, and if we let it slip away, we lose it forever - an idea captured by the Japanese phrase ichigo ichie. Often spoken in Japan when greeting someone or saying goodbye, to convey that the encounter is unique and special, it is a tenet of Zen Buddhism and is attributed to a 16th-century master of the Japanese tea ceremony.

Since the first whiff of information came from Japan that there might still be traditional Japanese Reiki practitioners in Japan, we became intrigued with the system of Reiki's Japanese past. We travelled to Japan (with our two year old in tow) to see if we could find out anything else about it. In Japan we met with teachers who taught a mixture of both traditional styles of Reiki and its more modern versions.

We are living in a time when behavioral change is necessary for our health and survival. Yet we find it exceedingly difficult to transform our own habits, let alone those of other people. Enter Naohiro Matsumura, whose powerful new design method is as astonishingly simple in its logic as it is sophisticated in its psychology. It allows any of us to address challenges in our homes, our public spaces, and our social interactions.

Balance your body, mind, and spirit and heal yourself with your own hands using this clear, step-by-step guide to the practice of the ancient Japanese healing art of Jin Shin - written by a trained expert with nearly three decades of experience.

明治生まれの日本を代表する哲学者、倫理学者の旅行記。

和辻哲郎が20代の時に友人と奈良を旅し見聞した古美術、古建築について熱くそしてみずみずしい感性でつづられている作品です。 発売当時大ヒット作となった本書は、いまも色あせることなく美の世界へと私たちをいざないます。

奈良を旅する前に予習として聴きいておきたい作品です。

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.

１日１話、まいにち読めて、まいにち開運！芸能界最強占い師・ゲッターズ飯田。

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.

還暦で世界初のインターネット生保（ライフネット生命）を起業し古希で日本初の学長国際公募により立命館アジア太平洋大学（APU）学長に就任した“稀代の読書家”が古代ギリシャから現代まで100点以上

The Shinto religion is a mystery to many. There is no real founder, there are many gods and deities that are worshipped, and something about spiritualism and spirits in nature (that most people can’t quite put their finger on). Today, many of those confusions will be cleared up, as you will explore the Shinto faith and all its most important rituals, gods and goddesses, symbolism, etc. A long list of divine beings and their purpose and tasks will be revealed, some background stories about the most famous ones, and the history and legends of Japan’s gigantic mountain: Mount Fuji.

【10万部達成のロングセラー】嫌いな自分を肯定するには？　自分らしさはどう生まれるのか？　他者との距離をいかに取るか？　恋愛・職場・家族……人間関係に悩むすべての人へ。

In Japanese gardens, composition follows from placement of the first stone; all elements and plantings become interconnected. These eight essays on Kyoto gardens similarly begin with keen description and build into richly meditative excursions into art, Buddhism, nature, and science. Landscape architect Marc Keane shows how Japanese gardens are both a microcosm of the natural universe and a clear expression of our humanity, mirroring how we think, worship, and organize our lives and communities.

◎不安、ストレス、怒り、孤独、虚無、自責から自らを解放する科学的メソッド‼

『法句経』の名で知られる「真理のことば」（ダンマパダ）も，併収の「感興のことば」（ウダーナヴァルガ）も，ブッダの教えを集めたもので，人間そのものへの深い反省や生活の指針が，風格ある簡潔な句に表わされて

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.

いまも新しいブッダの2500年前の教え。それは認知科学であり心理学であり、きわめて実践的な心のトレーニングメソッドである。

読者が選ぶ「ビジネス書グランプリ2019」自己啓発部門賞受賞作◆「お花見」は未来を先に祝ってしまう日本の「引き寄せ」の法則だった!未来の姿を先に喜び、祝ってしま

著者、渡邊愛子本人による朗読版。奇跡はあたりまえに、次々と起こるもの――「瞑想」をすることでそれは簡単に叶います。 信じられないと思うかもしれませんが、一流企業や世界のセレブたちがその効果を実感し、日々の生活に取り入れて「現実に結果を出している」のです。 著者は、米国チョプラセンター認定瞑想ティーチャーとして、自身も数えきれないくらい、奇跡的出来事を体験してきました。「運のよさを手に入れたい」「仕事やプライベート、人間関係も、良好な状態にしたい」と思っている方は、だまされたと思って瞑想を続けてみてください。シンクロニシティ(意味ある偶然)が次々起こり、驚くほどに想像以上の結果を得ることができるようになります。 「アイデアがひらめく」「直感が鋭くなる」「願望成就」「引き寄せ力が抜群」「平常心で最善の意思決定」「仕事の効率が格段に上がる」「至福感をいつまでも感じられる」etc. 瞑想の効果は絶大です。まずは、はじめることから。ぜひ、奇跡を体感してください。