08-21-2010, 12:00 AM
I found zen in a book called; The Spirit of Judo
I wasnt looking to find spirituality, I was looking to read about judo, I was only 19...
But the book was a story about a french judoka and his encounters with a high rank judo master who was also a zen master. So I found zen by ''chance''. Reading the book, I wanted to know more about what that judo master was practicing in zen, so I looked up a book about zen, and I got hooked.
So I started to meditate at 19, and read as many books on zen as I could find. From Deshimaru to Dogen to Tomas Merton to Hakuin.. From Miyamoto musashi to Takuan Soho. And so on.
It was daring and revolutionnary for me. I loved the enigma behind meditation... Also, The way zen monks turned their back on the world, and were minimalists in every aspect of their lifes.
So thats my story.
I wasnt looking to find spirituality, I was looking to read about judo, I was only 19...
But the book was a story about a french judoka and his encounters with a high rank judo master who was also a zen master. So I found zen by ''chance''. Reading the book, I wanted to know more about what that judo master was practicing in zen, so I looked up a book about zen, and I got hooked.
So I started to meditate at 19, and read as many books on zen as I could find. From Deshimaru to Dogen to Tomas Merton to Hakuin.. From Miyamoto musashi to Takuan Soho. And so on.
It was daring and revolutionnary for me. I loved the enigma behind meditation... Also, The way zen monks turned their back on the world, and were minimalists in every aspect of their lifes.
So thats my story.