Zen and Ghibli Life Lessons for Lasting Happiness from the Legendary Studio

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Zen and Ghibli Life Lessons for Lasting Happiness from the Legendary Studio | 43.33 MB

Title: Zen and Ghibli Life Lessons for Lasting Happiness from the Legendary Studio
Author: Toshio Suzuki, Beth Cary
Category: Film, Zen Buddhism, Religion & Spirituality, Zen
Language: English | 276 str. Pages | ISBN: 9781803514277


Description:
The secrets for how to live a happy, enlightened life from three charming Buddhist monks and Toshio Suzuki, the Oscar-winning Studio Ghibli producer behind internationally beloved and acclaimed films including Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and The Boy and the Heron.
One visionary filmmaker. Three Buddhist monks. Countless life-changing lessons.
How do we live now? In Zen and Ghibli, legendary Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki embarks on an intellectual journey with three leading Buddhist monks-Sokyu Gen'yu, Nanrei Yokota, and Shinsuke Hosokawa-to explore Zen themes woven into the universally treasured Ghibli films. In ways unpredictable and delightful, life-changing lessons are revealed, such as:
  • zazen, redirecting our focus inward (Kiki's Delivery Service)
  • kunjū, learning through observation (The Wind Rises)
  • fushiki, strength in not...