Rubén L.F. Habito

La compasión de Buda y el amor de Cristo tienen mucho en común y el camino que propone el budismo zen puede acercarnos a una experiencia más plena de Dios, de nosotros mismos y de nuestro entorno. Catolico practicante, antes sacerdote jesuita, maestro zen reconocido y profesor en la escuela Perkins de Teologia en Southern Methodist University, Ruben Habito muestra como la practica del zen puede arrojar luz sobre los evangelios de Jesus y ayudar a que uno viva de manera mas alegre y compasiva.

Lo que el autor propone es volver, a través del zen, al núcleo de nuestro ser, vencer nuestro egocentrismo, recuperar la sintonía con el amor de Dios y redescubrir el ahora, el cuerpo, la naturaleza, la capacidad de enfrentarse a la realidad y lo femenino.

Healing our wounded Earth is not unrelated to healing our own personal wounds. The pains of the Earth and those of the individuals making up our Earth community cannot be separated. Thus the healing of our individual lives can become the basis of the healing of Earth. This book sheds light on Zen as a spiritual path that leads to healing - in the personal, social, and ecological dimensions of our being. If you are seeking a form of spiritual practice that addresses all three of these dimensions or simply seeking to deepen your understanding of the Zen path, it is written for you. If instead of fragmentation, disorientation, and vacuity, you seek wholeness, groundedness, and integrity in your life, it is written for you. Perhaps you, too, have come to realize that our global community is in a sad state of affairs, that we need to radically change how we live and relate to one another and to the Earth. You may already be engaged in some form of social or ecological action addressing these issues-and you may feel overwhelmed by the magnitude of the task. If youve been tempted to pessimism or have thrown up your hands in despair when your best efforts dont seem to make a dent, this book is for you, Healing Breath offers a way to integrate a spiritual path with active, socio-ecological engagement as the ground.This book also addresses another set of questions: can a Christian genuinely practice Zen? How is Zen practice compatible with a Christian faith commitment? To fully engage in a Zen practice, what kind of belief system is presupposed or required? How can spiritual practice in an Eastern tradition inform Christian life and understanding?In the process of describing the Zen way of life, Healing Breath will consider various Christian expressions, symbols, and practices - not as an apologetic for that belief system, but to show how they, too, point to the transformative and healing perspectives and experiences provided by Zen.

The release of Ruben Habitos new book, Living Zen, Loving God has coincided with a rave review from Publishers Weekly magazine:"Habito may not seem himself as a revolutionary, but his humble life calling - to illuminate the commonalities between Zen Buddhism and Christianity - seems a profound gift. Habito excels in illuminating the connective spiritual tissue between the two religions, while explaining the principles of Buddhism. This is an excellent book for readers who want to deepen their understanding of Christianity, as well as Buddhism." - Publishers WeeklyExactly right. This wonderful book, in its friendly, informative tone, carefully explains Buddhist ideas - from key concepts like Emptiness and The Truth of Suffering to an in-depth and enlightening examination of the Heart Sutra - all in terms that will help modern Christian practitioners to deepen their faith, and Buddhists, to revitalize and broaden their perception and understanding.This is a book with immense value to anyone interested in interreligious dialogue and studies, and as such, has already won accolades from Habitos contemporaries. (See below.)Habito, a practicing Catholic and former Jesuit priest - as well as an acknowledged Zen master and professor in the School of Theology at Southern Methodist University - makes a clear case that Zen practice can deepen a Christians connection to God, further clarify the Gospel teachings of Jesus, and enable one to live a more joyous, compassionate, and socially engaged life. Habito demonstrates that the practice of Zen meditation and even some elements of the Buddhist worldview can enable one to love God more constantly and commit to the service of the Realm of Heaven and the human community more wholeheartedly.Ruben L.F. Habito is the author of numerous publications, in both Japanese and English, on Zen and Christianity and is a prominent figure in the Buddhist-Christian Dialogue. A native of the philipines, Habito served as a Jesuit priest in Japan under the guidance of the great spiritual pioneer Father Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle and studied Zen with renowned teacher Koun Yamada. He lives in Dallas, Texas.

¿Quién soy yo? ¿Cuál es la clave de todo? ¿Qué sentido y qué objetivo tiene mi vida? ¿Cómo puedo encontrar una auténtica paz interior? Sabiendo que algún día moriré, ¿cómo puedo llevar una vida plena y afrontar mi muerte con serenidad? Cuando surgen preguntas de este tipo y nos acucian con cierta urgencia en cualquier punto de nuestro recorrido vital, empezamos a sentirnos incomodos. Podemos tratar de ocultarlas, pero inevitablemente vuelven a surgir para desasosegarnos. Cuando prestamos atencion a estos interrogantes que se nos presentan, asistimos probablemente a lo que puede ser un importante punto de inflexion en nuestra vida. Y en ese momento, tanto el zen como los Ejercicios Espirituales de san Ignacio iluminan nuestro itinerario y nos muestran dos caminos hacia el despertar y la transformacion. Profundo conocedor de la tradicion zen y de la espiritualidad ignaciana, Ruben Habito, que ha recorrido estas sendas a lo largo de varias decadas, nos ofrece en este libro una sintesis magistral de los principales movimientos de los Ejercicios Espirituales a la luz del zen, cruzando los tradicionales limites religiosos en el intento de abrir esos tesoros al mundo entero. Y, al mismo tiempo, invita a quienes ya estan familiarizados con el mundo zen a considerar lo que ofrecen los Ejercicios ignacianos al arrojar luz sobre la practica zen como camino de transformacion. El presente volumen, destinado a cualquier persona en proceso de busqueda e interesada en ampliar sus horizontes en el camino espiritual, esta dirigido tambien a aquellos cristianos para quienes las orientaciones ignacianas son una experiencia y un modo de vida que encierra todo cuanto subyace en lo mas profundo de su propia fe. RUBEN L. F. HABITO es profesor de la Perkins School of Theology, en la Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Autor de numerosos libros sobre el budismo, fue discipulo de Yamada Koun Roshi. En 1991 fundo la organizacion Maria Kannon Zen Center en Dallas. Su viaje espiritual se ha nutrido siempre de dos tradiciones: el zen y los Ejercicios Espirituales.