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Showing 1 to 20 of 107 for “"Zen"”.
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Problems in zen
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Humanities, 1969.
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21st Century Zen Garden
This paper is a discussion of certain philosophical issues that have informed the progression of my work to date.
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The Zen of Ionesco: A production
… wish to follow through on this thread - that of Zen elements which manifested themselves during my research and in the process of production - and to document a way of looking at not only the work which Ionesco has created, but also the art of directing for the theatre as it was realized in this …
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Thomas Merton : life, work & thoughts on Zen
… spiritual journey, work and understanding of Zen is still relevant to contemporary religious challenges. Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk, had a unique spiritual journey with the ability to be open to new experiences and to embrace the good in other religions. Today in our global village, we …
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Medieval Japanese Zen: Catalyst for Symbol System Formation
… identified and traced within cultures. Analyzing Zen Buddhism from this perspective as it flourished in twelfth century Japan is particularly interesting in light of the rapid proliferation of new symbol systems emerging in its wake. These included symbolic acts such as tea ceremony, Sumi-e …
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Deep Learning for the KamLAND-Zen Search for 0𝜈𝛽𝛽
… asymmetry of the universe. KamLAND-Zen is a leading search for 0𝜈𝛽𝛽, having placed the most stringent limit on its half-life at [formula] at 90% C.L. in ¹³⁶Xe. The next phase of KamLAND-Zen is currently running and will place even more stringent limits on the half-life. The …
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Singing Nature, Dancing Buddha: Zen, Language, and the Groundlessness of Silence
This thesis presents Zen experience as aesthetic in nature. This is done through an analysis of language, a central concern for Zen Buddhism. The thesis develops two modes of language at work in Zen: representational and indexical. What these modes of language entail, the kind of relations that are …
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Equilibrium graphs on the flat torus or finding zen amidst the bull
Tutte's classical spring embedding theorem, and equilibrium graphs on the plane in general, have been a subject of study for many decades, with connections to and applications in many areas, including, but not limited to, discrete geometry, planar graph theory, graphics, surface parametrization, …
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Paradox East and West: some parallels between Zen Buddhism and western philosophy.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Humanities. Thesis. 1973. B.S.
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ECOLOGY OF A KŌAN: HAKUIN’S ZEN AS A MORAL MODEL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGAGEMENT
My thesis is that within Buddhist philosophy the concept of mindfulness is a valuable contribution to environmentalism that similarly extols the virtue of generating a kind of environmental mindfulness. Buddhist traditions have long developed the concept of mindfulness as well as compassion, the …
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The mind of the everyday in contemporary fine art and Zen Buddhist practice
… the relationship between Western art and Zen. Among these views, an Eastern perspective is lacking, particularly in relation to Zen Buddhist practice of the everyday. The aim of this research is to make a comparative study of the mind of the everyday in contemporary fine art and Zen …
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The experience of zen meditation on patients with generalized anxiety disorder in Taiwan
… (GAD) undertaking a six week intervention of a Zen meditation programme in Taiwan. Mix-methods were used including the Revised State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (RSTAI), repeated focus groups, individual interviews, diaries and field notes. Heidegger’s interpretative phenomenology was adopted as …
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Experiential learning: An exploration of the effect of Zen experience on personal transformation
… by examining my own and others experience of Zen, and comparing it with Self Organised Learning. The aim was to see what effect each system had on the lives of the participants. The thesis plots how I had a tacit reliance on myself as a measuring instrument, and how this became an integrating …
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Zen and the Art of Praxis: New Adventures in Live Coding, Quantum Computing, and The Web.
… music might similarly embody <i>praxis</i>. Zen, a live coding environment built with modern web technologies, is presented as the primary research solution.<br/><br/>Using an <i>iterative software development</i> methodology, the project documents Zen's evolution, from a live coding …
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The Beat Avant-Garde, The 1950's, and the Popularizing of Zen Buddhism in the United States
Connections between Zen and writers associated with the Beat movement have been evident to critics and public alike ever since Jack Kerouac's publication of The Dharma Bums in 1958. This synergy between the two would be continuous over the remainder of the 1950's, one almost seeming to imply or be …
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