Zen in the Art of Archery

Eugen Herrigel

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The book sets forth theories about motor learning and control that provide lessons for learning any sport or physical activity. For example, a central idea in the book is that through years of practice, a physical activity becomes effortless both mentally and physically, as if the body executes complex and difficult movements without conscious control from the mind.
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70 printed pages
Publication year
2018
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Quotes

  • Marina Lyadovahas quoted3 years ago
    Zen teaches and advocates the greatest economy of expression,
  • Marina Lyadovahas quoted3 years ago
    And consequently, by the “art” of archery he does not mean the ability of the sportsman, which can be controlled, more or less, by bodily exercises, but an ability whose origin is to be sought in spiritual exercises and whose aim consists in hitting a spiritual goal, so that fundamentally the marksman aims at himself and may even succeed in hitting himself.
  • Peter Quist Blounerhas quoted6 years ago
    “The right art,” cried the Master, “is purposeless, aimless! The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you will succeed in the one and the further the other will recede.

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