{"product_id":"9780349425580","title":"Kokoro","description":"Author: Beth Kempton\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349425580\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 09 Jul 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ekokoro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e [n.] intelligent heart, feeling mind\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  One year. Two devastating losses. Three sacred Japanese mountains. A major life transition, a heart full of grief and a revelation that changes everything.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  Join Japanologist Beth Kempton on a pilgrimage through rural Japan in search of answers to some of life's biggest questions: \u003ci\u003eHow do we find calm in the chaos and beauty in the darkness? How do we let go of the past and stop worrying about the future? What can an awareness of impermanence teach us about living well?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether you will journey to the deep north of Japan, hike ancient forests, watch the moon rise over mountains of myth and encounter a host of wise teachers along the way -  Noh actors, chefs, taxi drivers, coffee shop owners, poets, philosophers and the spirits that inhabit the land. You will contemplate the true nature of time at one of the world's strictest Zen temples and nothing will be quite the same again.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is an invitation to cultivate stillness and contentment in an ever-changing, uncertain world. It all begins with the \u003ci\u003ekokoro\u003c\/i\u003e, a profound Japanese term which represents the intelligent heart, the feeling mind and the embodied spirit of every human being.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo explore the\u003ci\u003e kokoro\u003c\/i\u003e is to explore the very essence of what it means to be human in this tough yet devastatingly beautiful world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhen you learn to live guided by the light in your \u003ci\u003ekokoro\u003c\/i\u003e, everything changes, and anything is possible.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46482723963038,"sku":"ADS-9780349425580","price":44.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780349425580.jpg?v=1770351260","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780349425580","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}