Karlfried Graf Dürckheim

About The Author

Karlfried Graf Dürckheim (1896–1988) spent eight years in Japan before World War II and was a professor at the University of Kiel until Hitler’s rise to power in 1933. In Japan he discovered Zen Buddhism in its various expressions and subsequently became a Western authority on the subject.

Books by Karlfried Graf Dürckheim

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The Vital Center of Man

By Karlfried Graf Dürckheim
The classic text on balance, inner calm, and the cultivation of tranquillity using the age-old techniques of Zen masters• Reveals the psychosomatic underpinnings of Zen, Taoism, and other Eastern traditions• Provides an alternative to the “chest out-belly in” postural attitude of the West• Includ...
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