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Habito, Ruben Leodegario Flores was born on October 2, 1947 in Cabuyao, Laguna, Philippines. Son of Celestino and Faustina (Flores) Habito. came to the United States, 1989.
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Total Liberation: Zen Spirituality and the Social Dimension
(What is Zen Buddhism? What is its value for Christians? H...)
What is Zen Buddhism? What is its value for Christians? How does it relate to Christian beliefs? How does Zen relate to the world-and to changing it? Total Liberation explores these and other questions about Zen and Christianity. Habito has two basic aims. First, he demonstrates the relevance of Zen to a contemporary Christian spirituality, comparing Zen insights to the often overly-cerebral qualities of Western Christianity. Second, he shows how a blending of Zen and Christian spirituality complement and sustain a social active role in the world. While an important dimension of Zen involves contemplation and personal growth, Habito points out that this basic ideal ultimately expands to embrace all of creation and not just the individual self. Similarly, the Christian spiritual relationship with God finds its expression not only in the personal and contemplative, but in action. Total Liberation defines true spirituality as engagement with, rather than disassociation from, the social dimension. It shows that Zen, no less than Christian, spirituality must lead to active involvement and struggle against social violence and oppression.
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Healing Breath: Zen for Christians and Buddhists in a Wounded World
(Healing our wounded Earth is not unrelated to healing our...)
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 you've been tempted to pessimism or have thrown up your hands in despair when your best efforts don't 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.
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Ruben Leodegario Flores Habito
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Ruben Leodegario Flores Habito, Philippine Religion educator. Ordained priest Roman Catholic Church, 1976. Member Japanese Catholic Council for Justice and Peace, Tokyo, 1978-1989. Member Sanbo Kyodan Religious Foundation, Japanese Association for Religious Studies, American Academy Religion, Association Asian Studies, Japanese Association Indian and Buddhist Studies.
Education
Master of Arts, Tokyo University, 1975. DLittC, Tokyo University, 1978. Licentiate of Sacred Theology, Sophia University, Tokyo, 1978.
Career
Lecturer Sophia University, 1978-1985, associate professor, 1985-1989. Professor Perkins School Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, since 1989. Authorized Zen teacher, 1988.
Director Maria Kannon Zen Center, Dallas.
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Total Liberation: Zen Spirituality and the Social Dimension
(What is Zen Buddhism? What is its value for Christians? H...)
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Healing Breath: Zen for Christians and Buddhists in a Wounded World
(Healing our wounded Earth is not unrelated to healing our...)
- Healing Breath: Zen Spirituality for a Wounded Eearth
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Total Liberation: Zen Spirituality and the Social Dimension
Membership
Member Japanese Catholic Council for Justice and Peace, Tokyo, 1978-1989. Member Sanbo Kyodan Religious Foundation, Japanese Association for Religious Studies, American Academy Religion, Association Asian Studies, Japanese Association Indian and Buddhist Studies.
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Married Maria Dorothea Reis, April 18, 1990.
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Philippine
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1975
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1978