Lone Ranger and Tonto Meet Buddha

Masks, Meditation, and Improvised Play to Induce Liberated States

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Reveals how to use masks, meditation, and improvisation to free yourself from overthinking, self-doubt, and fixed ideas of who you think you areSharing a series of mindfulness techniques and acting exercises that show how malleable the self can be, award-winning actor, narrator, and Zen Buddhist priest Peter Coyote reveals how to use masks, meditation, and improvisation to free yourself from fixed ideas of who you think you are and help you release your ego from constant defensive strategizing, calm the mind’s overactivity, and allow spontaneous playfulness to arise out of your deepest nature. Developed through 40 years of research and personal study, Coyote’s synthesis of mask-based improv games and Zen practices is specifically designed to create an ego-suppressed state akin to the mystical experiences of meditation or the spiritual awakenings of psychedelics. After preparatory exercises, seeing yourself in a mask will temporarily displace your familiar self and the spirit of the mask will take over.Likening the liberated state induced by mask work to “Enlightenment-lite,” Coyote draws on Buddhist philosophy to describe how and why the exercises work as well as how to make your newly awakened and confident self part of daily life. In true Zen form, woven throughout the narrative is a lighthearted parable of an out-of-work Lone Ranger and Tonto, who meet Buddha and experience spiritual awakening. Illuminating the lessons of mask work, the transformation of the Lone Ranger mirrors that of the individual pursuing this practice, revealing how you will come to realize that the world is more magical and vaster than you thought possible.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-04-28
Mått152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt354 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor192
FörlagInner Traditions Bear and Company
ISBN9781644113561

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Peter Coyote is an award-winning actor, author, director, screenwriter, and narrator who has worked with some of the world’s most distinguished filmmakers. Recognized for his narration work, he narrated the PBS series The Pacific Century, winning an Emmy Award, as well as eight Ken Burns documentaries, including The Roosevelts, for which he won a second Emmy. In 2011 he was ordained as a Zen Buddhist priest and in 2015 received “transmission” from his teacher, making him an independent Zen teacher. The author of several books, he lives in northern California.

AUTHOR’S PREFACE A True Holiday from Self-Consciousness PART ONE Finding the Secrets 1 Losing Myself2 The Wheel’s Spinning, but the Gerbil’s Gone 3 Working with Masks 4 Just Who Do You Think You Are? 5 Tricking and Trapping the Self 6 Inviting the Shock of Recognition7 You Think It’s a Game? Try It! 8 The Imaginary Performance PART TWOKeeping Your Learning Accessible 9 The Devil You Know 10 Masked in a Hall of Mirrors 11 More on Meditation and Masks 12 The Masks of Language13 Seeing for the First Time 14 Buddha’s Empty Hands 15 The Devil You Don’t Know 16 Even Buddha Can Betray You 17 Locating and Listening to Your True Self PostscriptAcknowledgments Notes Suggested Reading Index

“Remembering that a neutral mask class in college was one of the few acting exercises I found really useful, I was curious to see how an accomplished actor like Peter Coyote would tie mask work to the tenets of Buddhist philosophy. Through the lens of the Lone Ranger and Tonto, Coyote cleverly conveys the message of finding oneself by losing oneself. I highly recommend this book to every actor--veteran or fledgling--indeed to every human who has ever felt constrained by the voices of self-criticism in their head.”