Book
Eight Million Ways to Happiness : Wisdom for Inspiration and Healing from the Heart of Japan.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593474433
- Physical Description: 368 pages
- Publisher: Canada : Penguin Publishing Group, 2025.
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| General Note: | CO |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | Library Bound Incorporated |
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| Subject: | HEALTH & FITNESS / Longevity PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Happiness |
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A Shinto cultural historian shares a path to joyful living drawn from Japanâs uniquely flexible approach to spirituality and nature, offering a moving and enriching blend of memoir, cultural history and guidance for anyone struggling with disconnection in the modern world. 75,000 first printing. Illustrations. - Penguin Putnam
A Japanese cultural historian shares a path to joyful living drawn from her nationâs unique approach to spirituality and nature, offering a âfascinatingâ (Wintering author Katherine May) blend of memoir, cultural reporting, and practical guidance for anyone struggling to find balance in our turbulent modern world.
Everyoneâs in the pursuit of happiness, but few know how to attain it. Millions around the world have turned to Japan for advice on finding their Ikigai, or summoning The Courage to Be Disliked. Japanâs spiritual traditions hide in plain sight, forming the basis of so much of what we love about the countryâs culture. Without Japanâs spiritual sustenance, Jiro wouldnât dream of sushi; Hayao Miyazakiâs films wouldnât spirit us away; and Marie Kondo wouldnât spark joy.
In her book Eight Million Ways to Happiness, Hiroko Yoda offers the culmination of her decade-long odyssey into the spiritual heart of her homeland. Readers follow Hiroko as she trains as a Shinto shrine-dancer, partakes in Buddhist funeral rituals, ascends holy mountains with Shugendo ascetics, and meets one of Japanâs last living itako, a traditional mystic. Her storiesâpersonal, cultural, and historicalâoffer life lessons for readers of any background.
Hiroko awakens readers to the idea of a traditional spiritual flexibility that seamlessly coexists with the modern secular world, fortifying us through lifeâs inevitable ups and downs. We are all subject to forces beyond our control, but we are also part of a bigger natural system that can strengthen usâif we learn how to reconnect with it.
