Ma: The Japanese Secret to Contemplation and Calm, 9784805319215
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Find calm and awareness: Discover the power of Japanese Ma.
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Ma: The Japanese Secret to Contemplation and Calm

an invitation to awareness

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  • Hardcover

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    2 February 2026

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Summary

Unlock the Power of “Ma”: Finding Calm and Contemplation in the Japanese Secret

“Ma—the emptiness in which time, space, and thoughts are suspended—is an invitation to awareness.”

The traditional Japanese concept of ma refers to a pause or a space, “the moment of no action, the stillness and silence that is filled with more powerful energy than the moments of action” on the classic Noh stage. It also refers to the pauses taken in between not…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9784805319215
ISBN-10:4805319216
Author:Ken Rodgers, John Einarsen
Publisher:Tuttle Publishing
Imprint:Tuttle Publishing
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:2 February 2026
Weight:0g
Dimensions:203mm x 130mm
About The Author

Ken Rodgers

Ken Rodgers is co-founder of Kyoto Journal. Bio to come.

John Einarsen is a photographer, designer, curator and founding editor of Kyoto Journal, an international magazine on Japanese and Asian culture established in 1987. His photographs have been published in Kyoto: The Forest Within the Gate and Small Buildings of Kyoto. From 2013-2015 he served as an advisor to the Japan Times and in 2013 received the Commissioner’s Award of the Japanese Cultural Affairs Agency. He lives near Kyoto’s Nanzenji temple.

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