New into, 3 quick translations please

[malbasha]

Hello everybody,

 

I'm studying a Zen book and some Buddhist and Tao practices, even got some objects, so I need a few quick translations, please. Photos will be the easiest way I think.

 

Thanks in advance guys,

 

Nikola

[Jim]

福 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/福#Chinese

 

禅 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/禪#Chinese

 

禅道 - Way of Chan/Zen

[889]

The seal on the first photo reads 康熙御筆之寶. This is the seal of the Emperor Kangxi, and the scroll is a reproduction of his calligraphy on a stele in Beijing.

 

https://read01.com/ggP2mDP.html

 

http://en.pgm.org.cn/newenglish/cultural/201409/2799944f02a2498e8e9521bb59be668b.shtml

[Jim]

Just realised the middle one is the cover to Zen Flesh, Zen Bones. I had that paperback though have left it somewhere along the way. ETA Or maybe mixing it up with an Alan Watts book. Definitely familiar.

ETA Ah ha, it was Watts:

[malbasha]

Thank you guys, thanks a lot.

 

Im fascinated by all this

 

@Jim You are right, it is the way of Zen by A. Watts!

 

@889 Thanks vm for the links!

 

Is the first letter to the left of the Fu sign and and of the Alan Watts cover the same ? (i know it's the wrong direction, but the only way I can explain...) Even the first letter in the third image looks the same, apart from the second letter which is below and obviously different.

I'm trying to compare

[Lu]

1 hour ago, malbasha said:

Is the first letter to the left of the Fu sign and and of the Alan Watts cover the same ? (i know it's the wrong direction, but the only way I can explain...) Even the first letter in the third image looks the same, apart from the second letter which is below and obviously different.

Yes, they are the same: 礻. These 'letters'  are called radicals or character components (if you're interested in how Chinese characters are built, Wikipedia is a decent starting point). The 礻 radical is mostly used in characters for things related to religion, spirituality, gods etc.