Essential Zen /

Essential Zen /

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Imprint:	[San Francisco, CA] : Harper San Francisco, c1994.
Description:	xviii, 174 p. ; 22 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Spiritual life -- Zen Buddhism. Spiritual life -- Zen Buddhism.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9043261

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Other authors / contributors:	Tanahashi, Kazuaki, 1933- Schneider, David, 1951-
ISBN:	0062510479 (acid-free paper) 9780062510471 (acid-free paper) 0062510460 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 9780062510464 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	Yet the teachings of ancient Chinese masters were recorded by their students, discussed, sometimes chanted, and given out as objects of meditation or koans. And, as Kazuaki Tanahashi points out, "However weird or enigmatic they are, or perhaps because of those very qualities, Zen stories have touched the hearts of people for over a thousand years." In Essential Zen, Tanahashi and Schneider present many of the classic writings regarded as "essential" in the East Asian Zen traditions along with a vibrant assortment of American Zen stories, poems, and teachings that reflect the present flowering of Zen in the West. At turns spare, elegant, witty, deeply serious, and marvelously humorous, these are reflections on everything from practical meditation techniques and the tasks of daily life to death, the environment, and activism. Including a history of Zen and its practices, this is a wonderfully lucid, lively, and comprehensive venture into the enduring, evolving, and essential heart of Zen.

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Summary:	The best collection of Zen wisdom and wit since Zen Flesh, Zen Bones, this lively introduction to Zen Buddhism has it all. Koans, sayings, poems, and stories by Eastern and American Zen teachers and students capture the delightful, challenging, mystifying, mind-stopping, outrageous, and scandalous heart of Zen. 6 illustrations.
Physical Description:	xviii, 174 p. ; 22 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	0062510479 9780062510471 0062510460 9780062510464