
Elegant Failure
A Guide to Zen Koans
$41.13
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2016
Summary
Zen koans are stories of exchanges between Zen masters and their disciples at the moment of enlightenment or near-enlightenment. These stories have long fascinated Western readers because of their wisdom, humor, and enigmatic quality. Drawing on over thirty years of practice and teaching, Richard Shrobe (himself a recognized Zen Master) has selected twenty-two cases from The Blue Cliff Record and Wu-men-kuan that he finds deeply meaningful and helpful for meditation practice…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781930485259 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1930485255 |
| Author: | Richard Shrobe |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Rodmell Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2016 |
| Weight: | 379g |
| Dimensions: | 227mm x 152mm x 19mm |
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Richard Shrobe (Zen Master Wu Kwang) is the guiding teacher of the Chogye International Zen Center in New York City. For more than twenty-five years he has been teaching in the Kwan Um School of Zen, the largest Zen organization in America. He is a musician, social worker, and certified Gestalt psychotherapist in private practice. He is also the author of Open Mouth Already a Mistake.
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Richard Shrobe
Richard Shrobe (Zen Master Wu Kwang) is the guiding teacher of the Chogye International Zen Center in New York City. For more than twenty-five years he has been teaching in the Kwan Um School of Zen, the largest Zen organization in America. He is a musician, social worker, and certified Gestalt psychotherapist in private practice. He is also the author of Open Mouth Already a Mistake.
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