Two Zen Classics
The Gateless Gate and the Blue Cliff Records
$51.29
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2005
Summary
“TWO ZEN CLASSICS is a product of Herculean labors, wrought with dedication and understanding.” - Philip Kapleau
A new translation of The Gateless Gate and The Blue Cliff Records, two classic collections of Zen koans—or guiding ‘riddles’—used in the study of Zen Buddhism.
The strange verbal paradoxes called koans have been used traditionally in Zen training to help students attain a direct realization of truths inexpressible in words. The two works translated…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781590302828 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1590302826 |
| Author: | Katsuki Sekida |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2005 |
| Weight: | 550g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 151mm x 29mm |
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Critics Review
“Katsuki Sekida brings to these works the same fresh and pragmatic approach that made his Zen Training so popular. The insights of a lifetime of Zen practice and his familiarity with Western as well as Eastern ways of thinking make him an ideal interpreter of the texts for the people of today.“—Asahi Evening News
“These notes are the fullest and most intelligent that have so far appeared in English.“—Japan Times
”Two Zen Classics is a product of Herculean labors, wrought with dedication and understanding.“—Philip Kapleau
About The Author
Katsuki Sekida
Katsuki Sekida (1893-1987) was by profession a high school teacher of English until his retirement in 1945. Zen, nevertheless, was his lifelong preoccupation. He began his Zen practice in 1915 and trained at Empuku-ji in Kyoto and Ryutaki-ji in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture. He taught at the Honolulu Zendo and Maui Zendo from 1963 to 1970 and at the London Zen Society from 1970 to 1972.
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