Samurai Zen : the warrior Koans
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Samurai Zen : the warrior Koans
Routledge, 2003
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The warrior Koans : early Zen in Japan
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"First published in 1985 as The warrior Koans : early Zen in Japan, by Arkana"--T.p. verso
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Description
Samurai Zen brings together 100 of the rare riddles which represent the core spiritual discipline of Japan's ancient Samurai tradition. Dating from thirteenth-century records of Japan's Kamakura temples, and traditionally guarded with a reverent secrecy, they reflect the earliest manifestation of pure Zen in Japan. Created by Zen Masters for their warrior pupils, the Japanese Koans use incidents from everyday life - a broken tea-cup, a water-jar, a cloth - to bring the warrior pupils of the Samurai to the Zen realization. Their aim is to enable a widening of consciouness beyond the illusions of the limited self, and a joyful inspiration in life - a state that has been compared to being free under a blue sky after imprisonment.
Table of Contents
Introduction, Preface, Acknowledgments, Ima Fukuzan's Introduction to Shonan-Katto-Roku, Extracts from Imai Fukuzan's Introduction to Warrior Zen, Kamakura Koans, Index of Chinese Characters
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