The tiger's cave : translations of Japanese Zen texts (second Zen reader)
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The tiger's cave : translations of Japanese Zen texts (second Zen reader)
（Routledge library editions, . Zen Buddhism ; v. 6）
Routledge, 2016, c1977
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The tiger's cave : translations of Japanese Zen texts second Zen reader
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Reprint. Originally published: London : Routledge & K. Paul, 1977
Set ISBN for subseries "Zen Buddhism": 9781138185050
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Japanese texts translated here give a fascinating picture of actual Zen life - the life of the traditional temple training, with many stories and a number of historical incidents connected with Zen masters. The main text is the important commentary by a contemporary Soto Zen abbot on the Heart Sutra - the shortest and most difficult sutra in Mahayana Buddhism. Then comes a translation of the Yasen Kanna, a short autobiographical piece by Hakuin, the Japanese Zen teacher, monk and poet who revitalized Rinzai Zen in the eighteenth century. The remaining texts show what Zen means in Japan today.
Table of Contents
1. On the Heart Suta by Abbot Obora of the Soto Zen Sect (Contemporary) 2. Yasenkanna, An Autobiographical Narrative by Zen Master Hakuin (Eighteenth Century) 3. The Tiger's Cave and other Pieces 4. Zen by Rosen Takashina, Primate of the Soto Zen Sect
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