Public Zen, Personal Zen: A Buddhist Introduction

by Peter D. Hershock

Book Overview

Among Buddhist traditions, Zen has been remarkably successful in garnering and sustaining interest outside the Buddhist homelands of Asia, and "zen" is now part of the global cultural lexicon. This deeply informed book explores the history of this enduring Japanese tradition--from its beginnings as a form of Buddhist thought and practice imported from China to its reinvention in medieval Japan as a force for religious, political, and cultural change...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442216123
• ISBN13: 9781442216129
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.7"