The Saga of Zen History and the Power of Legend

by John C. Maraldo

(c) Chisokudō Publications 2021
This engaging book challenges both uncritical devotees and critical historians of Zen for the ways they have misplaced truths in the tradition known by that name. It first shows how current Chan/Zen scholarship itself is a practice that echoes the legendary verse about Zen as a "separate transmission outside the scriptures, not relying on written words," and then it develops the category of legend as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B094T5KDVY
• ISBN13: 9798504085470
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"