The Tiger's Cave: Translations of Japanese Zen Texts (Second Zen Reader)

By Trevor Leggett

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138659029
• ISBN13: 9781138659025
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"