Yoka Daishi's Realizing the Way: Translation and Commentary

by Yoka Daishi and Yongjia Xuanjue

Book Overview

In this volume, The Buddhist Society presents Yoka Daishi's Realizing the Way, a T'ang Dynasty Chinese text known as Zhang Dao Ge, or Shodōka in Japanese. This 12th century Japanese edition has been translated by the Venerable Myokyo-ni and accompanied throughout by her own commentary on the text. The sixty-seven verses of Yoka Daishi's Song on the Realization of the Way lie at the heart of the Zen approach to Mahayana thought and symbolise the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 090103245X
• ISBN13: 9780901032454
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Buddhist Society
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.6"