Zen Classics for the Modern World: Translations of Chinese Zen Poems & Prose with Contemporary Commentary

by Jeff Shore

This book, aimed at the modern reader, discusses three classic Chinese Zen texts from three different traditions and eras: The delightful poetic masterpiece Enjoying the Way from the 8th cent. Northern Zen tradition. The profound poems -- and stunning illus. -- of Ten Oxherding Pictures from the 12th cent. Rinzai tradition. The hard-hitting Exhortations for Those Who Don?t Arouse the Doubt from the early 17th cent. Soto tradition. Much of this material...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1437979467
• ISBN13: 9781437979466
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Diane Publishing Co.
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.5" x 6.0"