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advanced Zen Buddhist textual analysis
Author_Trevor Leggett
Buddhist meditation practice
Buddhist philosophy research
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Hakuin teachings
Japanese temple life
Mahayana sutra studies
Zen autobiographical narratives
Product details
- ISBN 9781138659025
- Weight: 360g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 26 Apr 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Compiled and translated by Trevor Leggett.
