Selling Water by the River: Manual of Zen Training

Here is a fascinating inside view of the religious side of Zen through a comprehensive manual of instruction for trainees. Intended as a practical handbook for those wishing to study Soto Zen either as laymen or for the purpose of entering the priesthood, this unusual and absorbing book provides a wealth of heretofore untranslated material to delight and inform even the most casual reader of Zen literature. - Back cover.