Zen for Americans

by Soyen Shaku

Other authorsD. T. Suzuki (Translator)
Hardcover, 1993

Status

Available

Tags

Sutras, Japanese Zen Teachers

Collection

Zen Buddhism

Publication

Dorset House Publishing Co Inc (1993), Edition: 1st, 220 pages

Description

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1913 Edition.

Language

English

ISBN

0880292067 / 9780880292061

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Library's review

In Zen for Americans, Zen Master Soyen Shaku's vivid explanations of Buddhist beliefs are published together with the Sutra of Forty-Two Chapters, the first collection of Buddha's sayings to be introduced from India into the Far East. Too long out of print, the first words from the Buddhist East to
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 the West are perhaps the best words to introduce Zen, as Master Soyen Shaku calls to the agitated present day with wind-chime clarity. These lectures, plus essays written especially for Americans, draw Westerners into the Zen frame of mind. Reading Shaku's description of the Buddhist concept of God, of karma, or of reincarnation, is like resting in a Japanese garden: there are no excesses, and every feature blesses you with radiant tranquility.
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(4 ratings; 3.4)

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220

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