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- catalog abstract "Yet the teachings of ancient Chinese masters were recorded by their students, discussed, sometimes chanted, and given out as objects of meditation or koans. And, as Kazuaki Tanahashi points out, "However weird or enigmatic they are, or perhaps because of those very qualities, Zen stories have touched the hearts of people for over a thousand years." In Essential Zen, Tanahashi and Schneider present many of the classic writings regarded as "essential" in the East Asian Zen traditions along with a vibrant assortment of American Zen stories, poems, and teachings that reflect the present flowering of Zen in the West. At turns spare, elegant, witty, deeply serious, and marvelously humorous, these are reflections on everything from practical meditation techniques and the tasks of daily life to death, the environment, and activism. Including a history of Zen and its practices, this is a wonderfully lucid, lively, and comprehensive venture into the enduring, evolving, and essential heart of Zen.".
- catalog contributor b7154861.
- catalog contributor b7154862.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Preface: On Positive Emptiness / Kazuaki Tanahashi -- Introduction: Graffiti on Perfectly Good Paper / Tensho David Schneider -- Journey -- Skillful Guidance -- Just Sitting -- Chopping Wood -- Cloud Water Assembly -- How to Cook Enlightenment -- Daily Reminders -- Death, Great Death -- Grandmother's Heart -- Great Doubt -- Aesthetics of Emptiness -- The Knot -- Mountains and Waters -- Circle.".
- catalog description "Yet the teachings of ancient Chinese masters were recorded by their students, discussed, sometimes chanted, and given out as objects of meditation or koans. And, as Kazuaki Tanahashi points out, "However weird or enigmatic they are, or perhaps because of those very qualities, Zen stories have touched the hearts of people for over a thousand years." In Essential Zen, Tanahashi and Schneider present many of the classic writings regarded as "essential" in the East Asian Zen traditions along with a vibrant assortment of American Zen stories, poems, and teachings that reflect the present flowering of Zen in the West. At turns spare, elegant, witty, deeply serious, and marvelously humorous, these are reflections on everything from practical meditation techniques and the tasks of daily life to death, the environment, and activism. Including a history of Zen and its practices, this is a wonderfully lucid, lively, and comprehensive venture into the enduring, evolving, and essential heart of Zen.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 174 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0062510460 (pbk. : acid-free paper)".
- catalog identifier "0062510479".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "[San Francisco, CA] : Harper San Francisco,".
- catalog subject "294.3/927 20".
- catalog subject "BQ9288 .T36 1994".
- catalog subject "Spiritual life Zen Buddhism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface: On Positive Emptiness / Kazuaki Tanahashi -- Introduction: Graffiti on Perfectly Good Paper / Tensho David Schneider -- Journey -- Skillful Guidance -- Just Sitting -- Chopping Wood -- Cloud Water Assembly -- How to Cook Enlightenment -- Daily Reminders -- Death, Great Death -- Grandmother's Heart -- Great Doubt -- Aesthetics of Emptiness -- The Knot -- Mountains and Waters -- Circle.".
- catalog title "Essential Zen / edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi and Tensho David Schneider ; Brushwork by Kazuaki Tanahashi.".
- catalog type "text".