Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings

Author: Paul RepsBrand: Tuttle PublishingColor: OtherEdition: Paperback with FlapsBinding: PaperbackNumber Of Pages: 211Release Date: 15-09-1998Part Number: illustrationsDetails: Product Description "It has stayed with me for the last 30 years, a classic portraying Zen mind to our linear thinking." --Phil Jackson, Head Coach of the Chicago Bulls and author of Sacred Hoops Zen Flesh, Zen Bones offers a collection of accessible, primary Zen sources so that readers can contemplate the meaning of Zen for themselves. Within the pages, readers will find: 101 Zen Stories, a collection of tales that recount actual experiences of Chinese and Japanese Zen teachers over a period of more than five centuries The Gateless Gate, the famous thirteenth-century collection of Zen koans Ten Bulls, a twelfth century commentary on the stages of awareness leading to enlightenment Centering, a 4,000 year-old teaching from India that some consider to be the roots of Zen. When Zen Flesh, Zen Bones was publish