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Hakuin's Precious Mirror Cave: A Zen Miscellany

Book information

Publisher
Counterpoint
Year
2009
ISBN
9781582434971, 9781582439341
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
838 kB (858539 bytes)
Pages
299\0
Topic
Religion Buddhism
Time added
2021-01-18 01:45:50

Description

The two great streams of Zen Buddhism are the Soto sect, known as the School of Silent Illumination, and the Rinzai school of rigorous koan study. Dogen established Soto Zen in Japan, and his work is widely known in the West with many of his books translated into English. Hakuin is credited with the modern revival of the Rinzai sect and is its most important teacher. His life has been a great inspiration to the students and practitioners of Zen in the West, and his writings offer great authority and practical application.About the AuthorNorman Waddell born in Washington, D.C. in 1940, was attracted to Japan by the works of the legendary D.T. Suzuki and his protégée R. H. Blyth, taught at Otani University for over thirty years, and was editor of the Eastern Buddhist Journal for several decades. He has published more than a dozen books on Japanese Zen Buddhism and is considered one of the finest translators of sacred texts of our time. He is the authoritative English translator of works by and about Hakuin.

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