Critical Sermons of the Zen Tradition: Hisamatsu's Talks on Linji [Hardcover]

Shinichi Hisamatsu (Author), Gishin Tokiwa (Author), Christopher Ives (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 2002

The "Record of Linji" stands as one of the great classics of the Zen tradition, and modern Zen master and reformer Hisamatsu Shin'ichi offers a lively and penetrating exploration of the religious essence of the text. The Record is a compilation of the sayings of Linji, the Chinese founder of Rinzai Zen. Several decades ago, Hisamatsu gave the 22 talks translated here. This book features a preface by renowned Zen philosopher Abe Masao and an introduction by Yanagida Seizan, a leading scholar of classical Zen texts. The translators have added annotation for technical terms and textual references.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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About the Author

CHRISTOPHER IVES is Professor of Religion at the University of Puget Sound. His publications include Zen Awakening and Society, The Emptying God: A Buddhist-Jewish-Christian Conversation (co-edited with John B. Cobb Jr.), and Divine Emptiness and Historical Fullness: A Buddhist-Jewish-Christian Conversation with Masao Abe (edited volume). TOKIWA GISHIN began studying Buddhism in 1944, becoming a member of the forerunner of the F.A.S. Society. After graduation he taught English as a second language for students while studying Buddhism. He has translated into English Zen and the Fine Arts and Jueguan-lun, and into modern Japanese both a work by Hakuin and the Lankavatara sutra. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 162 pages
• Publisher: Univ of Hawaii Pr (December 31, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0824823834
• ISBN-13: 978-0824823832
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,384,602 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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