An introduction to the history and religious philosophy of Zen Buddhism includes descriptions of the lives and thoughts of the most famous Zen masters.
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A visual tour of Zen,
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This review is from: Zen: Direct Pointing to Reality (Art & Imagination) (Paperback)
This is a wonderful and visually stimulating introduction to Zen. In the opening essay, Ms. Bancroft frames her analysis of Zen as a series of mini biographies of key figures in Zen: the Sixth Patriarch Hui-Neng, Lin-chi (Japanese: Rinzai), Dogen, Hakuin, and two modern masters - Shunryu Suzuki and Seung Sahn Soen-na. In fact, by special permission, the book contains the transcript of a conversation between Master Seung Sahn and a pupil. After the opening essay is a series of pictures: ancient portraits of Zen masters, ancient landscape paintings, and photographs of scenes in Zen temples today. I highly recommend this book to anyone curious about Zen, and in particular, to anyone intrigued by the relation of Zen and the arts.
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Zen as poetry, art, history,
This review is from: Zen: Direct Pointing to Reality (Illustrated Library of Sacred Imagination) (Hardcover)
This is an extraordinary and beautiful book. It's hard to putinto words how the art shown, the brief yet eloquent summaries of the lives of some of the major teachers in the tradition, and the poetic excerpts combine in a seamless way. Be sure to get the hardback.
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