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Zen Koan as a Means of Attaining Enlightenment [Paperback]

Dai Z. Suzuki (Author)
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August 15, 1994
Zen Koan as a Means of Attaining Enlightenment Presents the history and application of the koan exercise - the means for realizing enlightenment - with depth and clarity.
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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Tuttle Publishing (August 15, 1994)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 080483041X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0804830416
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #856,290 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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There's not much to say, but the book is great. It shows how the Zen Buddhist masters free the minds of their students. It will teach anybody some things about life, this cannot be denied!
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Inside This Book (learn more)
First Sentence:
In the First Series of my Zen Essays (p. 331 f.) I have promised the reader in the Second Series to discuss fully the subject of 'koan'. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
koan exercise, great fixation, yin kuo, amida butsu, frontier gate, inquiring spirit, thirty blows, original vow, empirical consciousness, believing heart, ten quarters
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pure Land, First Series, Zen Buddhism, Zen Yogin, Blessed One, Chinese Zen, Huang-po's Buddhism
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