Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen WritingsZen Flesh, Zen Bones is the best-selling collection of the most popular enlightenment stories, anecdotes, and koans of Zen literature, which introduced a generation of Americans to Zen. Included here are four Zen and pre-Zen classics: 101 Zen Stories —anecdotes and enlightenment stories of the great masters The Gateless Gate —forty-eight Zen koans to awaken the enlightened mind The 10 Bulls, or "Ox-Herding Pictures," depicting the ten stages of awareness Centering—a four-thousand-year-old Sanskrit text that may well be one of the roots of Zen thought |
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User Review - gmicksmith - LibraryThingp. 18, #14 Muddy Road This is an interesting tale about monks and females and how to treat them; it is one of my favorite tales and one I remember to relate as the occasion arises. Read full review
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User Review - James_Patrick_Joyce - LibraryThingI remember being quite inspired by this book, but details are sketchy. I'll have to give it a re-read, at some point. Read full review
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Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings Paul Reps,Nyogen Senzaki Limited preview - 1998 |
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| Title | Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings Shambhala pocket classics |
| Editors | Paul Reps, Nyogen Senzaki |
| Compiled by | Paul Reps, Nyogen Senzaki |
| Publisher | Shambhala, 1994 |
| ISBN | 1570620636, 9781570620638 |
| Length | 285 pages |
| Subjects | › Religion / General |
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