Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings

Paul Reps, Nyogen Senzaki

Shambhala, 1994 - Religion - 285 pages

Zen 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 - LibraryThing

p. 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.

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User Review  - dbsovereign - LibraryThing

"'You live, move, and have your being in the sea. The sea is within you and without you, and you are made of sea, and you will end in sea."

About the author

Paul Reps was the author of several books of poems and prose inspired by Zen, including "Zen Telegrams,"
Nyogen Senzaki, an internationally renowned Buddhist scholar, was a homeless monk, studying and wandering the land from monastery to monastery. His wandering eventually brought him to the United States, where he lived for over 50 years.

Bibliographic information

• 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