Zen category: 918 books
Bankei Zen
Translations from The Record of Bankei
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
The teachings of the groundbreaking Buddhist Zen Master: “Should remain for years to come the standard source book for the Western student of Zen” (Douglas Harding, The Middle Way).
The eccentric Bankei (1622–1693) has long been an underground hero in the world of Zen. At a time when...
Zen Beyond All Words
A Western Zen Master's Instructions
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
Zen Beyond All Words contains a selection of talks given by Zen Master Wolfgang Kopp.
In the spirit of the ancient Chinese Zen Cha'an masters, Wolfgang Kopp teaches a direct and powerful Zen Buddhism. He conveys neither a theoretical system nor a one-sided dogmatism of sitting. Rather, Master...
The Sound of the One Hand
281 Zen Koans with Answers
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016
When The Sound of the One Hand came out in Japan in 1916 it caused a scandal. Zen was a secretive practice, its wisdom relayed from master to novice in strictest privacy. That a handbook existed recording not only the riddling koans that are central to Zen teaching but also detailing the answers to...
Zen Poems of China and Japan
The Crane's Bill
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
“Excellent . . . A fine introduction to Chinese and Japanese Zen poetry for all readers” from the editors of Zen Poetry: Let the Spring Breeze Enter (Choice).
Capturing in verse the ageless spirit of Zen, these 150 poems reflect the insight of famed masters from the ninth century to the...
Ten Gates
The Kong-an Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2007
Zen is famous for koans (called kong-ans in Korean, and in this book), those bizarre and seemingly unanswerable questions Zen masters pose to their students to check their realization (such as "What is the sound of one hand clapping?"). Fear of koans keeps some people from ever giving Zen...
by Ruben L. F. Habito
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2013
The release of Ruben Habito's new book, Living Zen, Loving God has coincided with a rave review from Publishers Weekly magazine:
"Habito may not seem himself as a revolutionary, but his humble life calling - to illuminate the commonalities between Zen Buddhism and Christianity - seems a profound...
Rational Zen
The Mind of Dogen Zenji
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2001
Zen has often been portrayed as being illogical and mystifying, even aimed at the destruction of the rational intellect. These new translations of the thirteenth-century Zen master Dogen—one of most original and important Zen writers—illustrate the rational side of Zen, which has been obscured...
Mud and Water
The Collected Teachings of Zen Master Bassui
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2013
The fourteenth-century Zen master Bassui was recognized as one of the most important Zen teachers of his time. Accessible and eloquent, these teachings cut to the heart of the great matter of Zen, pointing directly to the importance of seeing our own original nature and recognizing it as Buddhahood...
by Venerable Myokyo-Ni The Vene
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
This Zen guide offers a readable, helpful interpretation of a classic pillar of Zen training.
The Venerable Myokyo-ni is one of today's most distinguished teachers in the Rinzai Zen tradition. In Gentling the Bull she offers an insightful explanation of the Ten Ox-Herding Pictures, showing...
Zen Driving
Be a Buddha Behind the Wheel of Your Automobile
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2011
Zen Driving can make each driving experience enjoyable, whether it’s a daily hour-long drive to work, or a ten-minute run to the local Safeway.
You may well ask, what is Zen driving? The Japanese word zen literally means meditation, and meditation means being fully aware, fully in touch with...
by Brian Victoria
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Following the critically acclaimed Zen at War (1997), Brian Victoria explores the intimate relationship between Japanese institutional Buddhism and militarism during the Second World War.
Victoria reveals for the first time, through examination of the wartime writings of the Japanese military itself,...
Zen Odyssey
The Story of Sokei-an, Ruth Fuller Sasaki, and the Birth of Zen in
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Explore two lives—and a relationship—that profoundly shaped American Zen.
Ruth Fuller Sasaki and Sokei-an Shigetsu Sasaki: two pioneers of Zen in the West. Ruth was an American with a privileged life, even during the height of the Great Depression, before she went to Japan and met D. T....
by Sam van Schaik
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
An engaging introduction to Zen Buddhism, featuring a new English translation of one of the earliest Zen texts
Leading Buddhist scholar Sam van Schaik explores the history and essence of Zen, based on a new translation of one of the earliest surviving collections of teachings by Zen masters....
Zen Skin, Zen Marrow
Will the Real Zen Buddhism Please Stand Up?
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2007
Since Zen Buddhism first captivated the attention of Western seekers the dominant discourse about this sect has been romantic, idealistic, and utopian. The essence of Zen has been described as ineffable, holistic, and promoting social harmony. In recent years, however, some scholars have begun to...