The Song of Awakening - A Twentieth Century Japanese Zen Master s Commentary on Shodoko, the

Informationen zum Autor Sawaki Roshi has had a great influence on Western Zen practice through the teachings of his students Taisen Deshimaru and Gudo Nishijima, as well as those of his dharma heir, Kosho Uchiyama Roshi and his dharma heir, Shohaku Okumura, yet Sawaki's own teaching has rarely been translated into English. The Song of Awakening opens the door into an understanding of both a great seventh century Chan master and a great twentieth century Zen master. It offers inspiration for the reader's personal encounter with zazen. Klappentext A twentieth-century Japanese Zen Master's Commentary on Shdöka (Cheng tao ke), the famous poem by the great seventh-century Chinese Ch'an master, Yka Genkaku (Yung-chia Hsuan-chueh) Zusammenfassung A twentieth-century Japanese Zen Master’s Commentary on Shdöka (Cheng tao ke), the famous poem by the great seventh-century Chinese Ch’an master, Yka Genkaku (Yung-chia Hsuan-chueh)

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• Authors: Tonen (TRN) conner, Janine Coursin, Janine (TRN)/ O"conner Coursin, Janine (TRN)/ O" Coursin, Janine (TRN)/ O'conner Coursin, Yoka Daishi, Kodo Sawaki
• Assisted by: Janine Coursin (Translation), Tonen O'Conner (Translation), Tonen O'Connor (Translation)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2014
• EAN: 9781937385620
• ISBN: 978-1-937385-62-0
• No. of pages: 185
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies