The Record of Linji

Informationen zum Autor Thomas Yuho Kirchner (Editor) Thomas Yuho Kirchner is associate researcher at the International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism at Hanazono University in Kyoto. He spent ten years in Japanese Rinzai Zen monasteries before taking positions at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture and Hanazono University. Ruth Fuller Sasaki (Translator) Ruth Fuller Sasaki (1892-1967) combined an early interest in Theravada Buddhism and Indian languages with the practice of yoga and Zen. After moving to Kyoto in 1949 she devoted herself to helping Westerners interested in Zen and producing a highly regarded series of books, including Zen Dust (1966), The Recorded Sayings of Layman P'ang (1971), and The Record of Lin-chi (1975). Zusammenfassung A retranslation of ""The Linji lu"" (a compilation of sermons! statements! and acts attributed to the Chinese Zen master Linji Yixuan (d 866))! in accordance with the research on Tang-dynasty colloquial Chinese.

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Fuller (TRN)/ Kirchner Sasaki
• Assisted by: Thomas Yuho Kirchner (Editor), Ruth Fuller Sasaki (Translation)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2008
• EAN: 9780824828219
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-2821-9
• No. of pages: 485
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 248 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Nanzan Library of Asian Religi; Nanzan Library of Asian Religion & Culture; Nanzan Library of Asian Religi; Nanzan Library of Asian Religion & Culture
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions