A First Zen Reader

Leggett, Trevor

ISBN 10: 0804801800 / ISBN 13: 9780804801805

Published by Tuttle Publishing, 1960

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A First Zen Reader
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Publication Date: 1960
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804801800
• ISBN 13: 9780804801805
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 230 grams

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Synopsis

When Zen Buddhism crossed from China to Japan in the twelfth century, it entered a phase of development that was not only to inspire a magnificent range of artistic achievement but also to exert a tremendous influence upon Japanese life itself and, eventually, to bring to the attention of the West a religious philosophy both unique and challenging in its power. 'Yet,' as one of the contributors to A First Zen Reader expresses it, 'If asked what Zen is, to reply is very difficult.' It is the purpose of this anthology to suggest an approach to such a reply.