A Zen Harvest: Japanese Folk Zen Sayings by Sōiku Shigematsu
A Zen Harvest: Japanese Folk Zen Sayings

Sōiku Shigematsu

A Zen Harvest: Japanese Folk Zen Sayings

Sōiku Shigematsu with Robert Aitken

206 pages first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction poetry reflective medium-paced
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One of the vital aspects of traditional Rinzai Zen koan study in Japan is jakugo, or capping-phrase exercises. When Zen students have attained sufficient mastery of meditation or concentration, they are given a koan (such as the familiar "What is ...

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