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Zen Koan as a Means of Attaining Enlightenment

3.6/5 ( ratings)

This magic box of wonderpills: Suzuki's famous essay on koan study, now in your hands, wafted down into mine.Here was my first Zen book telling how sages make monkeys out of disciples, then set the monkeys free. How? You will see that when you through this standard work on the art of releasing nothingness into the void.Instant self-help?Not quite, perhaps.Although it could be, of course. Isn't it the right time now? - From the Introduction by Janwillem van de Wetering

Language: English

Pages: 208

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Release: January 01, 1900

ISBN: 080483041X

ISBN 13: 9780804830416

Zen Koan as a Means of Attaining Enlightenment

3.6/5 ( ratings)

This magic box of wonderpills: Suzuki's famous essay on koan study, now in your hands, wafted down into mine.Here was my first Zen book telling how sages make monkeys out of disciples, then set the monkeys free. How? You will see that when you through this standard work on the art of releasing nothingness into the void.Instant self-help?Not quite, perhaps.Although it could be, of course. Isn't it the right time now? - From the Introduction by Janwillem van de Wetering

Language: English

Pages: 208

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Release: January 01, 1900

ISBN: 080483041X

ISBN 13: 9780804830416

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