Cultivating the Empty Field

First to articulate the meditation method known to contemporary Zen practitioners as shikantaza ("just sitting") Chinese Zen master Hongzhi is one of the most influential poets in all of Zen literature. This translation of HongzhiAEs poetry, the only such volume available in English, treats readers [...]
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First to articulate the meditation method known to contemporary Zen practitioners as shikantaza ("just sitting") Chinese Zen master Hongzhi is one of the most influential poets in all of Zen literature. This translation of HongzhiAEs poetry, the only such volume available in English, treats readers to his profound wisdom and beautiful literary gift. In addition to dozens of HongshiAEs religious poems, translator Daniel Leighton offers an extended introduction, placing the masterAEs work in its historical context, as well as lineage charts and other information about the Chinese influence on Japanese Soto Zen.