Filled with 100 illuminating Buddhist tales of the foibles and follies of everyday fools, this elegant, humorous, and masterful little book of wisdom is a an accurate mirror of the human condition.[...]
Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), among the first to transmit Zen Buddhism from China to Japan and founder of the important Soto School, was not only a profoundly influential and provocative Zen philosopher but also one of the most stimulating figures in Japanese letters.
Kazuaki Tanahashi, colla[...]
Ryokan (1758-1831) is, along with Dogen and Hakuin, one of the three giants of Zen in Japan. But unlike his two renowned colleagues, Ryokan was a societal dropout, living mostly as a hermit and a beggar. He was never head of a monastery or temple. He liked playing with children. He had no dharma hei[...]
An illuminating in-depth study of one of the most well-known and recited of all the Buddhist texts--by the renowned modern translator.
The first-century classic Prajnaparamita Hridaya Sutra may be the best known of all the Buddhist Scriptures. It's a key Zen text, chanted daily by many, but is s[...]