The Five Houses of Zen (Shambhala Dragon Editions) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1570622922 ISBN 13: 9781570622922

Verlag: Shambhala, 1997

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Book by Cleary Thomas

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Críticas:

One of the foremost contemporary translators of classical Buddhist and Taoist literature, Cleary has made another valuable body of work available to Western readers with this collection of writings and teachings of some of the great Zen masters of China from the ninth and tenth centuries. The five houses of Zen that arose at that time were not actually separate schools or branches but instead represented distinctive styles of teaching carried out by certain Chinese Zen masters and perpetuated by their students. Cleary's introduction provides useful historical information on the development of Zen in China during the T'ang Dynasty (619-906). His translations shine with clarity and express the insights of these great teachers with beauty and understanding.--Elizabeth Salt, Library Journal.

Reseña del editor:

For all its emphasis on the direct experience on insight without reliance on the products of the intellect, the Zen tradition has created a huge body of writings. Of this cast literature, the writings associated with the so-called Five Houses of Zen are widely considered to be preeminent. These Five Houses--which arose in China during the ninth and tenth centuries, often referred to as the Golden Age of Zen--were not schools or sects but styles of Zen teaching represented by some of the most outstanding masters in Zen history. The writing of these great Zen teachers are presented here, many translated for the first time.

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• Verlag: Shambhala
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1570622922
• ISBN 13: 9781570622922
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192