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Opening a mountain : kōans of the Zen Masters / Steven Heine.
LIBRA BQ9289.5 .H438 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heine, Steven, 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Koan.
- Zen Buddhism.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 200 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Kōans of the Zen Masters
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- A new translation with critical commentary of 60 Zen koans--the first book to place the koan in its tradition of supernatural narratives. Illustrations. 1 map.
- Contents:
- Surveying mountain landscapes
- Contesting with irregular rivals
- Encountering supernatural forces
- Wielding symbols of authority and transmission
- Confessional experiences.
- Notes:
- Translation with commentary of sixty kōan cases selected from Zen Buddhist collections compiled in Sung China and Kamakura Japan.
- ISBN:
- 0195135865
- OCLC:
- 46791121
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