Living and dying in Zazen : five Zen masters of modern Japan / Arthur Braverman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Braverman, Arthur, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zen Buddhism--Japan.

Zen Buddhism.

Japan.

Physical Description:

174 pages, 8 pages of plates : portraits ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Weatherhill, 2003.

Summary:

"Living and Dying in Zazen "combines the life stories and teaching of five teachers--Kodo Sawaki, Sodo Yokoyama, Kozan Kato, Motoko Ikebe, and Uchiyama--associated with Antaiji monastery and the story of Bravermen and other Western students coming to grips with Zen, Japanese culture, and themselves. The deification of Zen teachers by their followers has been a problematic issue in American Zen; this book provides a healthy antidote, presenting four men and one woman who have lived and died in Zen within the rich context of their personal lives and their culture, so that we can fully understand what makes a Zen master in Japan.

Contents:

Sodō Yokoyama

Kōdō Sawaki

Kōzan Katō

Motoko Ikebe

Dying in Zazen.

ISBN:

0834805316

OCLC:

52275271