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Zen traces : exploring American Zen with Twain and Thoreau / Kenneth Kraft.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kraft, Kenneth, 1949-2018, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910--Quotations.
- Twain, Mark.
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862--Quotations.
- Thoreau, Henry David.
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
- Zen Buddhism--Quotations, maxims, etc.
- Zen Buddhism.
- Genre:
- Quotations.
- Physical Description:
- 178 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First Paul Dry Books edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Paul Dry Books, 2018.
- Summary:
- "As Zen takes root in the west, new forms arise. For centuries Zen masters have tested their students with "koans" and "capping phrases." A koan is a spiritual paradox that must be solved intuitively. A capping phrase is a trenchant comment. Both are meditative practices that reveal deeper truths about the self and, ideally, lead to enlightenment. In Zen Traces, Buddhist scholar Kenneth Kraft plays off these practices in a new idiom. He selects passages from four sources: traditional Zen, present-day Zen, Henry David Thoreau, and Mark Twain. When a koan-like story about a contemporary Zen teacher is paired with a pithy comment by Mark Twain, something fresh emerges"--Back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781589881280
- 1589881281
- OCLC:
- 1047618661
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