Hakuin's song of Zazen : Yamada Mumon Rōshi on Zen practice / translated by Norman Waddell ; foreword by D. T. Suzuki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yamada, Mumon, 1900-1988, author.

Contributor:

Jay Newberg Collection Fund.

Waddell, Norman, translator.

Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro, 1870-1966, writer of foreword.

Standardized Title:

Zazen wasan kōwa. English

坐禅和讃講話. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Hakuin, 1686-1769. Zazen wasan.

Hakuin.

Zazen wasan (Hakuin).

Meditation--Buddhism.

Meditation.

Physical Description:

xix, 423 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : Shambhala Publications, Inc., [2024]

Language Note:

Translated from the Japanese.

Summary:

"Although it is framed as a commentary on The Song of Zazen and certainly is that, this book is also idiosyncratic, even weird, in ways that I find enticing and that certainly form a contrast to the sometimes bland or redundant quality of much American Buddhist writing. In his effort to represent Zen in postwar Japan, one can feel both Mumon Roshi's roots in an earlier era and his curiosity about how Zen could retain its purpose and power in modern Japanese life and culture. As you can see in the photo above, this English translation was published already, but it was a private printing of 1,000 copies in Japan by the Asia South Pacific Friendship Association, and I don't think many of those copies will have made it outside of Japan. Those who sponsored the project always hoped to find an American publisher for it as well, and that's why Norman reached out to us"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Translation of: Zazen wasan kōwa.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Jay Newberg Collection Fund.

ISBN:

9781645471813

1645471810

OCLC:

1369675883

Publisher Number:

99996056326