Zen Sand : The Book of Capping Phrases for Koan Practice / Victor Sogen Hori; Victor Sogen Hori.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hori, Victor Sōgen, author.

Contributor:

Hori, Victor Sōgen, editor.

Hori, Victor Sōgen.

Series:

Nanzan Library of Asian Religion and Culture

Nanzan Library of Asian Religion and Culture ; 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spiritual life--Rinzai (Sect).

Spiritual life.

Koan.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (779 p.)

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2003]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Zen Sand is a classic collection of verses aimed at aiding practitioners of kôan meditation to negotiate the difficult relationship between insight and language. As such it represents a major contribution to both Western Zen practice and English-language Zen scholarship.In Japan the traditional Rinzai Zen kôan curriculum includes the use of jakugo, or "capping phrases." Once a monk has successfully replied to a kôan, the Zen master orders the search for a classical verse to express the monk's insight into the kôan. Special collections of these jakugo were compiled as handbooks to aid in that search. Until now, Zen students in the West, lacking this important resource, have been severely limited in carrying out this practice. Zen Sand combines and translates two standard jakugo handbooks and opens the way for incorporating this important tradition fully into Western Zen practice. For the scholar, Zen Sand provides a detailed description of the jakugo practice and its place in the overall kôan curriculum, as well as a brief history of the Zen phrase book. This volume also contributes to the understanding of East Asian culture in a broader sense.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface / Hori, Victor Sōgen

Introduction: Capping-Phrase Practice in Japanese Rinzai Zen

Phrases

Four-Character Phrases

Five-Character Phrases

Six-Character Phrases

Seven-Character Phrases

Eight-Character Phrases

Nine-Character Phrases

Ten-Character Phrases

Eleven-Character Phrases

Twelve-Character Verses

Thirteen-Character Phrases

Fourteen-Character Verses

Fifteen-Character Phrases

Sixteen-Character Phrases

Seventeen-Character Phrases

Eighteen-Character Phrases

Nineteen-Character Phrases

Twenty-Character Phrases

Twenty-One-and-More Character Phrases

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

0-8248-6567-7

OCLC:

777467036