A First Zen Reader

by Trevor Leggett

Book Overview

When Zen Buddhism crossed from China to Japan in the twelfth century, it entered a phase of development that was not only to inspire a magnificent range of artistic achievement but also to exert a tremendous influence upon Japanese life itself and, eventually, to bring to the attention of the West a religious philosophy both unique and challenging in its power. The purpose of this anthology is to suggest an approach to answering the perennial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0901032506
• ISBN13: 9780901032508
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Buddhist Society
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.6"