A Zen Harvest

by Sōiku Shigematsu

Book Overview

One of the vital aspects of traditional Rinzai Zen koan study in Japan is jakugo, or capping-phrase exercises. When Zen students have attained sufficient mastery of meditation or concentration, they are given a koan (such as the familiar "What is the sound of one hand clapping?") to study. When the student provides a satisfactory response to the koan, he advances to the jakugo exercise-he must select a "capping phrase," usually a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865473285
• ISBN13: 9780865473287
• Release Date: August 1988
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"