The Other Side of Zen: A Social History of Soto Zen Buddhism in Tokugawa Japan

by Duncan Williams and Duncan Ryūken Williams

Book Overview

Popular understanding of Zen Buddhism typically involves a stereotyped image of isolated individuals in meditation, contemplating nothingness. This book presents the "other side of Zen," by examining... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691119287
• ISBN13: 9780691119281
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.3"