Zen Master Tales: Stories from the Lives of Taigu, Sengai, Hakuin, and Ryokan

by Peter Haskel

A lively collection of folk tales and Buddhist teaching stories from four noted premodern Japanese Zen masters: Taigu S?chiku (1584-1669), Sengai Gibon (1750-1831), Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769), and Taigu Ry?kan (1758-1831).

Zen Master Tales collects never before translated stories of four prominent Zen masters from the Edo period of Japanese history (1603-1868). Drawn from an era that saw the "democratization" of Japanese Zen, these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611809606
• ISBN13: 9781611809602
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Shambhala
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"