Zen Around the World: A 2500-Year Journey from the Buddha to You - Softcover

C. Alexander Simpkins; Annellen M. Simpkins

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804830827 ISBN 13: 9780804830829

Publisher: Tuttle Pub, 1997

Synopsis

Book by C. Alexander Simpkins, Annellen M. Simpkins

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To tell the story of Zen is to track a complex spiritual evolution that sprouted from the yoga of ancient India and blossomed into a dynamic and diverse tradition that now garlands the world. The authors combine sound scholarship with the knowingness of practitioners and an unerring sense of what will interest readers most in their lucid history of Zen. Their coverage of Buddhism in all its manifestations is fluent and informative, reaching a dramatic peak when they describe how the Buddha conveyed his teachings without words to his disciple, Mahakasyapa. This "direct transmission" gave birth to Zen, a path to enlightenment that has always used language sparingly, even paradoxically, finally setting it aside altogether in the practice of zazen, or seated meditation. Zen has taken many forms over the centuries in China, Korea, Japan, Europe, and the U.S., where Zen has been closely aligned to activism and the arts, and, in each setting, the authors humanize their illuminating chronicle with profiles of major figures. Donna Seaman

About this edition

• Publisher: Tuttle Pub
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0804830827
• ISBN 13: 9780804830829
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 242