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The Sound of the One Hand: 281 Zen Koans with Answers (New York Review Books Classics)

When The Sound of the One Hand came out in Japan in 1916 it caused a scandal. Zen was a secretive practice, its wisdom relayed from master to novice in strictest privacy. That a handbook existed recording not only the riddling koans that are central to Zen teaching but also detailing the answers to them seemed to mark Zen as rote, not revelatory.

For all that, The Sound of the One Hand opens the door to Zen like no other book. Including koans that go back to the master who first brought the koan teaching method from China to Japan in the eighteenth century, this book offers, in the words of the translator, editor, and Zen initiate Yoel Hoffmann, â€œthe clearest, most detailed, and most correct picture of Zenâ€ that can be found. What we have here is an extraordinary introduction to Zen thought as lived thought, a treasury of problems, paradoxes, and performance that will appeal to artists, writers, and philosophers as well as Buddhists and students of religion.
Country USA
Brand New York Review of Books
Manufacturer NYRB Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber YES24504024
Color Tan
ReleaseDate 2016-12-06
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781681370224

Country	USA
Brand	New York Review of Books
Manufacturer	NYRB Classics
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	YES24504024
Color	Tan
ReleaseDate	2016-12-06
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781681370224

The Sound of the One Hand: 281 Zen Koans with Answers (New York Review Books Classics)

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