Opening a Mountain: Koans of the Zen Masters by Steven Heine – Zen koans about mountain hermits, pilgrims and the landscape of practice.
Steven Heine, a leading scholar of Zen Buddhism, gathers koans set among the mountains of China and Japan – where monasteries were founded, hermits lived and masters tested their students – and explains each with historical and literary commentary. Includes stories such as 'A Hermit's Mountain Torrent Runs Deep, So the Ladle Is Long'.
Mountains had a special meaning in Zen: monasteries took their names from the peaks where they stood, masters were known by the mountains they lived on, and 'opening a mountain' meant founding a new temple. Heine's selection of koans explores this landscape of practice – hermits and wandering monks, encounters between masters on the road, and the natural world as a teacher.
Each koan is accompanied by an explanation of its background, its place in the classic koan collections and its meaning for practice.
Steven Heine is an American scholar of Zen Buddhism and Japanese religion at Florida International University, and the author of many books on Dōgen and the koan tradition.
Ideal for: Zen practitioners, students of Buddhism and Chinese and Japanese religion, and readers who love koans.
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Opening a Mountain: Koans of the Zen Masters by Steven Heine – Zen koans about mountain hermits, pilgrims and the landscape of practice.
Steven Heine, a leading scholar of Zen Buddhism, gathers koans set among the mountains of China and Japan – where monasteries were founded, hermits lived and masters tested their students – and explains each with historical and literary commentary. Includes stories such as 'A Hermit's Mountain Torrent Runs Deep, So the Ladle Is Long'.
Mountains had a special meaning in Zen: monasteries took their names from the peaks where they stood, masters were known by the mountains they lived on, and 'opening a mountain' meant founding a new temple. Heine's selection of koans explores this landscape of practice – hermits and wandering monks, encounters between masters on the road, and the natural world as a teacher.
Each koan is accompanied by an explanation of its background, its place in the classic koan collections and its meaning for practice.
Steven Heine is an American scholar of Zen Buddhism and Japanese religion at Florida International University, and the author of many books on Dōgen and the koan tradition.
Ideal for: Zen practitioners, students of Buddhism and Chinese and Japanese religion, and readers who love koans.
Carefully packed and shipped from Australia. Questions about this copy, or want more photos? Get in touch.
This copy: Format: Paperback. Condition: Good. Oxford University Press paperback, light wear. Second-hand copy. The photos show the actual item, so please check them for condition.
