Taigen Dan Leighton

Cultivating the Empty Fields: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi

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First to articulate the meditation method known to contemporary Zen practitioners as shikantaza (just sitting) Chinese Zen master Hongzhi is one of the most influential poets in all of Zen literature. Though he lived in the 12th century, his ideas and words resound throughout modern Zen teachings. Now, this revised translation of Hongzhi's poetry, the only such volume available in English, treats readers to his profound wisdom and beautiful literary gift. In addition to dozens of Hongzhi's religious poems, translator Daniel Leighton offers an extended introduction, placing the master's work in its historical context, as well as lineage charts… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Wu, Yi

ISBN: 978-0-8048-3240-3
EAN: 9780804832403
Produktnummer: 9119265
Verlag: Tuttle Pub
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Seitenangabe: 119 S.
Masse: H21.3 cm x B13.7 cm x D1.0 cm 159 g
Auflage: Revised and Exp
Gewicht: 159

Über den Autor

Hongzhi—the twelfth-century Chinese Zen master who was a predecessor of the famous philosopher Dogen—is celebrated in Zen literature as one of its most artistically graceful stylists. He was the first to articulate silent illumination, commonly known to Zen students as just sitting. Hongzhi's influential teaching is presented in here as a timeless guide to spiritual awareness. Taigen Daniel Leighton, a translator and teacher, is the author of Bodhisattva Archetypes: Classic Buddhist Guides to Awakening and Their Modern Expression, and is the translator of Dogen's The Wholehearted Way. He teaches at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, the San Francisco Zen Center, and the Green Gulch Retreat Center, among other places.