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Opening a Mountain: Koans of the Zen Masters With the growing popularity of Zen Buddhism in the West, virtually everyone knows, or thinks they know, what a koan is: a brief and baffling question or statement that cannot be solved by the logical
| Title | : | Opening a Mountain: Koans of the Zen Masters |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.62 (366 Votes) |
| Id Book | : | 0195135865 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2002-01-10 |
| Type File | : | PDF, DOC, RTF, ePub |
With the growing popularity of Zen Buddhism in the West, virtually everyone knows, or thinks they know, what a koan is: a brief and baffling question or statement that cannot be solved by the logical mind and which, after sustained concentration, can lead to sudden enlightenment. But the truth about koans is both simpler--and more complicated--than this. In Opening a Mountain, Steven Heine shows that koans, and the questions we associate with them--such as "What is the sound of one hand clapping?"--are embedded in larger narratives and belong to an ancient Buddhist tradition of "encounter dialogues." These dialogues feature dramatic and often inscrutable contests between masters and disciples, or between masters and an array of natural and supernatural forces: rouge priests, "wild foxes," hermits, wizards, shapeshifters, magical animals, and dangerous women. To establish a new monastery, "to open a mountain," the Zen master had to tame these wild forces in regions most remote
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