Bibliograph

Entangling vines, Zen koans of the Shڶumon kattڶoshڶu, translated and annotated by Thomas Yڶuhڶo Kirchner ; foreword by Nelson Foster ; introduction by Ueda Shizuteru

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Entangling vines, Zen koans of the Shڶumon kattڶoshڶu, translated and annotated by Thomas Yڶuhڶo Kirchner ; foreword by Nelson Foster ; introduction by Ueda Shizuteru

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Entangling vines

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

810121324

Responsibility statement

translated and annotated by Thomas Yڶuhڶo Kirchner ; foreword by Nelson Foster ; introduction by Ueda Shizuteru

Sub title

Zen koans of the Shڶumon kattڶoshڶu

Summary

"The most contemporary of the ancient koan collections -- representing centuries of refinement by Zen masters working with their students, Entangling Vines, a translation of the Shumon kattoshu, is one of the few major koan texts to have been compiled in Japan rather than China. Indeed, Kajitani Sonin (1914-1995) former chief abbot of Shokoku-ji and author of an annotated, modern-Japanese translation of the Kattoshu, commented that 'herein are compiled the basic Dharma materials of the koan system.' Most of the central koans of the contemporary Rinzai koan curriculum are contained in this work. Kirchner's careful annotation of each koan makes this a brilliant introduction to Buddhist philosophy."--Publisher description

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