"The Zen tradition has just two main meditative practices: shikantaza, or ""just sitting;"" and introspection guided by the powerful Zen teaching stories called koans. Following up on his previous book, The Art of Just Sitting, John Daido Loori's new anthology illuminates the subtle practice of koan study from many viewpoints. Section one examines the history of the study and use of koans in China and Japan, with essays from such important contemporary Zen scholars as Heinrich Dumoulin (""Five Houses of Zen""). Section two includes writings from the masters of Japanese Zen su."@en
"The Zen tradition has just two main meditative practices: shikantaza, or "just sitting"; and introspection guided by the powerful Zen teaching stories called koans. Following in the tradition of The Art of Just Sitting (endorsed as a "A book we have needed for a long, long time"), this new anthology from John Daido Loori illuminates the subtle practice of koan study from many different points of view. Includes writings by: -Robert Aitken -William Bodiford -Robert Buswell -Roko Sherry Chayat -Francis Dojun Cook -Eihei Dogen -Heinrich Dumoulin -Hakuin Ekaku -Victor Sogen Hori -Keizan Jokin -Philip Kapleau -Chung-fen Ming-Pen -Taizan Maezumi -Dennis Genpo Merzel -Soen Nakagawa -Ruth Fuller Sasaki -Sokei-an Sasaki -Nyogen Senzaki -Zenkei Shibayama -Eido Shimano -Philip Yampolsky -Hakuun Yasutani -Wayne Yokoyama -Katsushiro Yoshizawa."

Sitting with Koans Essential Writings on ZEN Koan Introspection