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The Iron Flute 100 Zen Koans

Koans are the intellectually unsolvable problem-riddles at the core of the Rinzai tradition of Zen Buddhism, perhaps the most well-known one being "what is the sound of one hand clapping." Though widely recognized, most koan remain narrowly understood. In this new edition of The Iron Flute, one hundred of the most challenging and enlightening koan from the Chinese Chan (Zen) patriarchs of the Tang and Sung dynasties are presented, along with commentary from the great Zen masters Genro, Fugai, and Nyogen, and an in-depth biography of author Nyogen Senzaki (1876-1958), a pioneer in bri.

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  • "増補鐵笛倒吹"
  • "Hundred Zen kōans"@en
  • "100 Zen kōans"@en
  • "Zōhō Tetteki tōsui"

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  • "Koans are the intellectually unsolvable problem-riddles at the core of the Rinzai tradition of Zen Buddhism, perhaps the most well-known one being "what is the sound of one hand clapping." Though widely recognized, most koan remain narrowly understood. In this new edition of The Iron Flute, one hundred of the most challenging and enlightening koan from the Chinese Chan (Zen) patriarchs of the Tang and Sung dynasties are presented, along with commentary from the great Zen masters Genro, Fugai, and Nyogen, and an in-depth biography of author Nyogen Senzaki (1876-1958), a pioneer in bri."@en

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  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "Tetteki tōsui"@ja
  • "Tetteki tōsui"
  • "The Iron Flute 100 Zen Koans"@en
  • "鐵笛倒吹"
  • "The iron flute : 100 Zen Kōan"
  • "The Iron Flute. 100 Zen kōan. With commentary by Genrō, Fūgai and Nyogen. Translated and edited by Nyogen Senzaki and Ruth Strout McCandless. Illustrated by Toriichi Muraschima. [With portraits of Genrō and Nyogen.]"@en
  • "鉄笛倒吹"
  • "The iron flute; 100 Zen koan"@en
  • "The iron flute; 100 Zen koan"
  • "The iron flute 100 Zen kōans"@en
  • "The iron flute : 100 Zen koan"@en
  • "The iron flute : 100 Zen koan"
  • "The Iron Flute = Tetteki Tosui : 100 Zen Koan"
  • "The iron flute 100 Zen koan"@en
  • "The iron flute 100 Zen koan"
  • "The iron flute : 100 Zen kōans"@en
  • "The Iron flute : 100 Zen Kōan"@en

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