xiii, 354 pages ; 24 cm; Selections of Hakuin's and Tenkei's commentaries on Blue cliff record, compiled and translated by Thomas Cleary.; "The Blue Cliff Record is a classic text of Zen Buddhism, designed to assist in the activation of dormant human potential. The core of this work is a collection of one hundred traditional citations and stories, selected for their ability to bring about insight and enlightenment. These vignettes are known as gongan in Chinese and koans in Japanese." "Although The Blue Cliff Record has been available in English for many years, authentic traditions of commentary on the text have been unavailable to the public, indeed unavailable even to most specialists in the field - until now. Here is a fresh translation of The Blue Cliff Record featuring newly translated commentary from two of the greatest Zen masters of early modern Japan, Hakuin Ekaku (1685-1768) of the Rinzai sect of Zen and Tenkei Denson (1648-1735) of the Soto sect of Zen. This new translation and commentary on The Blue Cliff Record is sure to shed new light on the meaning of this central Zen text."--Jacket.; 

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