{"product_id":"a-zen-harvest-9780865473287","title":"A Zen Harvest","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the vital aspects of traditional Rinzai Zen koan study in Japan is \u003ci\u003ejakugo\u003c\/i\u003e, or capping-phrase exercises. When Zen students have attained sufficient mastery of meditation or concentration, they are given a koan (such as the familiar \"What is the sound of one hand clapping?\") to study. When the student provides a satisfactory response to the koan, he advances to the \u003ci\u003ejakugo \u003c\/i\u003eexercise-he must select a \"capping phrase,\" usually a passage from a poem among the thousands in a special anthology, the only book allowed in the monastery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne such anthology, written entirely in Chinese, was translated by noted Zen priest and scholar Soiku Shigematsu as \u003ci\u003eA Zen Forest: Sayings of the Masters. \u003c\/i\u003eEqually important is a Japanese collection, the \u003ci\u003eZenrin Segosh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eu, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich Mr. Shigematsu now translates from the Japanese, including nearly eight hundred poems in sparkling English versions that retain the Zen implications of the verse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780865473287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.03w x 0.56d","brand":"Soiku Shigematsu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36645404672156,"sku":"9780865473287","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1dbb3011-f572-4151-9b15-62d4270b70e8.jpg?v=1603861040","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-zen-harvest-9780865473287","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}