{"product_id":"tales-from-the-temple-a-collection-of-zen-prose-poems-translated-from-the-korean-9781949933024","title":"Tales from the Temple: A Collection of Zen Prose Poems Translated from the Korean","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of prose poems by Musan Cho Oh-hyun (1932-2018), celebrated poet-monk of the Nine Mountain school of Korean Zen.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of prose poems, Musan Cho Oh-hyun, renowned abbot of Baekdamsa, one of Korea's central Zen temples, innovates on a millenia-old Buddhist literary tradition going back to Buddhist classics like the \u003ci\u003eBiographies of Eminent Monks\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eTales from the Temple\u003c\/i\u003e not only presents instructive and amusing anecdotes from the lives of famous monistics from Korea, Japan, and China, it also depicts the lives and concerns of the common people-undertakers, fish mongers, fishermen, blacksmiths, and farmers-in a way that critiques social hierarchy and particularly monastic pride.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Distribution Partners\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949933024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.20w x 0.30d","brand":"Oh-Hyun Cho","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45483927666869,"sku":"9781949933024","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f5ac2506-1912-4706-a976-ec342f4b4a12.jpg?v=1749565845","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/tales-from-the-temple-a-collection-of-zen-prose-poems-translated-from-the-korean-9781949933024","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}