{"product_id":"two-zen-classics-the-gateless-gate-and-the-blue-cliff-records-9781590302828","title":"Two Zen Classics: The Gateless Gate and the Blue Cliff Records","description":"The strange verbal paradoxes called koans have been used traditionally in Zen training to help students attain a direct realization of truths inexpressible in words. The two works translated in this book, \u003ci\u003eMumonkan \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eThe Gateless Gate \u003c\/i\u003e) and \u003ci\u003eHekiganroku (The Blue Cliff Record)\u003c\/i\u003e, both compiled during the Song dynasty in China, are the best known and most frequently studied koan collections, and are classics of Zen literature. They are still used today in a variety of practice lineages, from traditional zendos to modern Zen centers. In a completely new translation, together with original commentaries, the well-known Zen teacher Katsuki Sekida brings to these works the same fresh and pragmatic approach that made his \u003ci\u003eZen Training \u003c\/i\u003e so successful. The insights of a lifetime of Zen practice and his familiarity with both Eastern and Western ways of thinking make him an ideal interpreter of these texts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shambhala\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590302828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.10w x 1.08d","brand":"Katsuki Sekida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36660829421724,"sku":"9781590302828","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b9efc53c-b62a-43f8-ad9a-e6c95f70b8d2.jpg?v=1603897646","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/two-zen-classics-the-gateless-gate-and-the-blue-cliff-records-9781590302828","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}