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Language: en
Pages: 376
Pages: 376
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993-01-01 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
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Language: en
Pages: 430
Pages: 430
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-03-17 - Publisher: BRILL
This work provides an in-depth history of the Rinzai Zen monastic institution in Medieval Japan. Contents include chapters on Japanese zen pioneers and their pa
Language: en
Pages: 268
Pages: 268
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Princeton University Press
"Popular understanding of Zen Buddhism typically involves a stereotyped image of isolated individuals in meditation, contemplating nothingness. This book presen
Language: en
Pages: 310
Pages: 310
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-06-22 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
A compelling history of the contradictory, often militaristic, role of Zen Buddhism, this book meticulously documents the close and previously unknown support o
Language: en
Pages: 361
Pages: 361
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-12-21 - Publisher: Shambhala Publications
An essential introduction to the life, writings, and legacy of one of Japan's most prolific Buddhist masters. The founder of the Soto school of Zen in Japan, Ei
