Ten Gates: The Kong-An Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn by Seung Sahn - ISBN: 9781590304174
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Zen is famous for koans (called kong-ans in Korean, and in this book), those bizarre and seemingly unanswerable questions Zen masters pose to their students to check their realization (such as "What is the sound of one hand clapping?"). Fear of koans keeps some people from ever giv…

Ten Gates: The Kong-An Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn

The Kong-an Teachings of Zen Master Seung Sahn

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    128 pages

  • Release Date

    1 October 2007

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Summary

of the 20th century.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781590304174
ISBN-10:1590304179
Author:Seung Sahn
Publisher:Shambhala Publications
Imprint:Shambhala Publications Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:128
Release Date:1 October 2007
Weight:191g
Dimensions:10mm x 141mm x 212mm
About The Author

Seung Sahn

Zen Master Seung Sahn (1927-2004) was the first teacher to bring Korean Zen Buddhism to USA, having established temples in Japan, Hong Kong. In 1972 he came to the USA and started what became the Providence Zen Center, the first center in what is now the Kwan Um School of Zen, which now includes more than eighty centers and groups worldwide. He was the 78th Zen master in his line of dharma transmission in the Chogye order of Korean Buddhism. His books include The Compass of Zen, Dropping Ashes on the Buddha , Only Don’t Know, and The Whole World Is a Single Flower: 365 Kong-ans for Everyday Life

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