Unlocking the Zen Koan
A New Translation of the Zen Classic Wumenguam
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2011
Summary
Elusive and enigmatic, zen koans have long puzzled people with their surprise meanings hidden in simple tales. Now one of America’s finest translators of Asian philosophy provides a brilliant new translation of the 12th century Wumenguan, the most popular of Chinese Zen koans.
In Unlocking the Zen Koan (originally published as No Boundary), Thomas Cleary translates directly from the Chinese and interprets Zen Master Wumen’s text and commentaries in verse and prose on…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781556432477 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 155643247X |
| Author: | Thomas Cleary |
| Publisher: | North Atlantic Books,U.S. |
| Imprint: | North Atlantic Books,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2011 |
| Weight: | 301g |
| Dimensions: | 209mm x 133mm x 18mm |
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About The Author
Thomas Cleary
Thomas Cleary has studied Zen koans for thirty years and has long been acknowledged worldwide as a master translator of Zen texts. His acclaimed translations of Buddhist and Taoist classics, renowned for their unusual lucidity, have been adopted as international standards for retranslation into French, Dutch, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish.
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