Title: One of the Best Contemporary Zen Anthologies
Product review: No less than Gary Snyder (aka. "Jaffy Ryder" of On the Road infamy) has prasied this as a great collection of Zen textual gems. Well, that Beat Generation crowd and hype aside...this actually IS a surprisingly engaging mix of Zen stories, characters, koans and poems, there is everything relevant about a collection like this. It speaks to the strong energizingly authentic life of Zen practice and perspective as a path to enlightenment and personal self-redemption. It also illuminates what is eternal about the Zen path by demonstrating how ancient sages expressed their relation to the universe from their own particular, unique vantage points.When I first read through it, I didn't have the reading and practice familiarity to appreciate it fully, and probably still don't, however, now it seems a new book to me with new figures and sparkling new mysteries. It gets newer as time passes.Get the hardcover edition. Take my word for it.Worth every penny.
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