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Title: What the hook said to the fish: open mouth already dead!
Review: An interesting book of poetry if you consider the source: A qualified Zen Master from the 'old school' in Korea!! Zen Master Chang Sik Kim reveals his "just now mind" through this work of 'free association' poetry. A good poetry book combined with some classic ko-angs (Japanese: koans); spiced with Korean 'Hwardu's; the founding master gives just a hint of his profound inner knowledge of Zen. Yet, having been in the States since 1974, a level of Chang Sik Kim's Americanization can be discerned from the poem: 'One Cup of Water' on page 83, where he is almost cynical! Perhaps that is a strength as Zen deals with the most advanced technological culture in the 21st century as felt by one of the most 'PURE' Zen Monks in this country. "The Sky Is Blue, The Water Is Clear", like the Stone Lion at the Cross Road, informs those who view it, in the most simplest of terms, an endless Zen lesson.
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