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Cultivating the Empty Field

The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi

Taigen Dan Leighton, Yi Wu
Publisher:
Tuttle Publishing
ISBN:
9780804832403
Format:
Paperback
Date Published:
8/1/2000
Number of Pages:
136
Length:
8.5
Width:
5.5
Weight:
6 oz
$16.95
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First to articulate the meditation method known to contemporary Zen practitioners as shikantaza ("just sitting") Chinese Zen master Hongzhi is one of the most influential poets in all of Zen literature. This translation of Hongzhis poetry, the only such volume available in English, treats readers to his profound wisdom and beautiful literary gift. In addition to dozens of Hongshis religious poems, translator Daniel Leighton offers an extended introduction, placing the masters work in its historical context , as well as lineage charts and other information about the Chinese influence on Japanese Soto Zen.

Author Bio

Taigen Daniel Leighton, a translator and teacher, is the author of Bodhisattva Archetypes: Classic Buddhist Guides to Awakening and Their Modern Expression, and is the translator of Dogens The Wholehearted Way. He teaches at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, the San Francisco Zen Center, and the Green Gulch Retreat Center, among other places.

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