| Bankei Zen: Translations from the Record of Bankei Contributor(s): Hakeda, Yoshito (Editor), Haskel, Peter (Translator), Farkas, Mary (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0802131840 ISBN-13: 9780802131843 Publisher: Grove Press OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1994 Annotation: The eccentric Bankei has long been an underground hero in the world of Zen. At a time when Zen was becoming overly formalized in Japan, he stressed its relevance to everyday life, insisting on the importance of naturalness and spontaneity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Buddhism - Zen (see Also Philosophy - Zen) - Philosophy | Buddhist - History | Asia - Japan |
| Dewey: 294.392 |
| LCCN: 83081372 |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.66" W x 8.06" (0.60 lbs) 196 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Buddhist |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The eccentric Bankei (1622-1693) has long been an underground hero in the world of Zen. At a time when Zen was becoming overly formalized in Japan, he stressed its relevance to everyday life, insisting on the importance of naturalness and spontaneity. This volume presents his teachings-as refreshing and iconoclastic today as they were three hundred years ago-in a fluent translation by Peter Haskel, accompanied by a vivid account of Bankei's life and times, illustrations, and extensive notes for the scholar. |