Zen Master Tales: Stories from the Lives of Taigu, Sengai, Hakuin, and Ryokan
A lively collection of folk tales and Buddhist teaching stories from four noted premodern Japanese Zen masters: Taigu Schiku (1584-1669), Sengai Gibon (1750-1831), Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769), and Taigu…
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A lively collection of folk tales and Buddhist teaching stories from four noted premodern Japanese Zen masters: Taigu Schiku (1584-1669), Sengai Gibon (1750-1831), Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769), and Taigu Rykan (1758-1831).Zen Master Tales collects never before translated stories of four prominent Zen masters from the Edo period of Japanese history (1603-1868). Drawn from an era that saw the "democratization" of Japanese Zen, these stories paint a picture of robust, funny, and poignant engagement between Zen luminaries and the emergent chоnin or "townsperson" culture of early modern Japan. Here we find Zen monks engaging with samurai, merchants, housewives, entertainers, and farmers. These masters affirmed that the essentials of Zen practice--zazen, koan study, even enlightenment--could be conveyed to all members of Japanese society in ordinary speech, including