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Samurai Zen: The Warrior Koans
Trevor Leggett
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Description for Samurai Zen: The Warrior Koans
paperback. Samurai Zen brings together 100 of the rare riddles which represent the core spiritual discipline of Japan's ancient Samurai tradition. Num Pages: 218 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HREZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 250. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Samurai Zen brings together 100 of the rare riddles which represent the core spiritual discipline of Japan's ancient Samurai tradition. Dating from thirteenth-century records of Japan's Kamakura temples, and traditionally guarded with a reverent secrecy, they reflect the earliest manifestation of pure Zen in Japan. Created by Zen Masters for their warrior pupils, the Japanese Koans use incidents from everyday life - a broken tea-cup, a water-jar, a cloth - to bring the warrior pupils of the Samurai to the Zen realization. Their aim is to enable a widening of consciouness beyond the illusions of the limited self, and a ... Read more
Samurai Zen brings together 100 of the rare riddles which represent the core spiritual discipline of Japan's ancient Samurai tradition. Dating from thirteenth-century records of Japan's Kamakura temples, and traditionally guarded with a reverent secrecy, they reflect the earliest manifestation of pure Zen in Japan. Created by Zen Masters for their warrior pupils, the Japanese Koans use incidents from everyday life - a broken tea-cup, a water-jar, a cloth - to bring the warrior pupils of the Samurai to the Zen realization. Their aim is to enable a widening of consciouness beyond the illusions of the limited self, and a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415284653
SKU
KSG0033848
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Ref
99-1
About Trevor Leggett
Trevor Leggett was the former head of Japanese Service of the BBC in the UK
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