Sitting with Koans: Essential Writings on Zen Koan Introspection

The Zen tradition has just two main meditative practices: shikantaza, or "just sitting"; and introspection guided by the powerful Zen teaching stories called koans. Following in the tradition of The Art of Just Sitting (endorsed as a "A book we have needed for a long, long time") , this new anthology from John Daido Loori illuminates the subtle practice of koan study from many different points of view. Includes writings by: Robert AitkenWilliam BodifordRobert BuswellRoko Sherry ChayatFrancis Dojun CookEihei DogenHeinrich DumoulinHakuin EkakuVictor Sogen HoriKeizan JokinPhilip KapleauChung-fen Ming-PenTaizan MaezumiDennis Genpo MerzelSoen NakagawaRuth Fuller SasakiSokei-an SasakiNyogen SenzakiZenkei ShibayamaEido ShimanoPhilip YampolskyHakuun YasutaniWayne YokoyamaKatsushiro Yoshizawa