Sitting with Koans: Essential Writings on the Zen Practice of Koan Study

By John Daido Loori

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 Aitken William Bodiford Robert Buswell Roko Sherry Chayat Francis Dojun Cook Eihei Dogen Heinrich Dumoulin Hakuin Ekaku Victor Sogen Hori Keizan Jokin Philip Kapleau Chung-fen Ming-Pen Taizan Maezumi Dennis Genpo Merzel Soen Nakagawa Ruth Fuller Sasaki Sokei-an Sasaki Nyogen Senzaki Zenkei Shibayama Eido Shimano Philip Yampolsky Hakuun Yasutani Wayne Yokoyama Katsushiro Yoshizawa

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0861713699
• ISBN13: 9780861713691
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Wisdom Publications
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"