J. C. Cleary

The Blue Cliff Record

• translated by
• J. C. Cleary,
• Thomas Cleary

The Blue Cliff Record is a translation of the Pi Yen Lu , a collection of one hundred famous Zen koans accompanied by commentaries and verses from the teachings of Chinese Zen masters. Compiled in the twelfth century,…  Read More

Swampland Flowers

The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui

• by
• J. C. Cleary

The writings of the twelfth-century Chinese Zen master Ta Hui are as immediately accessible as those of any contemporary teacher, and this book, which introduced them to the English-speaking world in the 1970s, has become a modern classic—a regular feature…  Read More

• Paperback

Zen Letters

Teachings of Yuanwu

• by
• Yuanwu

Zen Letters presents the teachings of the great Chinese master Yuanwu (1063–1135) in direct person-to-person lessons, intimately revealing the inner workings of the psychology of enlightenment. These teachings are drawn from letters written by Yuanwu to various fellow teachers,…  Read More