Robert
Aitkin Roshi is the author of numerous books, including
The
Gateless Barrier,
The
Practice of Perfection,
and
Taking
the Path of Zen.
Everyday Practice, Buddhist and Christian
Buddhism, General / Christianity
Paperback / Shambhala Publications / 256 pages / 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
ISBN 978-1-57062-219-9 / June 1996
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These dialogues between Robert Aitken Roshi, one of the first American-born Zen masters, and Brother David Steindl-Rast, the Roman Catholic monk and hermit, took place during a week-long retreat the two old friends undertook in 1991 in a remote part of the island of Hawaii. Their aim was to approach...
The Kong-an Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn
Buddhism, General / Buddhism, Zen
Paperback / Shambhala Publications / 152 pages / 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
ISBN 978-1-59030-417-4 / August 2007
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Zen is famous for koans (called kong-ans in Korean, and in this book), those bizarre and seemingly unanswerable questions Zen masters pose to their students to check their realization (such as “What is the sound of one hand clapping?”). Fear of koans keeps some people from ever...
