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Dream Conversations

On Buddhism and Zen

By Muso Kokushi
Translated by Thomas Cleary

$19.95
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9781570622069
- Paperback
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Shambhala Publications
07/01/1996
Pages: 112
Size: 5 x 7.25
ISBN: 9781570622069
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This book is also included in our Reader's Guide on Early Zen in Japan where you will find other important Zen classics.

Dream Conversations is a collection of a renowned Japanese master's written replies to questions about the true nature of Zen. In short, simply worded teachings, Muso Kokushi (1275-1351), also known as Muso Soseki, exposes common misconceptions with unprecedented clarity, offering psychological insights designed to lead the reader into the depths of authentic Zen experience. These incisive teachings will be especially valuable for today's Zen students, as they struggle with their own confusion and misunderstandings about the true path of Zen.

Japanese Zen
Koan practice
Author Bio
Muso Kokushi
Musō Soseki was a Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk and teacher, and a calligraphist, poet and garden designer. The most famous monk of his time, he is also known as Musō Kokushi, a honorific conferred to him by Emperor Go-Daigo.
Thomas Cleary

Thomas Cleary holds a PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University and a JD from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. He is the translator of over fifty volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts from Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Pali, and Arabic.

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