Critical Sermons of the Zen Tradition

Download or read book Critical Sermons of the Zen Tradition written by Shin'ichi Hisamatsu and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2002-11-30 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together two giants of the history of Zen: Linji (Japanese, Rinzai) and Hisamatsu Shin'ichi. Linji is looked upon as the founder of the Rinzai sect in Japan. Hisamatsu was a leading twentieth century master/thinker who lived in Kyoto and was a tremendous influence on the development of the Kyoto school of Japanese philosophy. The translators and editors have translated and annotated twenty-two of Hisamatsu's Zen teisho (Dharma talks, in effect, sermons for Zen practitioners) of a classical Zen text, the Record of Linji, the recorded sayings of the Chinese founder of Rinzai Zen.