商品簡介
The collection of sermons, statements, and acts attributed to the Chinese Zen master Linji Yixuan (d. 866) has been an essential text of Chinese and Japanese Buddhism for a thousand years. This translation, with extensive commentary, is by Ruth Fuller Sasaki (1892-1967), who moved from the US to Kyoto and spent her life introducing Zen to westerners. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Thomas Yuho Kirchner (Editor)
Thomas Yuho Kirchner is associate researcher at the International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism at Hanazono University in Kyoto. He spent ten years in Japanese Rinzai Zen monasteries before taking positions at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture and Hanazono University.
Ruth Fuller Sasaki (Translator)
Ruth Fuller Sasaki (1892-1967) combined an early interest in Theravada Buddhism and Indian languages with the practice of yoga and Zen. After moving to Kyoto in 1949 she devoted herself to helping Westerners interested in Zen and producing a highly regarded series of books, including Zen Dust (1966), The Recorded Sayings of Layman P’ang(1971), and The Record of Lin-chi (1975).
