Zen Echoes: Classic Koans with Verse Commentaries by Three

Zen Echoes: Classic Koans with Verse Commentaries by Three Female Chan Masters

The voices of three female Zen masters reverberate in this much-needed collection.

Too often the history of Zen seems to be written as an unbroken masculine line: male teacher to male student. In this timely volume, Beata Grant shows us that women masters do existâ€”and have always existed.

Zen Echoes is a collection of classic koans from Zenâ€™s Chinese history that were first collected and commented on by Miaozong, a twelfth-century nun so adept that her teacher, the legendary Dahui Zonggao, used to tell other students that perhaps if they practiced hard enough, they might be as realized as her. Nearly five hundred years later, the seventeenth-century nuns Baochi and Zukui added their own commentaries to the collection. The three voicesâ€”distinct yet harmoniousâ€”remind us that enlightenmentÂ is at onceÂ universal and individual.

In her introduction to this shimmering translation, Professor Grant tells us that the verses composed by these women provide evidence that â€œin a religious milieu made up overwhelmingly of men, there were women who were just as dedicated to Chan practice, just as advanced in their spiritual realization, and just as gifted at using language to convey that which is beyond language.â€
Country USA
Brand Wisdom Publications
Manufacturer Wisdom Publications
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781614291879
ReleaseDate 2017-05-09
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781614291879

Country	USA
Brand	Wisdom Publications
Manufacturer	Wisdom Publications
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781614291879
ReleaseDate	2017-05-09
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781614291879

Zen Echoes: Classic Koans with Verse Commentaries by Three Female Chan Masters

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