{"product_id":"two-zen-classics-the-gateless-gate-and-the-blue-cliff-records-isbn-9781590302828","title":"Two Zen Classics: The Gateless Gate and the Blue Cliff Records","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new translation of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Gateless Gate\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eand\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Blue Cliff Records\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, two classic collections of Zen koans—or guiding ‘riddles’—used in the study of Zen Buddhism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The strange verbal paradoxes called koans have been used traditionally in Zen training to help students attain a direct realization of truths inexpressible in words. The two works translated in this book, \u003ci\u003eMumonkan\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Gateless Gate\u003c\/i\u003e) and \u003ci\u003eHekiganroku\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Blue Cliff Records\u003c\/i\u003e), both compiled during the Song dynasty in China, are the best known and most frequently studied koan collections, and are classics of Zen literature. They are still used today in a variety of practice lineages, from traditional zendos to modern Zen centers.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In a completely new translation, together with original commentaries, the well-known Zen teacher Katsuki Sekida brings to these works the same fresh and pragmatic approach that made his \u003ci\u003eZen Training\u003c\/i\u003e so successful. The insights of a lifetime of Zen practice and his familiarity with both Eastern and Western ways of thinking make him an ideal interpreter of these texts.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303111119077,"sku":"NP9781590302828","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781590302828.jpg?v=1767743095","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/two-zen-classics-the-gateless-gate-and-the-blue-cliff-records-isbn-9781590302828","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}