Zen Flesh, Zen Bones A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings

Zen Flesh, Zen Bones, the best-selling collection of the most popular enlightenment stories, anecdotes, and koans of Zen literature, introducing a generation of Americans to Zen. Included here are four Zen and pre-Zen classics: * 101 Zen Stories-anecdotes and enlightenment stories of the great masters * The Gateless Gate-forty-eight Zen koans to awaken the enlightened mind * The 10 Bulls, or "Ox-herding Pictures"-depicting the ten stages of awareness * Centering-a four-thousand-year-old Sanskrit text that may well be one of the roots of Zen thought.Reps, Paul is the author of 'Zen Flesh, Zen Bones A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings', published 1994 under ISBN 9781570620638 and ISBN 1570620636.