num_pages: 286
description: (New American Library,1980) "The best history of Zen ever written." Library Journal Beginning with Indian Buddhism and Chinese Taoism it shows Zen as it was created by the personalities, perceptions, and actions of its masters over the centuries. Gradual and sudden enlightenment, shock enlightenment, the koan, the migration of Zen to Japan. With anecdote and memorable quotation, this long-needed work restores Zen to its living, human form.
language: English
title: The Zen Experience
titlecomplete: The Zen Experience
genres: China, Amazon, Historical, History, Philosophy, Religion, Buddhism, Spirituality, Nonfiction, Zen
ratings_count: 734
publisher: Plume