The first encounter between Zen and Christianity. Zen in the modern Japanese age. The Zen mysticism of Hakuin. The essence of Zen. This book is of a historical nature and is intended to give readers a faithful account of the historical development of Zen Buddhism.
History reveals the form and leads to the essence of things.
In historical research we are guided by the things themselves, and we try to comprehend their response and their teaching. The object of the book is to put the reader into a close contact with Zen as possible to elucidate its inner form from history and make its living values apparent.