The Zen Canon
Subtitle: Understanding the Classic Texts
Contributors: Steven Heine (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: March 25, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780195150674
Subjects: Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts; Zen Buddhism; Literary Criticism; Religion - World Religions; History: World; British Isles; Buddhism - Zen; Religion / Zen Buddhism; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; History and criticism; Introductions; Sacred books; Zen literature
First sentence: The Zen tradition commonly uses the term Zen forest (ch'an-lin) to refer to the gathering or clustering of its adepts.