Sitting with Koans
Subtitle: Essential Writings on the Zen Practice of Koan Study
Contributors: John Daido Loori (Editor); Tom Kirchner (Introduction)
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Published: December 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780861713691
Subjects: Buddhism; Religion - World Religions; Koan; Religion; Zen Buddhism; Buddhism - Zen; Religion / Zen Buddhism; Eastern - Zen; Meditation
First sentence: ACCORDING TO THE LEGEND of Shakyamuni's birth, when the Buddha was born he took three steps forward, pointed to heaven with one hand and to the earth with the other and said, "Between heaven and earth I alone am the honored one."