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Thomas Cleary has studied Zen koans for thirty years, and has long been acknowledge worldwide as a master translator of Zen texts. His acclaimed translations of Buddhist and Taoist classics, renowned for their unusual lucidity, have been adopted as international standards for retranslation into French, Dutch, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish.
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Format: Trade Paperback, 120 pages
On Sale: November 11, 1996
Price: $14.95
Immortal Sisters presents life stories and teachings of distinguished female Taoist adepts who lived from the third to twelfth centuries. Among them is the poet and mystic Sun Bu-er, who passed into folklore as one of the famous Seven Immortals and appears as a character in countless popular novels of China... Read more >
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Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: October 12, 1994
Price: $15.95
Instant Zen presents the teachings of Foyan, a twelfth-century Chinese Zen master recognized as one of the greatest masters of the Song dynasty Zen renaissance in China. Returning to the uncomplicated genuineness of the original and classical Zen masters, Foyan offers many simple exercises in attention and thought designed to lead... Read more >
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Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: September 24, 1997
Price: $14.95
Elusive and enigmatic, zen koans have long puzzled people with their surprise meanings hidden in simple tales. Now one of America's finest translators of Asian philosophy provides a brillian new translation of the 12th century Wumenguan, the most popular of Chinese Zen koans. In Unlocking the Zen Koan (originally published as... Read more >
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Format: Trade Paperback, 136 pages
On Sale: April 19, 1994
Price: $12.95
This unique book by Master Shi Ming and Siao Weijia explores the Chinese science of mind/body and the refinement of consciousness in the higher martial arts. Read more >
