Bankei Zen: Translations from the Record of Bankei Texas A&m University The absorbing combination of numbers

The absorbing combination of numbers and logic makes the puzzles in this book completely addictive

ISBN13: 9781733764100

ISBN13: 9781434366191

Author: Agnes Arber

she imagines the happier lives her parents might have made for themselves had there been no war

Bankei Zen: Translations from the Record of Bankei Texas A&m University The absorbing combination of numbersThe eccentric Bankei (1622 1693) has long been an underground hero in the world of Zen. At a time when Zen was becoming overly formalized in Japan, he stressed its relevance to everyday life, insisting on the importance of naturalness and spontaneity. This volume presents his teachings as refreshing and iconoclastic today as they were three hundred years ago in a fluent translation by Peter Haskel, accompanied by a vivid account of Bankei's life and