Sitting with Koans

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Sitting with Koans: Essential Writings on the Zen Practice of Koan Study

The Zen tradition has just two main meditative practices: shikantaza, or "just sitting;" and introspection guided by the powerful Zen teaching stories called koans. Get Sitting with Koans literature books for free.
Following up on his previous book, The Art of Just Sitting, John Daido Loori's new anthology illuminates the subtle practice of koan study from many viewpoints. Section one examines the history of the study and use of koans in China and Japan, with essays from such important contemporary Zen scholars as Heinrich Dumoulin ("Five Houses of Zen"). Section two includes writings from the masters of Japanese Zen such as Hakuin Ekaku's "The Voice of the Sound of One Hand." Section three vividly portrays the living tradition of koan introspection today in East and West in s Check Sitting with Koans our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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