This is a companion volume to The Koan and The Zen Canon, by the same editors. The first volume c...

Koans are enigmatic spiritual formulas used for religious training in the Zen Buddhist tradition....

In this groundbreaking collection of essays edited by Steven Heine, leading scholars of Buddhism ...

This book provides an in-depth textual and literary analysis of the Blue Cliff Record (Chinese Bi...

TheTreasury of the True Dharma Eye (Shōbōgenzō) is the masterwork of Dōgen (1200–12...

An enormous amount of scientific research compels two fundamental conclusions about the human min...

With the growing popularity of Zen Buddhism in the West, virtually everyone knows, or thinks they...

In Sacred High City, Sacred Low City, Steven Heine argues that lived religion in Japan functions ...

It is said that in traditional Japan the samurai embraced Zen because it helped them to be fearle...

Do you fear what might be lurking in your DNA?Well, now you can find out, and you most likely wil...

Wisdom within Words is the first complete bilingual edition and annotated translation of the poet...