Authors: Thomas Cleary
ISBN-13: 9781590306369, ISBN-10: 1590306368
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Inc.
Date Published: November 2008
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Thomas Cleary is the translator of over fifty volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts from Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, and Arabic.
This miniature book presents a thousand years of Zen teaching for the modern reader in a way that preserves the dynamic flavor of these talks, sayings, and records of heart-to-heart encounters. From the earliest adepts to the last of the great masters, The Pocket Zen Reader is a pocket-sized compendium of Zen at its best. This collection is edited by Thomas Cleary, the translator of over fifty volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts.