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Bankei Zen: Translations from the Record of Bankei - Hakeda, Yoshito (Editor), and Haskel, Peter, PH.D. (Translated by), and Farkas, Mary (Foreword by)
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The 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 times, illustrations, and extensive notes for the scholar.

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Bankei Zen: Translations from the Record of Bankei 1994, Grove Press, Kent

ISBN-13: 9780802131843

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