The Blue Cliff Record

Name: The Blue Cliff Record
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781590302323
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By Yuanwu and Hsueh Tou Ch'ung Hsien

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The Blue Cliff Record is a revered twelfth-century collection of one hundred Zen koans, paradoxical teaching stories used to penetrate beyond rational thought. Compiled by the esteemed Zen master Hseh-tou Ch'ung-hsien, it includes commentaries and poetic verses from Chinese Zen masters, making it an essential study manual and treasured work in Zen literature.
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This book is ideal for students of Zen, scholars of Eastern spirituality, and anyone seeking a profound, poetic insight into the practice of enlightenment through Zen teaching stories.

A collection of koans from ancient China features Zen stories, commentaries, and verses from the teachings of the Zen masters, compiled in the twelfth century and considered an essential study manual for the students of Zen. Reprint.

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The Blue Cliff Record is a translation of the Pi Yen Lu, a collection of one hundred Zen koans - the paradoxical teaching stories used by Zen teachers to go beneath rational thought. These koans are accompanied by commentaries and appreciatory verses from the teachings of the Chinese Zen masters.

Compiled in the twelfth century by the great Zen master and poet Hseh-tou Ch'ung-hsien, it is considered to be one of the greatest treasures of Zen literature and an essential study manual for students of Zen.

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“The cases comprising [this volume] are meticulously yet gracefully rendered, and should make this classic welcome to both scholars and Zen students, and even casual readers. A nice addition is the inclusion of biographical information about the Chinese masters.” —Library Journal

“The Blue Cliff Record reveals to us what enlightenment is, what the enlightened life is, how the patriarchs and masters of old struggled with it, attained it, actualized it, and accomplished it... I firmly believe this translation is a milestone and will immensely benefit those who are sincerely engaged in the practice and the enlightenment of the Buddha-way.” —from the foreword by Taizan Maezumi Roshi

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781590302323

Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 April 2005

Country: United States

Imprint: Shambhala Publications Inc

Contributors:

Translated by Thomas Cleary
Translated by J. C. Cleary
Foreword by Taizan Maezumi
Translated by J. C. Cleary
Translated by Thomas Cleary
Foreword by Taizan Maezumi

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 43.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 214.0mm

Weight: 799g

Pages: 688

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About the Author

Thomas Cleary holds a PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University and a JD from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. He is the translator of over fifty volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts from Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Pali, and Arabic. A resident of Oakland, California, he passed away in June 2021. J. C. Cleary holds a Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University. He has translated several books of Zen literature, including Zen Dawn.