The Circle of the Way: A Concise History of Zen from the Buddha to the Modern World by O'Brien, Barbara
The Circle of the Way: A Concise History of Zen from the Buddha to the Modern World by O'Brien, Barbara

The Circle of the Way: A Concise History of Zen from the Buddha to the Modern World

A comprehensive, accessible guide to the fascinating history of Zen Buddhism--including important figures, schools, foundational texts, practices,...
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Author: Barbara O'Brien
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The Circle of the Way: A Concise History of Zen from the Buddha to the Modern World by O'Brien, Barbara

The Circle of the Way: A Concise History of Zen from the Buddha to the Modern World

€33,45
The Circle of the Way: A Concise History of Zen from the Buddha to the Modern World by O'Brien, Barbara

The Circle of the Way: A Concise History of Zen from the Buddha to the Modern World

€33,45
Author: Barbara O'Brien
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
A comprehensive, accessible guide to the fascinating history of Zen Buddhism--including important figures, schools, foundational texts, practices, and politics.

Zen Buddhism has a storied history--Bodhidharma sitting in meditation in a cave for nine years; a would-be disciple cutting off his own arm to get the master's attention; the proliferating schools and intense Dharma combat of the Tang and Song Dynasties; Zen nuns and laypeople holding their own against patriarchal lineages; the appearance of new masters in the Zen schools of Korea, Japan, Vietnam, and later the Western world. In The Circle of the Way, Zen practitioner and popular religion writer Barbara O'Brien brings clarity to this huge swath of history by charting a middle way between Zen's traditional lore and the findings of modern historical scholarship. In a clear and often funny style, O'Brien parses fact from fiction while always attending to the greatest interest of contemporary practitioners--the development of Zen doctrine and practice as a living tradition across cultures and centuries.

Author: Barbara O'Brien
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 11/12/2019
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781611805789

About the Author
BARBARA O'BRIEN has been practicing Zen Buddhism since the 1980s. She works as a journalist, reporting primarily on religion in America. She is the author of Rethinking Religion: Finding a Place for Religion in a Modern, Tolerant, Progressive, Peaceful and Science-affirming World and has written about Buddhism for many outlets including About.com, The Guardian, Tricycle, and Lion's Roar. She blogs about whatever is on her mind at her personal blog, The Mahablog (mahablog.com).
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