{"product_id":"ten-gates-the-kong-an-teaching-of-zen-master-seung-sahn-9781590304174","title":"Ten Gates: The Kong-an Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn","description":"Zen is famous for koans (called \u003ci\u003ekong-ans\u003c\/i\u003e in Korean, and in this book), those bizarre and seemingly unanswerable questions Zen masters pose to their students to check their realization (such as \"What is the sound of one hand clapping?\"). Fear of koans keeps some people from ever giving Zen practice a try. But here, through the experience of seeing a modern Zen master work with his students, you can see what koan training is really like: It's a skillful, lively practice for attaining wisdom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book presents the system of ten koans that Zen Master Seung Sahn came to call the \"Ten Gates.\" These koans represent the basic types one will encounter in any course of study. Each of the ten gates, or koans, is illuminated by actual interchanges between Zen Master Seung Sahn and his students that show what the practice is all about: it is above all a process of coming to trust one's own wisdom, and of manifesting that wisdom in every koan-like situation life presents us with. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more information on the author, Zen Master Seung Sahn, visit his website at www.kwanumzen.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zen Master Seung Sahn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shambhala\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/14\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.36h x 5.54w x 0.41d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590304174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZen Master Seung Sahn (1927-2004) was the first teacher to bring Korean Zen Buddhism to America, having already established temples in Japan and Hong Kong. In 1972 he came to the United States and started what became the Providence Zen Center, the first center in what is now the Kwan Um School of Zen, which now includes more than eighty centers and groups worldwide. His students called him Dae Soen Sa Nim, \"Great Honored Zen Teacher,\" and he was the 78th Zen master in his line of dharma transmission in the Chogye order of Korean Buddhism. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Compass of Zen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDropping Ashes on the Buddha\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOnly Don't Know, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Whole World Is a Single Flower: 365 Kong-ans for Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Zen Master Seung Sahn \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47566692745373,"sku":"9781590304174","price":40.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_b0fafdf8-85d2-4fa2-b789-965927f713aa.jpg?v=1768315041","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/ten-gates-the-kong-an-teaching-of-zen-master-seung-sahn-9781590304174","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}