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Zen

Zen is said to have been introduced to China from India by master Bodhidharma in the 6th CE. Zen (Ch'an in Chinese)is derived from the Sanskrit Dhyana (Jhana)meaning meditative absorption, and is aimed at directly perceiving one's true Buddha nature. Zen is divided into two main branches – Rinzai and Soto. Both are covered here as separate categories as well as an extensive listing of more general Zen titles.

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Featured Zen

	Gateless Gate
	The Classic Book of Zen Koans
	Yamada, Koun
	Wisdom Price £8.99 (save 10%)
	New edition. A translation with commentary on the Mumonkan, a classic Koan collection. By entering into the spirit of a koan, which is usually a dialogue or saying from Zen...
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	Book of Equanimity
	Illuminating Classic Zen Koans
	Wick, Gerry Shishin
	Wisdom Price £8.99 (save 25%)
	The Book of Equanimity contains the first-ever comprehensive English commentaries on one of the most classic collections of Zen teaching stories, or...
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	Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind [Paperback]
	Suzuki, Shunryu
	Wisdom Price £7.88 (save 37%)
	Truly a classic work on Zen meditation, told simply and directly. This joyful work is one of the most popular Buddhist books and a world-wide...
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	Blue Cliff Record
	Cleary, Thomas and Cleary, J.C.
	Wisdom Price £27.73 (save 27%)
	New paperback edition. A renowned translation of the Pi Yen Lu, a collection of one hundred koans with commentaries by Chinese masters, that has been regarded as one of the...
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One Robe, One Bowl Straight to the Heart of Zen Pure Heart, Enlightened Mind		Hazy Moon of Enlightenment Master Dogen's Shobogenzo [Vol 1]Sit Down and Shut Up		Dogen on Meditation and Thinking Art of Just Sitting How to Cook Your Life

New Release Zen

	Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin [New Edition]
	A Translation of the Sokko-roku Kaien-fusetsu
	Waddell, Norman
	Wisdom Price £11.55 (save 32%)
	New edition. A fiery and intensely dynamic Zen teacher and artist,...
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No Beginning, No End Realizing Genjokoan

Forthcoming Zen

	Hakuin's Precious Mirror Cave [Paperback]
	A Zen Miscellany
	Waddell, Norman
	Wisdom Price £13.46 (save 10%)
	Due December 2010. New paperback edition. The two great streams of Zen Buddhism are the Soto sect known as the School of Quiet...
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Zen Sand [Paperback]Zen Radicals, Rebels, and Reformers Zen In Practice Undying Lamp of Zen

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