Japan Buddhism / Zen

Adolphson: The Teeth and Claws of the Buddha: Monastic Warriors and Sohei in Japanese History. Paperback

Teeth and Claws of the Buddha: Monastic Warriors and Sohei in Japanese History. Paperback
by Mikael S. Adolphson
xvi, 212 pages. 2007

9780824831233 24

Bagot: Zen Judo: A Way of Life. Hardback

978071372052520

Chiba: Sesshu's Long Scroll: A Zen Landscape Journey. Harmonica-folded booklet

0804806772

Heine, Wright: The Zen Canon: Understanding the Classic Texts. Paperback

Zen Canon: Understanding the Classic Texts. Paperback
edited by Heine, Steven / Wright, Dale S.
xx, 315 pages. 2004
Bodhidharma, its first patriarch, reputedly said that Zen Buddhism represents "a special transmission outside the teaching/Without reliance on words and letters." This saying, along with the often perplexing use of language (and silence) by Zen masters, gave rise to the notion that Zen is a "lived religion," based strictly on non-linguistic practice and lacking a substantial canon of sacred texts.

9780195150681935

Holmes, Horioka: Zen Art for Meditation. Paperback

978080481255910

Kraft: Eloquent Zen. Dalto and Early Japanese Zen. Cloth

Eloquent Zen. Dalto and Early Japanese Zen. Cloth
by Kenneth Kraft
i, 268 pages, with 6 illustrations, notes, glossary, bibliography and index. 1992

978082481383334

McCallum: Zenkoji and Its Icon: A Study in Medieval Japanese Religious Art. Cloth

Zenkoji and Its Icon: A Study in Medieval Japanese Religious Art. Cloth
Donald F. McCallum
352 pages. With 1 color illustration, 88 halftones, 5 maps. 1994
One of the most significant traditions of image-making in medieval Japanese Buddhist art is based on a large group of gilt-bronze icons representing the Buddha Amida and his two attendant Bodhisattvas. ...

978069103203057a

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Pirsig: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values. Paperback

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values, Paperback
Robert M. Pirsig
xiv, 449 pages. 2000
A republication of the New Age classic blends ancient and Eastern philosophy and follows a man's cross-country motorcycle trip with his adolescent son during which they explore the pain, joy, and possibilities of life in the modern world

9780060958329

Soho: The Unfettered Mind. Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword Master. Paperback

Unfettered Mind. Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword Master. Paperback
Takuan Soho. Translated by William Scott Wilson
104 pages. 1987. The history of the sword in Japan goes back to antiquity. Zen and its meditative practices also have a long history, but it was not until the rule of the Tokugawa shoguns that the techniques of swordsmanship fused with the spirit of Zen. And if one man can be said to have been the prime mover in this phenomenon, it was none other than Takuan Soho, confidant and religious instructor to an emperor, to a great sword master, and to the heads of the most important sword schools of the time.

9780870118517

Suzuki: Zen Buddhism: Selected Writings of D. T. Suzuki. Paperback

978038548349015

Watson: Ryokan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan. Paperback

Ryokan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan. Paperback
Burton Watson
127 pages
translations of his Japanese poems (waka), with japanese text in Romanized form, plus kanshi, his poems in Chinese

978023104415823

Yiengpruksawan: Hiraizumi. Buddhist Art and Regional Politics in Twelfth-Century Japan. Hardcover

Hiraizumi. Buddhist Art and Regional Politics in Twelfth-Century Japan. Hardcover.
Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan
xiv, 263 pages. 1999
In 12th-century Japan, the Hiraizumi Fujiwara's filled their city with art in an attempt to claim a religious and political mandate. This study examines the rise of the Hiraizumi Fujiwara, analyzes their construction programme, and traces the strategies by which they tried to legitimate their rule

97806743920524163