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The Zen Reader

Thomas Cleary

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English
Shambhala Publications Inc
26 November 2019
A stunning translation of classic Zen teachings conveyed by great Zen Masters.

This book, translated by renowned and respected translator Thomas Cleary, presents a thousand years of Zen teachings for the modern reader in a way that preserves the dynamic flavor of these talks, sayings, and records of heart-to-heart encounters. From the earliest adepts to the last of the great masters, The Zen Reader is a compendium of Zen at its best. Cleary's translation makes these teachings succinct and accessible, allowing the gift of Zen Buddhism to be received by anyone, anywhere.
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Imprint:   Shambhala Publications Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 171mm,  Width: 108mm, 
Weight:   368g
ISBN:   9781611807035
ISBN 10:   1611807034
Series:   Shambhala Pocket Library
Pages:   160
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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.

Reviews for The Zen Reader

One of the foremost contemporary translators of classical Buddhist and Taoist literature.--Library Journal There is no doubt in my mind that Thomas Cleary is the greatest translator of Buddhist texts from Chinese or Japanese into English of our generation, and that he will be so known by grateful Buddhist practitioners and scholars in future centuries. Single-handedly he has gone a long way toward building the beginnings of a Buddhist canon in English.--Robert A. F. Thurman, Tricycle


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