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Thousand Peaks – Korean Zen – Tradition and Teacher

THOUSAND PEAKS is the first comprehensive history in English of the rich tradition of Korean Zen, little known in the West but one of the few living links with the vigorous, ancient schools of Chinese Ch'an.  The author, a Buddhist scholar who was ordained as a monk for 11 years, presents  a wealth of historical material in an easy to read narrative.

Daily Zen Tokonoma

Unadorned and awaiting your own small vase of flowers or statue.... "...if you go into a noon tea on some irritatingly hot summer day, you may discover in the darkened coolness of the tokonoma a single lily in a hanging vase; dripping with dew, it s...

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