{"product_id":"a-zen-harvest-japanese-folk-zen-sayings-haiku-dodoitsu-and-waka-paperback","title":"A Zen Harvest: Japanese Folk Zen Sayings (Haiku, Dodoitsu, and Waka) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSoiku Shigematsu\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eSoiku Shigematsu\u003c\/b\u003e (Compiled by), \u003cb\u003eRobert Aitken\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the vital aspects of traditional Rinzai Zen koan study in Japan is \u003ci\u003ejakugo\u003c\/i\u003e, or capping-phrase exercises. When Zen students have attained sufficient mastery of meditation or concentration, they are given a koan (such as the familiar \"What is the sound of one hand clapping?\") to study. When the student provides a satisfactory response to the koan, he advances to the \u003ci\u003ejakugo \u003c\/i\u003eexercise-he must select a \"capping phrase,\" usually a passage from a poem among the thousands in a special anthology, the only book allowed in the monastery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne such anthology, written entirely in Chinese, was translated by noted Zen priest and scholar Soiku Shigematsu as \u003ci\u003eA Zen Forest: Sayings of the Masters. \u003c\/i\u003eEqually important is a Japanese collection, the \u003ci\u003eZenrin Segosh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eu, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich Mr. Shigematsu now translates from the Japanese, including nearly eight hundred poems in sparkling English versions that retain the Zen implications of the verse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.97 x 6.03 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 1988\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773717741856,"sku":"9780865473287","price":20.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9cb1c4d2200a62ac7585070a7b6104ac_1edec21f-fa33-4f55-810b-10e3c1dfba4c.webp?v=1780431160","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-zen-harvest-japanese-folk-zen-sayings-haiku-dodoitsu-and-waka-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}