Two Zen Classics: The Gateless Gate and the Blue Cliff Records N. K. Jemisin alienation can be

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totaling half a million men

Against such worldly elements as death

from FDR’s time to the present day—with the candor and depth of insight that could come only from someone who lived through it all

As the book opens in 2001

Two Zen Classics: The Gateless Gate and the Blue Cliff Records N. K. Jemisin alienation can beAuthor Contributor(s): Sekida, Katsuki Publisher: Shambhala Date: 9 13 2005 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW A new translation of The Gateless Gate and The Blue Cliff Records, two classic collections of Zen koansor guiding riddlesused in the study of Zen Buddhism The strange verbal paradoxes called koans have been used traditionally in Zen training to help students attain a direct realization of truths inexpressible in words. The two works translated