Letting Go : : The Story of Zen Master Tosui.

Of the many eccentric figures in Japanese Zen, the Soto Zen master Tosui Unkei (d. 1683) is surely among the most colorful and extreme. Variously compared to Ryokan and Francis of Assisi, Tosui has been called "the original hippie." After many grueling years of Zen study and the sanction o...

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Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2001]
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Year of Publication:2001
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (184 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Japanese Zen in the Age of Tōsui
  • About the Translation
  • Tribute to the Life of Zen Master Tōsui
  • Biographical Addendum:Tōsui's Story
  • Appendix: Biography of Master Tōsui (Tōsui oshō den)
  • Notes to Text
  • Bibliography
  • Index