The Roaring Stream: A New Zen Reader (Ecco Companions)

The Roaring Stream: A New Zen Reader (Ecco Companions)
by Nelson Foster, Jack Shoemaker

The Roaring Stream: A New Zen Reader (Ecco Companions)
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Author: Jack Shoemaker, Nelson Foster
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1997-10-01
ISBN: 088001511X
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Harper Perennial

Book Reviews of The Roaring Stream: A New Zen Reader (Ecco Companions)

Book Review: One of the Best Contemporary Zen Anthologies
Summary: 5 Stars

No less than Gary Snyder (aka. "Jaffy Ryder" of On the Road infamy) has prasied this as a great collection of Zen textual gems. Well, that Beat Generation crowd and hype aside...this actually IS a surprisingly engaging mix of Zen stories, characters, koans and poems, there is everything relevant about a collection like this. It speaks to the strong energizingly authentic life of Zen practice and perspective as a path to enlightenment and personal self-redemption. It also illuminates what is eternal about the Zen path by demonstrating how ancient sages expressed their relation to the universe from their own particular, unique vantage points.

When I first read through it, I didn't have the reading and practice familiarity to appreciate it fully, and probably still don't, however, now it seems a new book to me with new figures and sparkling new mysteries. It gets newer as time passes.

Get the hardcover edition. Take my word for it.

Worth every penny.

Summary of The Roaring Stream: A New Zen Reader (Ecco Companions)

The Roaring, Stream: A New Zen Reader is a groundbreaking, immensely readable anthology drawn From the vast corpus of Ch'an and Zen Buddhist literature. It offers readers a tour through more than a millennium of writing, presenting one masterpiece after another in chronological progression. "You can dip into the waters of this stream, again and again, at any point Finding refreshment and perspective, " notes Robert Aitken in his introduction. "A year From now you can dip in again and find treasures that were not at all evident the First time." From lectures to letters, brief poems to extended disquisitions, this collection is an ideal point of entry For newcomers to the Zen tradition, and an essential sourcebook For those who are already " on the way."

"Now the masterpieces of Zen Buddhist writing are availa6le in a single volume," applauds Library Journal. "[This] will be the standard introduction to Zen Buddhism For years to come."

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