Zen Roots

The First Thousand Years

Zen Roots
Red Pine
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NZ$ 37.00
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NZ$ 29.60
Paperback
h210 x 140mm - 288pg
22 Feb 2022 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781640095120
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Including new translations of nine texts from the first thousand years of Zen, this collection of sacred Buddhist texts with refreshed commentary is made to be carried with you. Dating from the middle of the second century BC to the middle of the ninth century AD, Zen Roots includes the Heart, the Diamond, and the Platform sutras, selections from the Vimalakirti and Lankavatara sutras, Bodhidharma' s Principles & Practice, Sengcan' s Trusting the Mind, Yongjia' s Song of Enlightenment, and Huangbo' s Transmission of the Mind. These translations are accompanied by introductions and enough notes to explain what needs explaining but not so many as to get in the way. Sized for toting with you, this collection is the perfect companion for travel, to introduce to the higher elevations, or just read in the backyard.
Bill Porter was born in Van Nuys, California on October 3, 1943 and grew up in Northern Idaho, where his parents moved in 1954. Since his father was often away on business, he attended boarding schools in LA and in the Bay Area. He graduated from Menlo School for Boys in 1961. After a tour of duty in the US Army 1964-67, he attended UC Santa Barbara and majored in Anthropology. In 1970, he entered graduate school at Columbia University and studied anthropology with a faculty that included Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict. While he was living in New York, he became interested in Buddhism, and in 1972 he left America and moved to a Buddhist monastery in Taiwan. After more than three years with the monks and nuns, he struck out on his own and supported himself by teaching English and later by working as a journalist at English-language radio stations in Taiwan and Hong Kong. In 1993, he returned to America and for the past twenty-seven years he has worked as an independent scholar. Bill Porter (aka "Red Pine") is widely recognized as one of the world' s preeminent translators of Chinese poetry and religious texts; he assumes the pen name "Red Pine" for his translations. He was the first translator to translate the entirety of Han-shan' s oeuvre into English, published as The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain. He was also the first to translate into English the entirety of The Poems of the Masters. He has translated several of the major Buddhist sutras, including the Heart Sutra, Diamond SutraPlatform Sutra.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781640095120
Published: 22 Feb 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Counterpoint
Publisher: Counterpoint
Format: Paperback
Height: 210mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 288

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