The Zen tradition has just two main meditative practices: shikantaza, or “just sitting”; and introspection guided by the powerful Zen teaching stories called koans. Following in the tradition of The Art of Just Sitting (endorsed as a “A book we have needed for a long, long time”), this new anthology from John Daido Loori illuminates the subtle practice of koan study from many different points of view.

Includes writings by:

• Robert Aitken
• William Bodiford
• Robert Buswell
• Roko Sherry Chayat
• Francis Dojun Cook
• Eihei Dogen
• Heinrich Dumoulin
• Hakuin Ekaku
• Victor Sogen Hori
• Keizan Jokin
• Philip Kapleau
• Chung-fen Ming-Pen
• Taizan Maezumi
• Dennis Genpo Merzel
• Soen Nakagawa
• Ruth Fuller Sasaki
• Sokei-an Sasaki
• Nyogen Senzaki
• Zenkei Shibayama
• Eido Shimano
• Philip Yampolsky
• Hakuun Yasutani
• Wayne Yokoyama
• Katsushiro Yoshizawa