Zen Master Yunmen
His Life and Essential Sayings
Urs App
- A
- modern
- Zen
- classic--reissued
- with
- new
- material:
- An
- introduction
- to
- the
- great
- tenth-century
- Chinese
- master,
- with
- translations
- of
- his
- key
- works.Yunmen
- Wenyan
- (c.
- 864–949)
- was
- a
- master
- of
- the
- Chinese
- Zen
- (Chan)
- tradition
- and
- one
- of
- the
- most
- influential
- teachers
- in
- its
- history,
- showing
- up
- in
- many
- famous
- koans—in
- one
- of
- which
- he’s
- credited
- with
- the
- famous
- line,
- “Every
- day
- is
- a
- good
- day.”
- His
- teachings
- are
- said
- to
- permeate
- heaven
- and
- earth,
- to
- address
- immediately
- and
- totally
- the
- state
- and
- conditions
- of
- his
- audience,
- and
- to
- cut
- off
- even
- the
- slightest
- trace
- of
- duality.
- In
- this
- classic
- study
- of
- Master
- Yunmen,
- historian
- and
- Buddhist
- scholar
- Urs
- App
- clearly
- elucidates
- the
- encompassing
- and
- penetrating
- nature
- of
- Yunmen’s
- teachings,
- provides
- pioneering
- translations
- of
- his
- numerous
- talks
- and
- dialogues,
- and
- includes
- a
- brief
- history
- of
- Chinese
- Zen,
- a
- biography
- of
- the
- master,
- and
- a
- wealth
- of
- resource materials.
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