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