ZEN MASTER TALES: Stories from the Lives of Taigu, Sengai, Hakuin, and Ryokan

A lively collection of folk tales and Buddhist teaching stories from four noted premodern Japanese Zen masters. These masters affirmed that the essentials of Zen practice, zazen, koan study, and even enlightenment, could be conveyed to all members of Japanese society in ordinary speech, including even comic verse and work songs.