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The way of Zen = [ZendoÌ] / Alan W. Watts.

By: Publication details: New York : Vintage Books, 1989, c1957.Edition: 1st Vintage Books edDescription: xvii, 236 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0679723013
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.3/927 19
LOC classification:
  • BQ9265.4 .W38 1989
Summary: Publisher description: The Way of Zen begins as a succinct guide through the histories of Buddhism and Taoism leading up to the development of Zen Buddhism, which drew deeply from both traditions. It then goes on to paint a broad but insightful picture of Zen as it was and is practiced, both as a religion and as an element of diverse East Asian arts and disciplines. Watts's narrative clears away the mystery while enhancing the mystique of Zen. Since the first publication of this book in 1957, Zen Buddhism has become firmly established in the West. As Zen has taken root in Western soil, it has incorporated much of the attitude and approach set forth by Watts in The Way of Zen, which remains one of the most important introductory books in Western Zen. "No one has given us such a concise ... introduction to the whole history of this Far Eastern development of Buddhist thought as Alan Watts, in the present, highly readable work." -- Joseph Campbell
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks BQ9265.4 .W38 1989 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039000746593

Parallel title in Japanese characters.

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Pantheon, 1957.

Bibliography: p. 203-210.

Includes index.

Publisher description: The Way of Zen begins as a succinct guide through the histories of Buddhism and Taoism leading up to the development of Zen Buddhism, which drew deeply from both traditions. It then goes on to paint a broad but insightful picture of Zen as it was and is practiced, both as a religion and as an element of diverse East Asian arts and disciplines. Watts's narrative clears away the mystery while enhancing the mystique of Zen. Since the first publication of this book in 1957, Zen Buddhism has become firmly established in the West. As Zen has taken root in Western soil, it has incorporated much of the attitude and approach set forth by Watts in The Way of Zen, which remains one of the most important introductory books in Western Zen. "No one has given us such a concise ... introduction to the whole history of this Far Eastern development of Buddhist thought as Alan Watts, in the present, highly readable work." -- Joseph Campbell

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