{"product_id":"9780834825567","title":"Two Zen Classics: The Gateless Gate and The Blue Cliff Records","description":"The strange verbal paradoxes called koans have been used traditionally in Zen training to help students attain a direct realization of truths inexpressible in words. The two works translated in this book,  \u003ci\u003eMumonkan \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eThe Gateless Gate \u003c\/i\u003e) and  \u003ci\u003eHekiganroku (The Blue Cliff Record)\u003c\/i\u003e, both compiled during the Song dynasty in China, are the best known and most frequently studied koan collections, and are classics of Zen literature. They are still used today in a variety of practice lineages, from traditional zendos to modern Zen centers. In a completely new translation, together with original commentaries, the well-known Zen teacher Katsuki Sekida brings to these works the same fresh and pragmatic approach that made his  \u003ci\u003eZen Training \u003c\/i\u003e so successful. The insights of a lifetime of Zen practice and his familiarity with both Eastern and Western ways of thinking make him an ideal interpreter of these texts.","brand":"Shambhala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070156062960,"sku":"9780834825567","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780834825567_p0.jpg?v=1763815193","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780834825567","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}