THE ZEN EXPERIENCE

Library Journal called it, “The best history of Zenever written.”

The truth of Zenhas always resided in individual experience rather than in theoreticalwritings. To give the modern reader access to understanding of this truth, THEZEN EXPERIENCE illumines Zen as it was created and shaped by the personalities,perceptions, and actions of its masters over the centuries.

Beginning with the twin roots of Zen in Indian Buddhism and Chinese Taoism, wefollow it through its initial flowering in China under the First PatriarchBodhidharma; its division into schools of “gradual” and “sudden” enlightenmentunder Shen-hsui and Shen-hui; the ushering in of its golden age by Hui-neng;the development of “shock” enlightenment by Ma-tsu; its poetic greatness in theperson of Han-shan; the perfection of the use of the koan by Ta-hui; themigration of Zen to Japan and its extraordinary growth there under a successionof towering Japanese spiritual leaders.

Rich in historical background, vivid in revealing anecdote and memorablequotation, this long-needed work succeeds admirably in taking Zen from thelibrary shelves and restoring its living, human form.

BOOKS BY THOMAS HOOVER

Nonfiction

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The ZenExperience

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