The Rinzai Zen Way Paperback by Meido Moore

Product Details

• Publisher: Shambhala (2018-03-27)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 224 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781611805178
• Item Weight: 272.16 grams
• Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.47 x 0.58 cm

The first accessible beginner's guide to Rinzai Zen practice.

The recognition of the true nature of oneself and the universe is the aim of Rinzai Zen—but that experience, known as kensho, is really just the beginning of a life of refining  that discovery and  putting it into practice in the world.  Rinzai, with its famed discipline and its emphasis on koan practice, is one of two main forms of Zen practiced in the West, but it is less familiar than the more prominent Soto school.  Meido Moore here remedies that situation by providing this compact and complete introduction to Zen philosophy and practice from the Rinzai perspective.  It’s  an excellent entrée to a venerable tradition that goes back through the renowned Hakuin Ekaku in eighteenth-century Japan to its origins in Tang dynasty China—and that offers a path to living with insight and compassion for people today.

About the Author

Meido Moore is abbot of Korinji, a Rinzai Zen monastery near Madison, Wisconsin, and is a guiding teacher in the international Rinzai Zen Community organization. He is a lineage holder in the Rinzai school and teaches and leads retreats throughout the United States and Europe.