Tibetan Zen

Tibetan Zen is an unprecedented work. Van Schaik's explanations expand our notion of just what Tibetan Buddhism was--and is--while his translations offer contemporary readers the opportunity to expand their own minds by engaging classic Zen writings from a deeply creative period of Buddhism.--Kurtis R. Schaeffer, University of Virginia The Chinese character Zen ( ) has two parts that mean 'symbolize the single' or 'inseparable meaning, ' while the great Kagyu master Phagmodrupa says nonduality is Mahamudra. Therefore, there is no essential difference between Zen, Mahamudra, and Dzogchen teachings.--His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang, author of The Practice of Mahamudra This selection of some core texts of Tibetan Zen provides us with another map through the mysteries of our human hearts and minds and helps us walk our own way to realization. How wonderful!--James Ishmael Ford, author of Zen Master Who? In this beautifully written book, Sam van Schaik guides his reader into a lost world, bringing the Dunhuang manuscripts to life through his careful analyses. The result is a comprehensive presentation of an extinct and in many ways unique Buddhist tradition, a study whose brilliant insights into early esoteric ritual, the bodhisattva precepts, and much more shed light on the origins of both Tibetan Buddhism and Chinese Chan/Zen.--Jacob P. Dalton, author of The Taming of the Demons