Ten Gates

The Kong-an Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn

Zen Master Seung Sahn, Robert Aitken

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Shambhala Publications Inc
01 October 2007

Zen Buddhism

Reveals the truth to understanding Master Sahn's ten Zen 'koans' - the seemingly paradoxical Zen questions

Zen is famous for koans (called kong-ans in Korean, and in this book), those bizarre and seemingly unanswerable questions Zen masters pose to their students to check their realization (such as ""What is the sound of one hand clapping?""). Fear of koans keeps some people from ever giving Zen practice a try. But here, through the experience of seeing a modern Zen master work with his students, you can see what koan training is really like- It's a skillful, lively practice for attaining wisdom.

This book presents the system of ten koans that Zen Master Seung Sahn came to call the ""Ten Gates."" These koans represent the basic types one will encounter in any course of study. Each of the ten gates, or koans, is illuminated by actual interchanges between Zen Master Seung Sahn and his students that show what the practice is all about- it is above all a process of coming to trust one's own wisdom, and of manifesting that wisdom in every koan-like situation life presents us with.

By: Zen Master Seung Sahn
Foreword by: Robert Aitken
Imprint: Shambhala Publications Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Revised ed.
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 189g
ISBN: 9781590304174
ISBN 10: 1590304179
Pages: 148
Publication Date: 01 October 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Zen Master Seung Sahn (1927-2004) was the first teacher to bring Korean Zen Buddhism to USA, having established temples in Japan, Hong Kong. In 1972 he came to the USA and started what became the Providence Zen Center, the first center in what is now the Kwan Um School of Zen, which now includes more than eighty centers and groups worldwide. He was the 78th Zen master in his line of dharma transmission in the Chogye order of Korean Buddhism. His books include The Compass of Zen, Dropping Ashes on the Buddha , Only Don't Know, and The Whole World Is a Single Flower: 365 Kong-ans for Everyday Life

Reviews for Ten Gates: The Kong-an Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn

Though mathematically very demanding, the principles and examples are clear enough, and Jeffreys' trenchant references to critics of Bayesian methods often made me laugh out loud - an unusual experience with an advanced statistics text. Its selection as an Oxford Classic Text is unusual but well judged. Robert Matthews, New Scientist