SEUNG SAHN

Las enseñanzas del maestro zen Seung Sahn. Por primera vez en Occidente las charlas y entrevistas de un maestro zen coreano contemporáneo en interacción con sus discípulos occidentales. Una obra vibrante y llena de sentido del humor que presenta el zen en su autentica y real dimension. La enseñanza zen es como una ventana. Al principio la miramos y vemos el palido reflejo de nuestro rostro. A medida que aprendemos y nuestra vision se clarifica, la enseñanza se clarifica, hasta que al final es totalmente transparente. Vemos a traves de ella. Vemos todas las cosas: nuestro propio rostro... Del prefacio a la edicion española.

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: Its 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 ones own wisdom, and of manifesting that wisdom in every koan-like situation life presents us with.For more information on the author, Zen Master Seung Sahn, visit his website at www.kwanumzen.com.

A major figure in the transmission of Zen to the West, Zen Master Seung Sahn was known for his powerful teaching style, which was direct, surprising, and often humorous. He taught that Zen is not about achieving a goal, but about acting spontaneously from "dont-know mind." It is from this "before-thinking" nature, he taught, that true compassion and the desire to serve others naturally arises. This collection of teaching stories, talks, and spontaneous dialogues with students offers readers a fresh and immediate encounter with one of the great Zen masters of the twentieth century.

A simple, exhaustiveand often hilariouspresentation of the essence of Zen by a modern Zen Master of considerable renown In his many years of teaching throughout the world, the Korean-born Zen Master Seung Sahn has become known for his ability to cut to the heart of Buddhist teaching in a way that is strikingly clear, yet free of esoteric and academic language. In this book, based largely on his talks, he presents the basic teachings of Buddhism and Zen in a way that is wonderfully accessible for beginnersyet so rich with stories, insights, and personal experiences that long-time meditation students will also find it a source of inspiration and a resource for study.

Cartas de un maestro de zen contiene las enseñanzas de un gran maestro de zen contemporáneo en sus respuestas a las preguntas sobre la vida cotidiana -trabajo, relaciones personales, sufrimiento, comunicacion entre maestro y discipulo y la practica junto a otros- formuladas por sus alumnos occidentales.Seung Sahn, el primer maestro de zen coreano en impartir sus enseñanzas en occidente, guia a sus estudiantes con kong-ans, les anima en su practica, y les muestra el espejo nitido de su propia mente. Conocido por su prodigiosa energia contestaba personalmente cada carta dirigida a el. Contiene documentos de zen y un glosario.

La Brújula del Zen constituye una presentación sencilla, clara y a menudo divertida, de las enseñanzas esenciales de las principales tradiciones budistas -culminando en el zen- a cargo de uno de los maestros zen mas destacados de nuestra epoca. Este libro basado en sus charlas, nos presenta las enseñanzas esenciales del budismo de un modo rico y accesible tanto para principiantes com para estudiantes veteranos.