2nd Edition

Samurai Zen The Warrior Koans

By Trevor Leggett Copyright 2002
218 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

Samurai Zen brings together 100 of the rare riddles which represent the core spiritual discipline of Japan's ancient Samurai tradition. Dating from thirteenth-century records of Japan's Kamakura temples, and traditionally guarded with a reverent secrecy, they reflect the earliest manifestation of pure Zen in Japan. Created by Zen Masters for their warrior pupils, the Japanese Koans use incidents... Read more
Introduction, Preface, Acknowledgments, Ima Fukuzan’s Introduction to Shonan-Katto-Roku, Extracts from Imai Fukuzan’s Introduction to Warrior Zen, Kamakura Koans, Index of Chinese Characters

Biography

Trevor Leggett was the former head of Japanese Service of the BBC in the UK