{"product_id":"zen-echoes-beata-grant-9781614291879","title":"Zen Echoes: Classic Koans with Verse Commentaries by Three Female Chan Masters","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe voices of three female Zen masters reverberate in this much-needed collection.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToo often the history of Zen seems to be written as an unbroken masculine line: male teacher to male student. In this timely volume, Beata Grant shows us that women masters do exist--and have always existed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eZen Echoes\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of classic koans from Zen's Chinese history that were first collected and commented on by Miaozong, a twelfth-century nun so adept that her teacher, the legendary Dahui Zonggao, used to tell other students that perhaps if they practiced hard enough, they might be as realized as her. Nearly five hundred years later, the seventeenth-century nuns Baochi and Zukui added their own commentaries to the collection. The three voices--distinct yet harmonious--remind us that enlightenment is at once universal and individual. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In her introduction to this shimmering translation, Professor Grant tells us that the verses composed by these women provide evidence that \"in a religious milieu made up overwhelmingly of men, there were women who were just as dedicated to Chan practice, just as advanced in their spiritual realization, and just as gifted at using language to convey that which is beyond language.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Beata Grant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 161429187X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781614291879\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wisdom Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d","brand":"Beata Grant","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996376039679,"sku":"9781614291879","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fc9bfc59-3b67-4e5e-97af-4489547606fb.jpg?v=1683341335","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/zen-echoes-beata-grant-9781614291879","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}