{"product_id":"zen-traces-kenneth-kraft-9781589881280","title":"Zen Traces: Exploring American Zen with Twain and Thoreau","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Kraft rubs together these pithy thoughts and phrases from traditional and present-day Zen with the sayings of Henry-David Thoreau and Mark Twain to come up with fresh portals of spiritual openness.\"--\u003ci\u003eSpirituality \u0026amp; Practice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Zen takes root in the west, new forms arise. For centuries Zen masters have tested their students with \"koans\" and \"capping phrases.\" A koan is a spiritual paradox that must be solved intuitively. A capping phrase is a trenchant comment. Both are meditative practices that reveal deeper truths about the self and, ideally, lead to enlightenment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eZen Traces\u003c\/i\u003e, Buddhist scholar Kenneth Kraft plays off these practices in a new idiom. He selects passages from four sources: traditional Zen, present-day Zen, Henry David Thoreau, and Mark Twain. When a koan-like story about a contemporary Zen teacher is paired with a pithy comment by Mark Twain, something fresh emerges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth Kraft\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1589881281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781589881280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Dry Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Kenneth Kraft","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939838984447,"sku":"9781589881280","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1d02a39a-c94f-4d56-8f33-5cc111568e2b.jpg?v=1681443787","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/zen-traces-kenneth-kraft-9781589881280","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}