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Elegant Failure: A Guide to Zen Koans

by Richard Shrobe

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Paperback · 256 pages Shambhala · 2010

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Elegant Failure

Zen koans are stories of exchanges between Zen masters and their disciples at the moment of enlightenment or near-enlightenment. These stories have long fascinated Western readers because of their wisdom, humor, and enigmatic quality. Drawing on over thirty years of practice and teaching, Richard Shrobe (himself a recognized Zen Master) has selected twenty-two cases from The Blue Cliff Record and Wu-men-kuan that he finds deeply meaningful and helpful for meditation practice. In Elegant Failure, he provides a wealth of background information and personal anecdotes for each koan that help to illuminate its meaning without detracting from its paradoxical nature. As Shrobe reminds us, "The main core of Zen teaching is the bare bones of what is there. In a certain sense, embellishing a story takes away from the central teaching: Don’t embellish anything, just be with it as it is."

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Publisher
Shambhala
Author
Richard Shrobe
Format
Paperback
Published
May 25, 2010
ISBN-13
9781930485259
ISBN-10
1930485255
Pages
256
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