Sunday, June 06, 2010

Transmission of Mind

I want to mention a book I read recently. It's called Transmission of Mind, and contains the teachings of Huang Po, a Chinese Chan master of the ninth century CE. It was written by one of his students shortly after his death in 857.

Transmission of Mind predates the 'one hand clapping' era of Zen, and proves Zen can be taught without riddles, brain teasers and intellectual snipe hunts. John Blofeld's translation of this work can be found on Amazon, and I assume elsewhere as well.

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