Unborn: The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei, 1622-1693 by Bankei, Bankei Yotaku

Unborn: The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei, 1622-1693

Bankei, Bankei Yotaku

156 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction religion informative reflective slow-paced

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In 1633, at age eleven, Bankei Yotaku was banished from his family's home because of his consuming engagement with the Confucian texts that all schoolboys were required to copy and recite. Using a hut in the nearby hills, he wrote the word Shugyo-...

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