Crow With No Mouth: Ikkyu, Fifteenth Century Zen Master by Stephen Berg, Ikkyu, Lucien Stryk

Crow With No Mouth: Ikkyu, Fifteenth Century Zen Master

Stephen Berg, Ikkyu, Lucien Stryk

80 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy poetry challenging informative reflective fast-paced

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When Zen master Ikkyu Sojun (1394-1481) was appointed headmaster of the great temple at Kyoto, he lasted nine days before denouncing the rampant hypocrisy he saw among the monks there. He in turn invited them to look for him in the sake parlors of...

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