Zen to Ha Nani Ka Sore Ha Daruma Kara Hajimatta (Bunko Mi)

[Machine Translation] The author discusses the lives and thought of Zen monks such as Eisai, Dogen, Daio, Daito, Sekizan, Ikkyu, Shozan, Sawan, Tosui, Hakuin, Bankei, and Ryokan. The author, who defines "Pure Zen" as the original Zen that denies and transcends the secular world, describes the lives of these predecessors who lived by "Pure Zen". This is the first collection of this famous book, which provides an overview of the history of Zen, beginning with the lineage of Chinese Zen since the time of Daruma and developing uniquely in Japan.

栄西、道元、大応、大燈、関山、一休、正三、沢庵、桃水、白隠、盤珪、良寛などの禅僧の生涯と思想について語る。世俗を否定し、超越する本来の禅を「純禅」とする著者が、「純禅」に生きた先達の生き様を描く。達磨以来の中国禅の系譜に始まり日本で独自に発展した禅の歴史を一度に知ることができる名著を初文庫化。