The Book of Serenity: One Hundred Zen Dialogues

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The Book of Serenity (Shoyo Roku) is an essential working manual of Zen Buddhism. This is the first complete translation into English of this important collection of one hundred classic Zen Buddhist koans with commentaries. As always, Thomas Cleary's translation is clear, accurate and incomparable.

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"Thomas Cleary has translated a medium-sized library of classic texts of Buddhism, Taoism, and I Ching studies, and the Book of Serenity is a major contribution to his already staggering body of work."Sam Hamill, Tricycle

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Thomas Cleary holds a PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University and a JD from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. He is the translator of over fifty volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts from Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Pali, and Arabic.