Classics of Buddhism and Zen, Volume Three: The Collected Translations of Thomas Cleary

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This volume contains translations of works by the key figures of Zen, including Dogen, the founder and most venerated master of Japanese Zen; Chinul, the twelfth-century Korean master; and Hakuin, founder of the Rinzai school. Also included are selections from the 'Perfection of Wisdom' sutras, a key source of the Zen tradition.

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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.