Zen Buddhism conveys its profound truths through epigrams, parable and brief enigmatic and often amusing stories of the masters. In addition to 101 Zen Stories , this volume contains The Gateless Gate , a collection of koans or puzzles and 10 Bulls , an illustrated account of a bull-hunt.

Explains the path to achieving Zen, a balance between the body and the mind. Based on the result of the author's quest to learn archery in the hands of Japanese Zen masters, this book presents an account of one man's journey to complete abandonment of 'the self' and the Western principles that we use to define ourselves.

This is the prose masterpiece of the Heian era of the 10th and 11th centuries, which is recognized as a great period in Japanese literature. It is an account of the intricate, exquisite, highly ordered court culture which made such a masterpiece possible.

This text offers a series of insights into the Zen mind.

Chuang Tzu, considered along with Lao Tzu, one of the great figures of early Taoist thought, used parables and anecdotes, allegory, and paradox to illustrate that real happiness and freedom are found only in understanding the Tao, and dwelling in its unity.