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Opening a Mountain

Steven Heine

2002200 pagesabout 3–5 hours
2002
first published
  • 2002Oxford University Press · 200 pages · ENGISBN 9780195135862
  • 2004Oxford University Press, USA · 240 pages · ENGISBN 9780195174342

The koans in this text tell of charismatic early Zen masters who sought to demonstrate their spiritual authority by establishing new temples - a process known in the tradition as Opening a Mountain.

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