The heart of Zen does not necessarily beat where some seekers suspect it to. Behind the martial austerity of Japanese Zen masters in their black robes, there has been a little-known spiritual tradition of "mad sages" for 1500 years: the masters of the original Chan Buddhism in China. "Chan is based on the idea that all beings possess Buddha-nature, that the whole cosmos possesses Buddha-nature, and that it is enough to see this in a moment to be liberated. The whole practice revolves around this realisation. The Chan is the most direct, the most naked, the most realistic way to this liberation."
Daniel Odier lets great masters of the Chan testify to their profound realisation, and he gives fascinating insights into the no-frills teaching of these "unholy ones of enlightenment".
Bound edition, 214 pages.
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