The Three Pillars of Zen
- Compiled by
- Philip Kapleau
- Date
- 1965
- Language
- English
- Used in
- Sanbō Zen
Compiled and edited by Philip Kapleau and first published by Weatherhill in Tokyo in 1965. It presents the teaching of Yasutani Hakuun, eight accounts of kenshō, and Kapleau’s own account of his training under Harada and Yasutani.
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The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment
Compiled and edited by Kapleau, with translations, introductions and notes; revised and expanded in later editions.
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Sources
- Philip Kapleau (comp. and ed.), The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment (1966) · link
- Sanbôzen 三宝禅, Selected Bibliography · link
- Robert H. Sharf, Sanbōkyōdan: Zen and the Way of the New Religions (1995) · link
- Rochester Zen Center, Roshi Philip Kapleau · link
- Bodhin Kjolhede (teisho of 8 January 1995, edited transcript), Rochester Zen Center, Roshi Kapleau and His Teachers: Dharma Transmission and the Rochester Zen Center Lineage · link
- James Ishmael Ford, Zen Master Who? A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen (2006)
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