Author: Shosan, Suzuki; Editor: Braverman, Arthur
Kodansha Globe; Paperback
128 pages
Published: December 1995
Kodansha International
ISBN: 1568360312

Subtitled 'The Diamond Hard Wisdom Mind of Suzuki Shosan', this book, comprising a translation of the 1648 sayings of the samurai warrior who became a monk, and whose style of Zen was highly personal, presents the key teachings of Shosan, Zen's foremost samurai monk.This volume presents the teachings of the 17th-century samurai, Suzuki Shosan, who became one of Japan's most unorthodox Zen masters.