Heine, Steven & Wright, Dale S. (eds.) - The Zen Canon: Understanding the Classic Texts

This volume is a sequel or companion volume to The Kōan: Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism.¹ It examines a rich variety of texts in various genres that are crucial to an understanding of the history and thought of the Zen (C. Chan) Buddhist tradition in East Asia. These texts form a major part of the Zen canon, the acknowledged core of Zen Buddhist sacred literature.