Zen's Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings

by Andy Ferguson, Reb Anderson (Foreword), Steven Heine (Foreword)

Zen's Chinese Heritage traces twenty-five generations of inlightened Buddhist teachers, supplementing their core teachings with history, biography, and poetry. The result is an intimate and profound human portrait of the enlightened Zen ancients, and an unprecedented look into the depths of the rich cultural heritage.

In this new edition with even more valuable material, Ferguson surveys generations of Zen masters, moving chronologically through successive generations of ancestral teachers, supplementing their core teachings with history, biography, and starkly beautiful poetry. In addition to giving the reader the engaging sense of the "family history" of Zen, this uniquely valuable book paints a clear picture of the tradition's evolution as a religious, literary, and historical force.

Genres: Buddhism, Zen, China, Religion, History, Nonfiction

568 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 15, 2000

About the author

Born 1951. Andy Ferguson graduated Phi Beta Kappa in Chinese studies from the University of Oregon in 1973.

Reviews

[Ed · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent source book for the great Ch'an masters. Many great stories of their dialogs with students.

[Jughead · Rating 5 out of 5]

I cherish this book, but whenever I read anything else by AF I am always disappointed.