{"product_id":"storehouse-of-treasures-recovering-the-riches-of-chan-and-zen-9781645473107","title":"Storehouse of Treasures: Recovering the Riches of Chan and Zen","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStorehouse of Treasures\u003c\/i\u003e unearths wise and beautiful elements of Chan and Zen still little known in the West, revealing unexpected aspects of the tradition and new implications for practice.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince the dawn of Chan and Zen in medieval China and Japan, members of these schools have enlivened their teaching by creatively adopting and adapting terms, images, principles, poetry, and lore native to their societies. Unfortunately, so much of that cultural wealth has been \"lost in translation\" that Western practitioners have barely begun to discover and appreciate this extraordinarily rich legacy. In \u003ci\u003eStorehouse of Treasures\u003c\/i\u003e, second-generation American Zen teacher Nelson Foster makes a series of adventuresome forays into the trove of material laid up by the Dharma ancestors, bringing to light: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMasters' delight in playing with words, stories, and inherited Buddhist concepts, bending them to express the Dharma in inspired ways \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe powerful influence that Taoist and Confucian thought exerted in the formation of Chan and Zen \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe emphasis the two schools have laid on excellence of character as well as on profound awakening \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe experiential meaning and enduring importance to the tradition of ideals little associated with it today, like integrity, shame, and contentment \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow \"knowing the tune\" of a fellow student, a mentor, or a teacher of old lies at the heart of transmitting the Dharma \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eLifting to attention a diverse set of ancient yet still luminous Dharma gems, Foster urges their relevance and value to us as students of the Buddha Way and as citizens of a world increasingly fractious and imperiled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNELSON FOSTER began Zen practice under Diamond Sangha founder Robert Aitken in 1972, later becoming his Dharma heir and succeeding him at its Honolulu temple. Today he teaches in this lay lineage mainly at Ring of Bone Zendo in the Sierra Nevada foothills, while also serving East Rock Sangha in New England and making periodic visits to sanghas in Hawai'i. Among his Buddhist publications, the best known is the much-praised anthology \u003ci\u003eThe Roaring Stream: A New Zen Reader\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Shambhala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50892964757778,"sku":"9781645473107","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_915a9636-01aa-413e-a00a-0b1b7bb2bc1b.jpg?v=1738214636","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/storehouse-of-treasures-recovering-the-riches-of-chan-and-zen-9781645473107","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}