Synopses & Reviews
Zen Master Hui Hai, affectionately known as "The Great Pearl", was of the same spiritual tradition as Hui Neng, Ma Tsu, and Huang Po. His style of teaching is very direct and just as pertinent today as it was 1,200 years ago in China. John Blofeld, noted translator of the I Ching, taught Buddhism in Chinese temples before the Communist revolution. His love of China and knowledge of Buddhism enable him to translate this volume with feeling and insight.
Synopsis
Zen teaching of instantaneous awakening A complete translation of the teaching of the Chinese Ch'an Master Hui Hai by John Blofeld, with a foreword by Charles Luk Hui Hai, was one of the great Ch'an (Zen) Masters. He was a contemporary of both Ma Tsu and Huang Po, those early masters who established Ch'an after the death of Hui Neng, the sixth Patriarch. Hui Hai's direct teachings point immediately to this moment of truth and awakening, and the message of this classic eighth-century text is universal and timeless.