Zen Flesh, Zen Bones
by Paul Reps and Nyogen Senzaki
The classic anthology: 101 Zen stories, the Gateless Gate koans, Ten Bulls, Centering. Small, strange and endlessly re-readable.
Read it if…
you want Zen stories and koans in one portable book.
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Skip it if…
you want explanation; it offers almost none.
Try instead: Tao Te Ching: A New English Version →
Three things you will actually use
- Stories teach what explanation cannot.
- Sit with the koan.
- Empty your cup.
Do this first
Read one story a day.
Our verdict
The Zen anthology.
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