Blue Cliff Record: Zen Echoes (Codhill Press) Reprint edition

This is the first accessible contemporary commentary of the twelfth-century treasure of Zen Buddhism, the Blue Cliff Record. Much as Coleman Barks breathed new life into the works of the great Sufi poet Rumi, David Rothenberg now brings us vividly poetic new versions of the enigmatic koans and riddles from this classic Zen Buddhist text. Here is a lively feast of words and images designed to stretch and open the mind.