Two years after Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations was published in 1776, Pak Chega's (1750-1805) Dis...

Zen Evangelist

Vestiges of the Three Kingdoms of Ancient Korea (Samguk yusa) is the first annotated English tran...

This volume is the first annotated translation in any language of the 'Chojang chungga-ŭi' (The M...

Korea has one of the most diverse religious cultures in the world today, with a range and breadth...

Robert Buswell, a Buddhist scholar who spent five years as a Zen monk in Korea, draws on personal...

This book is a translation and study of the Vajrasamadhi-Sutra and an examination of its broad im...

This book is a translation and study of the Vajrasamadhi-Sutra and an examination of its broad im...

Uichon (1055-1101) is recognized as a Buddhist master of great stature in the East Asian traditio...

Offers a fully annotated translation of Yi Hwang's (also known as T'oegye, 1501-1570) Chas?ngnok....

Soon after the inception of Buddhism in the sixth or fifth century B.C.E., the Buddha ordered his...

Korea has long had an underground insurrectionary literature. The best-known example of the genre...

Son (Japanese Zen) has been the dominant form of Buddhism in Korea from medieval times to the pre...

A Place to Live brings together in a single volume an introduction to Yi Chung-hwan's (1690-1756)...

'The king and ministers, superior and inferior, move with ritual and refinement. When the king go...

A popular teaching that combined elements of Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, folk beliefs, and Ca...

Ch?ng Toj?n, one of the most influential thinkers in Korean history, played a leading role in the...

The Poetry Demon

The author challenges her readers through her creative interpretations of Buddhist doctrines and ...

Chan Before Chan

Numinous Awareness Is Never Dark examines the issue of whether enlightenment in Zen Buddhism is s...

'This is without a doubt the most comprehensive, authoritative, and useful dictionary of Buddhism...

Known for her profound insight and compassion, Daehaeng Sunim has impeccable credentials as a Zen...

A collection of translations of major literary, critical, and historical essays from the colonial...

The Encyclopedia of Daily Life

Wonhyo (617-686) is the dominant figure in the history of Korean Buddhism and one of the most inf...

'This book's collection of remarkable essays takes an interdisciplinary approach to clarifying th...

This volume makes available in English the seminal treatises in Korea's greatest interreligious d...

This is the first book in English to offer an extensive introduction to the Tongmunsn (Selections...

Buddhists across Asia have often aspired to die with a clear and focused mind, as the historical ...

The Secrets of Buddhist Meditation

Chinul (1158-1210) was the founder of the Korean tradition of Zen. He provides one of the most lu...

Takes readers into the fascinating world of Japanese Buddhist manuscript cultures. Using archival...

Tales of the Strange by a Korean Confucian Monk

Korea's Great Buddhist-Confucian Debate

Record of the Seasonal Customs of Korea

Memory, Music, Manuscripts

The Poetry Demon

The Secrets of Buddhist Meditation

Precepts, Ordinations, and Practice in Medieval Japanese Tendai

Chan Before Chan

The Master from Mountains and Fields

A Korean Confucian's Advice on How to Be Moral

Precepts, Ordinations, and Practice in Medieval Japanese Tendai

Ritualized Writing

Reflections of a Zen Buddhist Nun

Memory, Music, Manuscripts

'Poems and Stories for Overcoming Idleness is the first complete translation in any Western langu...