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The Zen Experience (2000)

by Thomas Hoover(Favorite Author)

3.56 of 5 Votes: 2

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review 1: I read this fee Kindle book which I assume is very similar to this hard cover book. This is an excellent resource book which chronicles Zen in Indian Buddhism and Chinese Taoism through its development in China and migration to Japan. The book includes the biography of several Chinese and Japanese Masters who helped to shape Zen. Although this is a very detailed and informative book, it is somewhat dry and difficult to get through. Also, the book gets very little into the mechanics of Zen and the living of a Zen life. However, for all those readers interested in Eastern Philosophy, this is an excellent resource book that can be referred to again and again and is indispensable to have in one's library.
review 2: It is good. I would give it five stars for the... more over view of Chan Buddhism and it's development. But the book seems to falter when it gets to the point of Chan becoming Zen. It is almost as if the author feels that Zen has nothing new to offer. Everything that mattered happened during the Chan period.Regardless, I liked it. Any person who has an interest in Zen would be well served by reading this book. less

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