Tiger's Cave

<p>The Japanese texts translated here give a fascinating picture of actual Zen life – the life of the traditional temple training with many stories and a number of historical incidents connected with Zen masters. The main text is the important commentary by a contemporary Soto Zen abbot on the Heart Sutra – the shortest and most difficult sutra in Mahayana Buddhism. Then comes a translation of the Yasen Kanna a short autobiographical piece by Hakuin the Japanese Zen teacher monk and poet who revitalized Rinzai Zen in the eighteenth century. The remaining texts show what Zen means in Japan today.</p>