Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings

211 pp. Illustrated with the woodblock prints of Tomikichiro Tokuriki. First published in 1957, Zen Flesh, Zen Bones introduced a generation of Americans to Zen. This compilation includes '101 Zen Stories' (a collection of tales that recount actual experiences of Chinese and Japanese Zen teachers over a period of more that five centuries); The Gateless Gate by Ekai; Bulls by Kakuan; and Centering. Paul Reps, who transcribed the works with Nyogen Senzaki, provides a foreword, and an afterword entitled What Is Zen?