
Publication details
Jahr: 1991
Pages: 287-309
Reihe: Human Studies
Volle Referenz:
, "The problem of communicating zen understanding", Human Studies 14 (4), 1991, pp. 287-309.


The problem of communicating zen understanding
a microanalysis of teacher-student interviews in a north american zen monastery
pp. 287-309
in: Human Studies 14 (4), 1991.Abstrakt
Sometimes the dialogue which you read inkoans or the dialogue that takes place in the interview room doesn't make sense, it's not intended to make sense because it's not a rational, linear sequential thing, thisBodhidharma, whatever you think it is it's not. It's not an idea, it's not a concept, it's alive and it's working. How to see that, how to express that is what the dynamics of interview, ofDharma talk are about.
Publication details
Jahr: 1991
Pages: 287-309
Reihe: Human Studies
Volle Referenz:
, "The problem of communicating zen understanding", Human Studies 14 (4), 1991, pp. 287-309.