101 History of Zen. Parables of Zen Buddhism

European thinking is accustomed to linear perception of reality: being is embodied in specific forms, ideas about reality are cast into the final formulas, life is a certain sequence of events that presumably make sense. The view of the East is fundamentally opposed: the human individual is only one of the components of the great cycle of the elements, observing which the thinking subject has a chance to realize himself and choose a path that does not contradict the harmony of the general movement of world forces.

“101 History of Zen” - This is a European attempt to state in understandable language the wisdom of the great teachers of Zen Buddhism. This book does not contain an axiom and edification for us. There are only examples that give some idea of ​​the symphony of the universe. They do not teach anything and do not oblige anyone to anything. They are just worth reading.