{"product_id":"commentary-on-the-song-of-awakening","title":"Commentary on the Song of Awakening: A Twentieth Century Japanese Zen Master's Commentary on the Seventh Century Poem by the Chinese Ch'an Master Yung-chia Hsuan-chueh","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Song of Awakening (chin. Cheng-tao ke, jap. Shōdōka), is a seminal text within early Chinese Chan (jap. Zen). Written in the seventh century by the Chinese master Yung-chia Hsan-cheh (Jap. Yōka Genkaku, known familiarly as Yōka Daishi), this superb poem resonates with Yōka Daishi’s great awakening to the truth of reality. As such, it has had a deep influence on the understanding and practice of a long line of Chinese and Japanese Zen masters and practitioners.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKōdō Sawaki uses the poetic expression of Shōdōka as a springboard for a wide-ranging commentary that not only elucidates the poem, but adds a rich background of Buddhist teachings and emphasizes Sawaki Roshi’s focus on upright sitting in the zazen posture as the seat of realization. Filled with humor, Japanese folk history, and sometimes a no-holds barred critique of academic and priestly posturing, Sawaki’s commentary is a pleasure to encounter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46216225685714,"sku":"9781937385613","price":47.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46216225718482,"sku":"9781937385620","price":94.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_a49289e2-74d3-4f86-9517-bbd90ed6fb2b.jpg?v=1763168454","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/commentary-on-the-song-of-awakening","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}