One Hand Clapping: Zen Stories for All Ages

rafe martin manuela soares junko morimoto

A collection of traditional tales used for teaching the basic principles of Zen Buddhism, including The Tigers and the Strawberry, The Zen Master and the Samurai, and A Silver Cat.

Genres spiritualityfiction

48 pages, Hardcover

First published April 15,1995

This edition

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
Published: April 15, 1995 by Rizzoli
ISBN: 9780847818532
ASIN: 0847818535
Language: English

About the author

rafe martin

Rafe Martin is an award-winning author and storyteller, as well as a lay Zen teacher in the Harada-Yasutani koan line. He is founding teacher of Endless Path Zendo, Rochester, NY.

He is the recipient of the prestigious Empire State Award for the body of his work, as well as multiple American Library Association Notable Book Awards and Parent's Choice Gold Awards. He has been featured at such storytelling events as the Joseph Campbell Festival of Myth and Story, The Sierra Storytelling Festival, and the National Storytelling Festival. He is the father of two grown children and lives with his wife, Rose, in Rochester, NY.