Just This Is It Dongshan and the Practice of Suchness

"What a delight! Readers conditioned to believe that Zen koans are mind-bending nonsense puzzles will read here with pleasure lucid and relevant commentaries." Norman Fischer, author of Training in Compassion

"Leighton is masterful in weaving together specific approaches evoked through stories about and sayings by Dongshan to create a powerful and inspiring religious vision that is useful for students and researchers as well as practitioners of Zen." Steven Heine, author of Did D gen Go to China? What He Wrote and When He Wrote It