Empty Cloud: The Autobiography of the Chinese Zen Master Xu Yun
Charles Luk
The autobiography of Xu Yun (1840-1959), the modern Chinese Chan patriarch who revived monasteries and trained generations of teachers. Translated by Charles Luk and edited by Richard Hunn, this is the firsthand account of a hundred and twenty-year practice life.
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