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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Sekida, Katsuki, 1903 –1987.

  A guide to Zen : lessons in meditation from a modern master / Katsuki Sekida ; edited by Marc Allen.

      p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-57731-249-9 (hardcover : alk. paper)

1. Zen meditations. I. Allen, Mark, 1946– II. Title.

BQ9289.5.S45 2003

294.3'4435—dc21                                                         2003009158

First printing of paperback edition, February 2013

ISBN 978-1-60868-171-6

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