The Japanese texts translated in Trevor Leggett's A Second Zen Reader give a fascinating insight into Zen life. The main text is a translation of 'The Heart Sutra' with a commentary by a contemporary Soto Zen abbot. This is followed by a translation of Yasenkanna, an autobiographical piece by Hakuin, the great eighteenth century Zen master, philosopher and poet who revitalised Rinzai Zen, which includes the story of how Hakuin learnt from a mountain sage the technique of harmonising the vital currents of the body to cure the 'Zen illness'. The remaining texts include stories such as 'The Tiger's Cave'; poems by Zen Master Mamiya; two discourses, 'The Sermon of No Words' and 'Stillness in Action', by Rosen Takashina, the late primate of Soto Zen; and extracts from a commentary by Sogen Omori, a Zen Roshi and Kendo master, on Rinzai-Roku. Originally published in 1964 as The Tiger's Cave, A Second Zen Reader is one of a series of books published by The Buddhist Society in association with the Trevor Leggett Adhyatma Yoga Trust. Book jacket.