This book contains profound wisdom, but it is still fun to read..Read it if you are at all interested in classic zen tales. The accompanying commentary makes it very accessible. The guy who gave this one star probably made a mistake or has a weird sense of humor.

This exceptional book is like running water for an enthusiast with a parched throat stumbling in samara; for a lover of the truth it is nothing less than the truth. Cleary's translation skills of are the utmost order. The scent of the Chan original is surely here. It serves the imperial and provincial! This collection repays reading and is a treasure-house of many Zen-masters. It is a Golden Gate....now will you step through or not.