Free Yourself of Everything. Wolfgang Kopp

      First English language edition published. 1994 by

      Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc.

      of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan, with editorial offices at

      364 Innovation Drive, North Clarendon, VT 05759 U.S.A.

      English translation © 1994 Ansata-Verlag

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      German language edition published in 1991 by

      Ansata-Verlag, Interlaken,© 1991 Wolfgang Kopp

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Kopp, Wolfgang, 1938-

      [Befreit euch von allem. English]

      Free yourself of everything : radical guidance in the spirit of Zen and Christian mysticism I by Wolfgang Kopp ; translated from the German by Barbara Wittenberg-Hasenauer.

      p. cm.

       1. Spiritual life—Zen Buddhism. 2. Mysticism—Comparative studies. 3. Zen Buddism—Relations—Christianity. 4. Christianity and other religions—Zen Buddhism. I. Title.

      BQ9268.6.K6614 1994

       294.3'444—dc20

       94-7393

       CIP

      ISBN 978-1-4629-0134-0

      Text design by Jill Winitzer

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