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1 online resource (xvii, 329 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Print version record. |
| Contents |
Title Page; Praise; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; ON THE TRANSLITERATION OF NAMES; THE KOAN MU: TEXT, COMMENTARY, AND VERSE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: THE FIRST TEACHERS OF THE KOAN WAY; THREE COMMENTARIES -- Dahui Zonggao; 1. TO CH'EN LI-JEN CONTEMPLATING "NO"; 2. TO CHANG AN-KUO CONTEMPLATING A SAYING; 3. TO TSUNG CHIH-KO CONTEMPLATING "NO"; TWO COMMENTARIES -- Eihei Dogen; 1. ZHAOZHOU'S DOGS AND DOGEN'S CATS; 2. THE WHOLE BODY OF A DOG; Notes; GREAT DOUBT -- Hakuin Ekaku; FOUNDING TEACHERS IN THE WEST; TEISHO ON JOSHU'S DOG -- Shaku Soen; Notes. |
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CHAO-CHOU'S DOG -- Robert AitkenNotes; WORKING WITH MU; JOSHU'S DOG -- Nyogen Senzaki; MUMON'S COMMENT; Notes; COMMENTARY ON JOSHU'S MU -- Yamamoto Gempo; COMMENTARY ON JOSHU'S MU -- Harada Sogaku; COMMENTARY ON THE KOAN MU -- Haku'un Yasutani; JOSHU'S MU -- Zenkei Shibayama; TEISHO ON THE KOAN; TEISHO ON MUMON'S COMMENTARY; TEISHO ON MUMON'S POEM; ENCOURAGEMENT TALK; JOSHU'S DOG; ON THE CASE; ON MUMON'S COMMENTARY; ON THE VERSE; FIRST GATE: JOJU'S DOG; MU -- Taizan Maezumi; METHOD OF PRACTICE; THE EXPERIENCE OF WU; MODERN COMMENTARIES; THREE COMMENTARIES; 1.; 2.; 3.; JOSHU'S MU. |
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ON THE UTTER, COMPLETE, TOTAL ORDINARINESS OF MUNO IS NOT THE OPPOSITE OF ANYTHING: USING ZHAOZHOU'S "MU" IN ZEN PRACTICE; WUMEN'S COMMENTS; PRACTICING WITH MU; MU: INTIMATE AND SIMPLE; IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK; USING POISON TO GET RID OF POISON: THE BOOK OF EQUANIMITY, CASE 18; PROLOGUE; THE MAIN CASE; THE CAPPING VERSE; COMMENTARY; UNROMANCING NO; PRACTICING MU, ARRIVING HOME; 1. ZAZEN IS NOT A MEANS TO ENLIGHTENMENT; 2. WHY ZAZEN?; 3. THREE FRUITS OF ZEN PRACTICE; 4. PRACTICING MU IN EARNESTNESS; 5. ARRIVING HOME; EVEN A DOG ...?; ALWAYS AT HOME; AT HOME IN THE WORLD; FIELD EFFECTS. |
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CUTTING THROUGHSITTING THROUGH; SHOW ME; INCLUDING EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS; LEAVING THE REALM OF THE KNOWN; PERIODS OF DROUGHT; GIVING UP OR GIVING IN; AT HOME IN THE WORLD; TURN THE LIGHT; THE POWER OF POSSIBILITY IN THE UNKNOWN; A THOUSAND MILES THE SAME MOOD; MYSTERIOUS AND SUBTLE, SIMPLE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD; GIVE YOURSELF AWAY TO MU; THE BABY AND THE BATH WATER; NO. NAY. NEVER. NYET. IIE.; HACKS FOR CONSCIOUSNESS; TEACHERS; CHOOSING A FIRST KOAN; THE METHOD OF WORKING WITH A KOAN; STRATEGIES FOR WORKING WITH THE KOAN; MEMBERSHIP IN A COMMUNITY; THE KOAN AND YOUR LIFE; GRADUAL AND SUDDEN. |
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THE BASIC NATURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS IS EMPATHYEXPERIENCES WITH JOSHU'S MU; ENJOYING MU; BECOMING MU; JOSHU'S DOG; TEISHO ON THE CASE; TEISHO ON MUMON'S COMMENTARY; TEISHO ON THE VERSE; WHAT IS KONGEN, THE ORIGIN OF MU?; AFTERWORD; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS; REPRINT CREDITS; INDEX; ABOUT THE EDITORS; ABOUT WISDOM PUBLICATIONS; Copyright Page. |
| Summary |
This instant classic is a watershed volume sure to rapidly take its place for generations alongside The Three Pillars of Zen as one the first books someone brand new to Zen will turn to as a starting place. The word "Mu" is one ancient Zen teacher's response to the earnest question of whether even a dog has "buddha nature"--And discovering for ourselves the meaning of the master's response is the urgent work of each of us who yearns to be open and at peace. "Practicing Mu" is synonymous with practicing Zen, and "sitting with Mu" is an apt description all Zen meditation. And it is said that all. |
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Zhaozhou, Shi, 778-897.
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Zhaozhou, Shi, 778-897. (OCoLC)fst01437889
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Koan.
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Religion.
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RELIGION -- Buddhism -- General.
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Koan. (OCoLC)fst00988230
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Ford, James Ishmael.
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Blacker, Melissa Myozen, 1954-
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Tarrant, John.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Book of mu. Boston : Wisdom Publications, 2011 (DLC) 2010052125 |
| ISBN |
9780861716098 (electronic bk.) |
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0861716094 (electronic bk.) |
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