| Description |
xix, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Part One: Teaching and practice -- I. Yasutani-roshi's introductory lectures on zen training -- Editor's introduction -- A biographical note on Yasutani-roshi -- The lectures -- Theory and practice in Zazen -- Precautions to observe in Zazen -- Illusory visions and sensations -- The five varieties of zen -- The three aims of Zazen -- Individual instruction -- Shikan-taza -- The parable of Enyadatta -- Cause and effect are one -- The three essentials of zen practice -- Aspiration -- II.Yasutani-roshi's commentary on the Koan Mu -- Editor's introduction -- The community -- III. Yasutani-roshi's private interviews with ten Westerners -- Editor's introduction -- The interviews -- Student A (Women, age 60) -- Student B (Man, age 45) -- Student C (Man, age 43) -- Student D (Women, age 40) -- Student E (Man, age 44) -- Student F (Women, age 45) -- Student G (Man, age 25) -- Student H (Woman, age 37) -- Student I (Man, age 30) -- Student J (Woman, age 33) -- IV. Bassui's sermon on one-mind and letters to his disciples -- Editor's introduction -- The sermon -- The letters -- To a man from Kumasaka -- To the Abbess of Shinryu-ji -- To Lord Nakamura, governor of Aki province -- To a dying man -- To the Layman Ippo (Homma Shoken) -- To a monk in Shobo hermitage -- To the Nun Furusawa -- First letter to the Zen priest Iguchi -- Second letter to the Zen priest Iguchi -- Third letter to the Zen priest Iguchi -- Fourth letter to the Zen priest Iguchi -- To a nun -- Part Two: Enlightenment -- V. Eight contemporary enlightenment experiences of Japanese and Westerners -- Editor's introduction -- The experiences -- Mr. K. Y., A Japanese executive -- Mr. P. K., An American ex-businessman -- Mr. K. T., A Japanese garden-designer -- Mr. C. S., a Japanese retired government worker -- Mrs. A. M., an American schoolteacher -- Mr. A. K., a Japanese insurance adjuster -- Mrs. L. T. S., an American artist -- Mrs. D. K., a Canadian housewife -- VI. Yaeko Iwasaki's enlightenment letters to Harada-roshi and his comments -- Editor's introduction -- A biographical note on Harada-roshi -- The letters and comments -- Evidence of Kensho -- Evidence of Great Enlightenment -- Evidence of Deepened Enlightenment -- Evidence of direct experience of the Great Way of Buddhism -- Evidence of attaining the non-regressing mind of Fugen -- Evidence of the joy and peace of being at one with the Dharma -- Further evidence of the joy and peace of being one with the Dharma -- Presentiment of death -- Part Three: Supplements -- VII: Dogen on "being-time" -- VIII: The ten oxherding pictures with commentary and verses -- Zazen postures illustrated -- Notes on zen vocabulary and Buddhist doctrine. |
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Zen literature.
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