Manual of Zen Buddhism

by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

Book, 1960

Description

Religion & Spirituality. Nonfiction. Here are the famous sutras, or sermons, of the Buddha; the gathas, or hymns; the intriguing philosophical puzzles known as koan; and the dharanis, or invocations to expel evil spirits. Included also are the recorded conversations of the great Buddhist monks �?? intimate dialogues on subjects of momentous importance. In addition to the written selections, all of them translated by Dr. Suzuki, there are reproductions of many Buddhist drawings and paintings, including religious statues found in Zen temples, each with an explanation of its significance, and the great series of allegorical paintings �??The Ten Oxherding Pictu

Library's review

In recent years, much has been written about Zen for Western audiences, but here, at last, are the original Zen texts themselves. In this single comprehensive volume, D.T. Suzuki has compiled a much needed anthology from Zen Buddhism's most important original sources.

Here are the famous sutras or

sermons of the Buddha; the gathas or hymns; the intriguing philosophical puzzles known as koan; and the dharanis, or invocations to expel evil spirits. And here also are the recorded conversations of the great Buddhist monks-intimate dialogues on subjects of momentous importance.

In addition to the written selections, all of them translated by Dr. Suzuki, there are reproductions of many Buddhist drawings and paintings, including religious statues found in Zen temples, each with an explanation of its significance, and the great series of allegorical paintings, the Ten Oxherding Pictures.

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki is the world's leading authority on Zen Buddhism. Born in Japan in 1870, he received his training as a Buddhist disciple at the great Zen monastery at Kamakura. He is the author of more than one hundred works on Zen and Buddhism in both Japanese and English.

Contents

Editor's note
Author's preface
I Gathas and prayers
On opening the sutra
Confession
The threefold refuge
The four great vows
The worshipping of the Sarora
The teaching of the Seven Buddhas
The Gatha of Impermanence
The Yemmei Kwannon ten-clause sutra
Prayer on the occasion of feeding the hungry ghosts
General prayer
Prayer of the bell
II The Dharanis
Dharani of removing disasters
Dharani of the great compassionate one
Dharani of the victorious Buddha-Crown
III The sutras
The Prajnaparamita-hridaya-sutra, or Shingyo (complete)
The Kwannongyo, or 'Samantamukha Parivarta' (complete)
The Kongokyu, or Vajracchedika (the first half and extracts from the second half)
The Lankavatara sutra, or Ryogakyo (extracts)
The Ryongonkyo, or Surangama sutra (resume)
IV From the Chinese Zen masters
Bodhidharma on the twofold entrance to the Tao
The third patriarch on 'Believing in mind'
From Hui-neng's Tan-ching
Yoka Daishi's 'Song of enlightenment'
Baso (Ma-tsu) and Sekito (Shih-tou)
Obaku's (Huang-po) sermon from 'Treatise on the essential's of the transmission of mind'
Gensha on the three invalids (from the Heikaganshu or Pi-yen Chi)
The ten oxherding pictures, I
The ten oxherding pictures, II
V From the Japanese Zen masters
Daio Kokushi on Zen
Daio Kokushi's admonition
Daito Kokushi' admonition and last poem
Kwanzan Kokushi's admonition
Muso Kokushi's admonition
Hakuin's 'Song of meditation'
VI The Buddhist statues and pictures in a Zen monastery
Buddhas; Bodhisattvas; Arhats; Protecting Gods; Historical figures
Index

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