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Description
A 2 part book where the first part provides the history and background of Zen and the second deals with its principles and practices. Intended both for the general reader and for the more serious student. Bibliography.
First Sentence
Zen Buddhism is a way and a view of life which does not belong to any of the formal categories of modern Western thought.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
The Pronunciation of Chinese Words
I. Part One: Background and History
1. The Philosophy of the Tao
2. The Origins of Buddhism
3. Mahayana Buddhism
4. The Rise and Development of Zen
II. Part Two: Principles and Practice
1. "Empty and Marvelous"
2. "Sitting Quietly, Doing Nothing"
3. Za-zen and the Koan
4. Zen in the Arts
Bibliography
Chinese Notes
Index
Authors & Contributors
- Alan Watts (Author)
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Books That Influenced This Book
History of Japanese ReligionMasaharu Anesaki
- Zen in English literature and Oriental ClassicsR. H. Blyth
- The Huang Po Doctrine of Universal Mind (Being the teaching of Dhyana Master HsiChu Ch'an (transl.)
- Hobogirin: Dictionnaire encyclopedique du bouddhisme d'ares les sources Chinoises et Japanaises - Troisieme fascicule: Bussokuseki-ChiPaul, redacteur en chief Demieville
- Monumenta Nipponica Volume XXXVI, Number 1 Spring 1981Michael (editor) Cooper
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHINESE ZEN AFTER THE SIXTH PATRIARCH IN THE LIGHTHeinrich DUMOULIN
- JAPANESE BUDDHISMSir Charles Eliot
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