Description

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Table of Contents
Introduction

Part 1: Texts
1. The Earliest Manual and the Origins ofDogen's Zen
2. The Vulgate Manual and the Development of Dagen's Zen

Part II: Sources
3· Ch'ang-lu Tsung-tse and the New Meditation Literature
4· The Sudden Practice and the Ch'an Meditation Discourse

Part III: Teachings
5· The Essential Art of Meditation and the Authentic Tradition of Enlightenment
6. Nonthinking and the Practice of the Seated Buddha

Conclusion
Documents
1. "On the Origin of the 'Principles of Seated Meditation'"
("Fukan zazen gi senjutsu yurai")
2. "Principles of Seated Meditation":
A Comparative Translation ofDogen's Meditation Manuals
A. Ch'an-yilan ch'ing-kuei Tso-ch'an i
B. Tenpuku Fukan zazen gi
C. Koroku Fukan zazen gi
D. Shabo genzo zazen gi
E. Bendo hO ["zazen ho"]
3· "Lancet of Seated Meditation"
(Shobo genzo zazen shin)

Glossary of Chinese and japanese Names and Terms
Works Cited
Index

Dogens Manuals of Zen Meditation

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      Published 16 August 1990
      ISBN-13 9780520068353
      978-0520068353
      ISBN-10 0520068351

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents
      Introduction

      Part 1: Texts
      1. The Earliest Manual and the Origins ofDogen's Zen
      2. The Vulgate Manual and the Development of Dagen's Zen

      Part II: Sources
      3· Ch'ang-lu Tsung-tse and the New Meditation Literature
      4· The Sudden Practice and the Ch'an Meditation Discourse

      Part III: Teachings
      5· The Essential Art of Meditation and the Authentic Tradition of Enlightenment
      6. Nonthinking and the Practice of the Seated Buddha

      Conclusion
      Documents
      1. "On the Origin of the 'Principles of Seated Meditation'"
      ("Fukan zazen gi senjutsu yurai")
      2. "Principles of Seated Meditation":
      A Comparative Translation ofDogen's Meditation Manuals
      A. Ch'an-yilan ch'ing-kuei Tso-ch'an i
      B. Tenpuku Fukan zazen gi
      C. Koroku Fukan zazen gi
      D. Shabo genzo zazen gi
      E. Bendo hO ["zazen ho"]
      3· "Lancet of Seated Meditation"
      (Shobo genzo zazen shin)

      Glossary of Chinese and japanese Names and Terms
      Works Cited
      Index

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