A new edition of the classic introduction to the Zen philosophy of mindfulness brings together the insights and teachings of a leading Zen master, furnishing a clear explanation of the central elements of Buddhist life and thought, a meditation on the conflict between technology and spirituality, and a collection of koans from thirteenth-century ma

Taal / Language : English

Inhoudsopgave:

Introduction		1	(20)
I. The Practice of Mindfulness		21	(10)
The Little Book		23	(2)
Necessary Awareness		25	(2)
Mindfulness		27	(4)
II. A Cup of Tea		31	(16)
Seeing into One`s Own Nature		33	(1)
Bodhidharma`s Statement		34	(2)
The Buddhist Revolution		36	(2)
Not-Self		38	(2)
Things and Concepts		40	(1)
The Interbeing of Things		41	(1)
The Vanity of Metaphysics		42	(1)
Experience Itself		43	(1)
The Moment of Awakening		44	(3)
III. The Cypress in the Courtyard		47	(28)
The Language of Zen		49	(2)
The Finger and the Moon		51	(1)
``If You Meet the Buddha, Kill Him!``		52	(2)
``Go and Wash Your Bowl``		54	(1)
The Good Reply		55	(1)
The Kung-an and Its Function		56	(4)
The Significance of the Kung-an		60	(2)
Chao-Chou`s ``No!``		62	(3)
Entering the Circle		65	(4)
The Mind Must Be Ripe		69	(6)
IV. Mountains are Mountains and Rivers Are Rivers		75	(22)
The Mind Seal		77	(3)
True Mind and False Mind		80	(2)
Reality in Itself		82	(3)
The Lamp and Lampshade		85	(2)
A Non-Conceptual Experience		87	(2)
The Principle of Non-Duality		89	(4)
Interbeing		93	(4)
V. Footprints of Emptiness		97	(44)
The Birth of Zen Buddhism		99	(3)
Zen and the West		102	(1)
Zen and China		103	(2)
The Notion of Emptiness		105	(2)
Complementary Notions		107	(1)
Anti-Scholastic Reactions		108	(2)
Return to the Source		110	(2)
The A Which Is Not A Is Truly A		112	(3)
Penetrating Tathata		115	(1)
Subject and Object		116	(2)
The Three Gates of Liberation		118	(2)
The Eight Negations of Nagarjuna		120	(3)
The Middle Way		123	(2)
The Vijnanavada School		125	(1)
Classification of the Dharmas		126	(2)
Conscious Knowledge		128	(3)
Method of Vijnanavada		131	(3)
Alaya as the Basis		134	(2)
The Process of Enlightenment		136	(5)
VI. The Regeneration of Humanity		141	(22)
Monastic Life		143	(3)
The Retreats		146	(2)
The Encounter		148	(2)
The Role of the Laity		150	(1)
Zen and the World of Today		151	(2)
Future Perspectives		153	(2)
Is Awakening Possible?		155	(5)
Spirituality versus Technology		160	(3)
VII. Lessons in Emptiness		163

Extra informatie: Ingenaaid: paperback,kaft slap Verschenen: januari 1995 Gewicht: 227 gram Formaat: 210 x 140 x 19 mm Random house UK

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