Zen Masters of China The First Step East

Name: Zen Masters of China The First Step East
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ISBN: 9780804842822

ISBN-10: 0804842825

ISBN-13: 9780804842822

Edition: 2012

Authors: Richard Bryan McDaniel, Albert Low

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"Zen Masters of China presents more than 300 traditional Zen stories and koans, far more than any other collection. Retelling them in their proper place in Zen's historical journey, it also tells a larger story: how, in taking the first step east from India to China, Buddhism began to be Zen. The stories of Zen are unlike any other writing, religious or otherwise. Used for centuries by Zen teachers as aids to bring about or deepen the experience of awakening, they have a freshness that goes way beyond religious practice and a mystery and authenticity that appeal to a wide range of readers. The author himself was drawn to Zen through the stories and has been collecting them for forty years.…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Publication date: 9/10/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 5.13" wide x 8.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Foreword



Preface


Prologue in India



Bodhidharma



Four Patriarchs


Huike


Jianzhi Sengcan


Dayi Daoxin


Niutou Farong


Daman Hongren



Huineng



The Rise of the Southern School


Shenxiu


Huineng (continued)


Nanyang Huizhong


Yingzhen


Qingyuan Xingshi


Nanyue Huairang


Heze Shenhui



Mazu Daoyi



Shitou Xiqian and His Disciples


Shitou Xiqian


Layman Pang (Pangyun)


Tianhuang Daowu


Tanxia Tianran


Cuiwei Wuxue



Yaoshan Weiyan and His Descendants


Yaoshan Weiyan


Yunyan Tansheng


Daowu Yuanjie


Chunzi Decheng


Jiashan Shanhui



Dongshan Liangjie


Dongshan Liangjie


Caoshan Benji



The Heirs of Mazu


Yanguan Qian


Xingshan Weikuan


Dazhu Huihai


Guizong Zhichang


Panshan Baoji


Shigong Huicang


Damei Fachang



The Poets


Hanshan


Shide



Nanquan Puyuan and Baizhang Huaihai


Nanquan Puyuan


Baizhang Huaihai



Zhaozhou Congshen


Zhaozhou Congshen


Zui Jiao



Zhaozhou's Contemporaries.


Huangbo Xiyun


Changsha Jingcen


Hangzhou Tianlong


Jinhua Juzhi


Guishan Lingyou



Guishan's Descendants


Yangshan Huiji


Xiangyan Zhixian


Chanqing Daan



Linji Yixuan



Deshan Xuanjian and His Students


Deshan Xuanjian


Yantou Quanhuo


Xuefeng Yicun


Qinshan Wensui



The Linji Line


Dingzhou Shizang


Sansheng Huiran


Xinghua Cunjiang


Nanyuan Huiyong


Fengxue Yanzhao


Shoushan Xingnian


Fenyang Shanzhao


Shishuang Chuyuan


Yangqi Fanghui


Huanglong Huinan



The Fayan House


Xuansha Shibei


Luohan Chichen


Fayan Wenyi


Tiantai Deshao


Yongming Yanshou


Daoyun



Yunmen Wenyan


Yunmen Wenyan


Muzhou Daozong


Xuefeng Yicun


Dongshan Shouchu


Baling Haojian


Xianglin Chengyuan



The Song Dynasty


Huitang Zuxin


Wuzu Fayan


Yuanwu Keqin



Wu!


Dahui Zonggao


Yuelin Shiguan


Wumen Huikai


Epilogue in Japan


Acknowledgments


Appendix: Wade-Giles and Japanese Variants of the Zen Masters' Names


Notes


Bibliography


Index of Stories