Introduction to Zen Training Sanzen Nyumon

Name: Introduction to Zen Training Sanzen Nyumon
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ISBN: 9780804832472

ISBN-10: 0804832471

ISBN-13: 9780804832472

Edition: 2002 (Reprint)

Authors: Omori Sogen, Trevor Leggett, Dogen Hosokawa, Roy Yoshimoto

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Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Publication date: 5/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.66" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Trevor Leggett rose to the rank of fourth dan in shogi, a major achievement since first dan is considered excellent for an amateur. He is the author of Zen and the Ways.



Acknowledgments


Canon


Foreword to the English Edition


Introduction


Preface



Why Do Zazen


To Know Our True Self


Now, Here and I



The Aim of Zazen


Types of Zazen


Mistaken Aims


What is Zazen?


The Four Relationships Between Sitting and Zen



How to Sit in Zen Meditation


Preparation before Sitting


Adjusting the Body


Adjusting the Breath


Adjusting the Mind


Illustrations of the Unification of Mind, Breath, and Body



Things to Pay Attention to during Meditation


Advisability of Putting Strength in the Hara


On Munen Muso (No-thought and No-thinking)


The Direction of Zazen


How Long Should We Sit?


Continue Training Long and Steadily


Selecting Your Teacher


On Makyo (Disturbing Conditions)


How to Get to Your Feet after Sitting


Kufu in Movement--Practical Training


Zazen Without Sitting


Samadhi and Attachment


Sit Hard and Sit a Great Deal


The Rinzai Sect and the Soto Sect


Discipline and Proof


Zen Associations



Physiological Effects


In Serenity beyond Life and Death


Dying in Meditation


Every Day a Good Day


Playing in Samadhi


Solitary Sitter: Great Sublime Peak


A Clear Wind Arising in Every Step of Our Feet


Standing up in Response


Coming Without Any Sound


Being Unborn


Waiting in Hell



Zazen Wasan (A Song of Zazen)



The Ten Oxherding Pictures


Epilogue


Appendices


Notes


Lineage


Glossary


Index