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‘ f OF CH’AN BUDDHISM $10.00 C wan Buddhism is the Chinese name for what we in the West have called Zen Bud- dhism. It began in seventh-century China, and flourished there until the thirteenth century, when it disappeared. It is still prac- ticed widely in Japan today. This book is partly a translation of the teachings of great Ch’an masters, selected from The Trans- mission of the Lamp, the earliest Ch’an text, and partly the author’s own interpretations derived from nearly twenty years of study and experience in Ch’an, primarily with Dr. Suzuki and other leading Japanese Zen masters. The teachings are made up of kung-an (koan in Japanese), which are ex- pressions of the inner experience and il- lumination of enlightened men, an inner experience that is transmitted from genera- tion to generation and is the chief charac- teristic of the teachings of Ch’an. The translation, which brings the texts together in this form for the first time in English, is a masterpiece of style and contemporary command of language. A unique and beau- tiful collection, this book will also serve as an important text or reference for those in- terested in the original and authentic teach- ings of Ch’an. Original Teachings of CH'AN BUDDHISM Selected from The Transmission of the Lamp DH viginal CHAN PANTHEON BOOKS A Division of Random House, New York Teachings of BUDDHISM Selected from The Transmission of the Lamp TRANSLATED WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY CHANG CHUNG-YUAN fot FIRST PRINTING Copyright © 1969 by Chang Chung-Yuan All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 75-79799 Manufactured in the United States of America by The Book Press, Brattleboro, Vermont Designed by Kenneth Miyamoto
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