The Practice of Zen

256 Pages·1959·56.79 MB·English

by  Garma C.C. Chang

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PRACTICE OF ZEN
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Al rli g hit nts h ibso o akr er e� ved P.ri nt ie dnt h eU nit Setda t es
of A meri cNao . p ar otf t h isfi oo mk ay b e u se odr r eprod uic ne d
an y man wnheart so e'Alvitehro uwtr it tpeenr mi. uei;cocne i p ntt h e
cas oef b ri qeufo tat eimobnsdo ie id n c rit iacratli calne drs e vwise .
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First ediYt.il opOOnu1 b6l.is h ed
PERE.NNlAL LIBRARY 1970
Contents
FOREWOR D 7
I .T HE NATURE OF ZEN
ZEN STYLE A ND ZE N ART 12
TIlE CORE OF ZEN: S TibuIE SIN TIlE
THREE MAIN ASPJiCTS OF MIND 41
FOUR VITA LP OIN� I N ZEN BUDDHIS M 49
II .T HE PRACTICE OF ZEN
A GENERAL REVIE Ot.'F Z EN PRACTIC E 62
DISCOURSE OSF FOUR ZEN MASTER S 72
1 .D isco uor fMs ta.eesr H s uY u n 72
2 .D iscour soe fMs as ter T su nKaog 85
3 .D iscou ros fMe asst!t t.P.o S han 94
4 .D isco 0u 1rM saset e &nr Shan 111
SHOR TA UTOBIOGRAPHIE OSF 'FI VZEE N

MASTERS 118
1 .E pito0 m1Ze e nM as teH ra n Shan 's Aula
biopghrya
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6 Contents
2 .Z e nM ast Weur W e n S'tso ry 142
3 .Z e nM ast Hesru eYhe n S'tso ry 144
4 .Z e nM ast Meern Sgh a nS'tso ry 148
5 .Z e nM aste Kra oF en (Sst ory 153
III .T HE FOUR PROBLEMS
OF ZEN BUDDHISM
I SZ EN C OMPLETLEY UNINETLLIIGDLE ?1 5 7
WHlU I SZ EN " ENLIGHTENMENT"? 1 62
ZEN ANti ' MA HA Y A NA B UDDHIS M 1 67
TIlE "FOU RD ISTINCTI OONF S L"I N C HI 17 5
IV. B UDDHA AND MEDITATION
THE THREE A SPECT SO F BUDDHAHOOD
IN R ELATIO TNO THE SI XP ATTERN S
OF H UMAN T HINKI NG 185
A SURV EOYF THE PRA Cf ICE O F BUD-
DHITS MEDITATI ON 201
1 .T h eF ou Bras i Cch aracteri sot fSi amc-s
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2 .T h eS ev Deinff eenr Tty� s o fM edit ation
Prac tice 204
3 .T h eT hr eSeu cce�s Sstiav goe fMs e dita-
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tio n 215
NOTE S 220
BIBLIOGRAP HY 236
APPENDI X 239
Romani Czheidn Cehasrea c tfeo rrs T tehx et 23 9
Romani Czb/tzeeds Ce hara clto etrrh sNe o t e2s4 3
INDEX 247
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Foreword
Peop il nte h e W wehs ott a k uep t h set u odf yZe n Bud­
dhi semn thusia �sftt idecinas lclo ayvf et treh, rie n i ftaisa­l
cina thias wo onrn o ff,� atth c eo ncsuet isvtee r pesq ui red
fo irt sse ri pouruss u it ou tt o be disappoi annt di ng
fruit lWeosnsd.e r fD,fturnd uele id s t h ee xperie onf cE en ­
lighte nmbeun ttt h; erue ci al quest iis oh,no w on e
ge itn tiot Th?e prolal eomf ca tch itnhg it scana ntalizing
"Zen w itc rhe"m a i�nlsv ed fo mro s otf t h Zeen en­
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thusia is ntt hs We e st.
This is beca uZesne st udi ine st h Wee s atr set iinl l
the bire ingning ansd, i t sst ud eanrt esstil llin geri in ng
th asth ado rweyg i boent w e"ebne i inngt er iens a"tn e dd
"understa nZedni. Mn ogs" oft the hma v neo yte cto m e
to a po in otf m atur ii ntt hye stiurd i ae tws h i cthh e y can
actu aplrlayc tZeinc, re e alize i tb1d, mak ie tth ei orwn
innerm opossts ession.
Sin ceZe n i sn o t, iens sei ntacsJtl1e ¥Ml. its h igh er
lev eals p,h ilos obpu hta y d,i r eecxtpe rie nceo'tbatDO
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8 Foreword
mus etn t er wiint hthio s w hboelie nt gh, e pr iamia mr y
shou ble da tt h aet tain amne dnr te aliz oaf tt ih oZene n
experi eTno c ree.a l tihz ies su epxrpeermiee nkcneo,w n
as t h e" Wu insi gohr t" "E nlighte nmoenn et ,"n eeds
eitr h e troe lcyo mple otne a ln ya ccompl iZesnh Meads ­
te ro,r t o s tru gogn la el o ne t hsrtouu dagynh d a ct ual
practice.
In th eh ope of f urthe r iunngd resatna n doif Zen ng
.a nmda ki ntgh i negass ifeor rt ho sweh o h av e been
,earching f o prr act iincsatlr u cI st eiloenc, tt readan,ts el d,
and presteend,he ar neuinm b eorf s ho arutt obiog raphies
an dd icsour soef ts h eg re aZte nM aste rfsr,o b mo t ahn ­
cie annt d m ode ms ourc wehsi,c ahl,t ho vuegr hpoy p ul ar
in th Eea s ta,r gee ner ally uin ntkhn eWo ewsn tF .r o m
th ceo nte onf tt sh e dsoec �en otns e m ay o bta ai pni c­
tu roef t h el iv aens d w ork osf t h eZ e nM aste rtsh,u s
gett ai c nlge a irdee roa f h ow Z e nw or ki sa ctua dlloyn e.
Fo rn on ei sb et tqeura li tfihead tn h e saec compl ished
Mast etro sd ea wli t h stubhjee cotf p ract Ziecna T.lo
foll ow etxhaemip ral ne d i nstru �i tohenr eifs ot,rh e e,
bes atn ds af ewsaty t op rac tii tcI. et fio str h irse as on
th atth dei csour soef ts h e fcoeluerb rda Cthein eZsee n
Master Hss, uY un T,s un Kga o P,o S ha na,n dH an S ha n,
ar ien odturce d.
In a ddit tio mo yn o wn s ugges tain odcn osm men otn s
Ze np ract wihcie c,mh a y be fou nid nt h bee gin noif n g
th see co cnhda p tae rs,u r v ey esosfte in taahlsepe c ts of
Ze nB uddh iis sam l s goi v en t h aoetu ts e tth ibosof o k. It
i sh ope tdh a atf,t reera d itnh gfie r scth apt tehr e, r eader
may g ai n a ifunrshti tihg ne trZo e nB uddhi asnm dt, h u s
be a bl teo p urs huie ss t ud ie sg rweia tethea rs t eh a bne ­
for Teh. e n ewcom teo rB uddhi hsomw,e v emra,y m ee t
wit sho m de icffiulti Aelst.h o uag sah w ho le btoho ikis s
of a n i notdruct noaryte u ,ir ti s pe rmhoar psesp ec ifi c on
certa pirno bl eamn sdi nc ert fiaeiln d s Ze no sft u dtyh an
Forewo rd9
som eo th ebro ok osf i ts k ind a vaila bal tpe r es ein ntht e

Englilsanhg uage.
Chapt IeIr "I T,h eF ou rP robl eomf Zs e n B uddhis m,"
wa so rigin aan le lsys aoyn "Th Nea tu roef C h'a n Bud­
dhis ma"p peari inn gt h eJ anua r1y9,5 7i,ss uoef P hi­
loosph Eyas t aWnde s ptu,b lis bhy e dt Uhnei ver osfi ty
Hawai Wii.t h s ome cmhiannog rei sth, a sn ow b ee inn ­
corpora tiendt t oh ibso o kI .b eli etvhea t th ef ou prr ob­
lem dsi scu stsheedr eair neo f g re aitm port afno crZe e n
studies.
Chapt IVer, "Budd haan dM editat iwoasn ,ori"gi­
nal liyn t h ef or mo f a lect ugriev, ei n n a semin aa tr
Columb Uinai ver siin 1t 9y5 , 4a tt h ein vita toif oD nr .
Jea Mna hle Ir tg. i v seos m e b astiecac h inogf Bs u ddhi sm
and som ee ssen ptriianlc i upnldeesr l Byuidndgh imsetd i­
tatio pnr act wihciec pe hr hap hsa v neo ty e bte e fnu l ilny­

troducetdot heW est.
As many Ze n phra saneds e xpres sairo een xstr eme ly
difficu lift n o ti mpossi btlo tre a nsl aetvee ,bn e i ncgo n­
side rbey sd o m es chol a urtst e urnltyr ansl aI ht aavb el e,
ha dt o r eso ritn a, f e wasi nstan tco ef sr, e ter ansl ation.
Som eo f t h eJ apan etseer mssu c ahs " koa nf"o rK un g­
en ",S ato froi "rW u ," Zen" f o rC h' aetnc ., ha ve now
becom ees tabl iasnh dae rd e wi duesle ydi nt h eW es t,
and the ayr ea ls eom ploy ined th ibso o kc,o ncurr ently

witthh eo riginCahli netseerm sT.h er omanizaotfi on
the Chine cshea rac tuesre ids sb as eudp o nt h eW ade ­
Gil essy st eAlml. t h ed iacrit miacrakl si nr omani zed
Chine asne d S ansk wroirtd uss e id n t h et e xhta v bee e n
le fotu t s,i n cteh e wyo ul odn l bye c onfus tio nt gh eg en­
era rle ad aenr da r eu nneces fsoa Crrh yi ne asne dS ansk rit
schola wrhso, w i lalt o nc ree cogn tih zoeer ig iCnhailn e se
charac atne drD se vana gsicrrii pt.
I w is tho e xpr emsys d ee pg rati ttuo Md re . G eor ge
Curri Meirs, s G wendol Wyinn so Mrr,s .Do roth yD o-
10 Foreword
nat ha,n dt o m y wif Hes,i a ngH sian algl ,o f w hom h av e
rende rgerde aasts ist ia nhn eclep imne gw ith m y E ngli sh,
i np repar eindgi,t ianng dt, y pi tnhg em an uscrip atn, d in
maki nvga lua bsluegg est iaonn dsc ommen tosn th e
wor kI. a ls woi s ht o t ha nmky oI df rie nMdr, .P .J .
Gruber f,o rhis const asasnistt an acne d e ncouragement.
As a refu gfereo Cmh ina I, w is ahl s o than alkl o f
my Americ farni e nadns dbo, th th eB oltol in gen Founda­
tio ann dt h e Ori Setnutd aFylo undat ifoo rnt ,h e giern ­
ero usa ssist ian np cer ovid mien w gi t thh oep portu tno i ty
contin umey wor ka n ds tu diy nt h efi el odf B uddhi sm
her ie n t h eU nit eSdt at eTso . t he mal l I am grate ful
beyo nmde asure.

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