Zen Flesh, Zen Bones

301 Pages·2013·19.39 MB·English

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Zen Flesh, Zen Bones is four
—
books in one books that
would rank high in the canon
of Zen, if Zen were so non-Zen as to
have scriptures. 101 Zen Stories
recounts experiences of Chinese and
Japanese Zen teachers over a period of
more than five centuries. The Gateless
Gate offers a collection of 13th-century
koans to sit with in practice. 10Bulls is
a 12th-century commentary on the
stages ofawareness leading to enlight-
enment.FinallyCentering,a4,000year-
old teaching from India, offers what
some consider to be the roots ofZen.
When this book was first pub-
lished in 1957 it became a guide for an
entire generation of western seekers
who were just beginning to explore
Zen. In the years since it has inspired
leading American Zen teachers, stu-
dents, and practitioners.
Join them.
ZEN FLESH
A
ZEN BONES
Digitized by the Internet Archive
in 2012
http://archive.org/details/zenfleshzenbonesOOpaul
ZEN
FLESH
AH
ZEN
BONES
A Collection ofZen and
Pre-Zen Writings
Compiledby PaulRepsandNyogen Senza^i
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Contents
FOREWORD a II
ioi Zen Stories a transcribed by Nyogen
Senzaki and Paul Reps a ij
I. A CUP OF TEA, If
2. FINDING A DIAMOND ON A MUDDY ROAD, Ifi
3. IS THAT SO? 22
4. OBEDIENCE, 2j
5. IF YOU LOVE, LOVE OPENLY, 24
6. NO LOVTNOKINDNESS, 24
ANNOUNCEMENT,
7. 2
8. GREAT WAVES, 2
9. THE MOON CANNOT BE STOLEN, 2J
IO. THE LAST POEM OF HOSHIN, 2
II. THE STORY OF SHUNKAI, 2?
12. HAPPY CHINAMAN, $1
13. A BUDDHA, $2
14. MUDDY ROAD, ))
15. SHOUN AND HIS MOTHER, }j
l6. NOT FAR FROM BUDDHAHOOD, $6
17. STINGY IN TEACHING, $6
l8. A PARABLE, j8
19. THE FIRST PRINCIPLE, }f
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20. A MOTHER'S ADVICE, 40
21. THE SOUND OF ONE HAND, 4
11. MY HEART BURNS LIKE FIRE, 4}
23. ESHUN'S DEPARTURE, 44
24. RECITING SUTRAS, 44
25. THREE DAYS MORE, 4
l6. TRADING DIALOGUE FOR LODGING, 46
27. THE VOICE OF HAPPINESS, 47
28. OPEN YOUR OWN TREASURE HOUSE, 48
29. NO WATER, NO MOON, 48
30. CALLING CARD, tf
31. EVERYTHING IS BEST, JO
32. INCH TIME FOOT GEM, JO
33. mokusen's HAND, //
34. A SMILE IN HIS LIFETIME, //
35. EVERY-MINUTE ZEN, J
36. FLOWER SHOWER, J)
37. PUBLISHING THE SUTRAS, J)
38. GISHO'S WORK, J
39: SLEEPING IN THE DAYTIME, //
40. IN DREAMLAND, J6
41. JOSHU'S ZEN, J
42. THE DEAD MAN*S ANSWER, JJ
43. ZEN IN A BEGGAR'S LIFE, J
44. THE THIEF WHO BECAME A DISCIPLE, J?
45. RIGHT AND WRONG, 60
46. HOW GRASS AND TREES BECOMEENLIGHTENED, 6
47. THE STINGY ARTIST, 62
48. ACCURATE PROPORTION, 6)
49. BLACK-NOSED BUDDHA, 64
JO. RYONEN's CLEAR REALIZATION, 6
51. SOUR MISO, 66
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52. your light may go out, 6
53. the giver should be thankful, 6
54. the last will and testament, 68
55. the tea-master and the assassin, €f
56. the true path, j
57. the gates of paradise, j
58. arresting the stone buddha, j2
59. soldiers of humanity, 7^
60. the tunnel, j4
6l. gudo and the emperor, jj
62. in the hands of destiny, j6
63. killing, j7
64. kasan sweat, jj
65. the subjugation of a ghost, j
66. children of his majesty, j$
67. what are you doingi what are you
saying! 80
68. ONE note of ZEN, 8
69. EATING THE BLAME, 82
70. THE MOST VALUABLE THING IN THE WORLD, 8)
71. LEARNING TO BE SILENT, 8
THE BLOCKHEAD LORD, 84
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73. TEN SUCCESSORS, 84
74. TRUE REFORMATION, 8
75. TEMPER, 86
76. THE STONE MIND, 8j
77. NO ATTACHMENT TO DUST, 8j
78. REAL PROSPERITY, 89
79. INCENSE BURNER, 89
80. THE REAL MIRACLE, 90
8l. JUST GO TO SLEEP, 9
82. NOTHING EXISTS, 92
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83. NO WORK, NO FOOD, $2
84. TRUE FRIENDS, ?$
85. TIME TO DIE, 94
86. THE LIVING BUDDHA AND THE TUBMAKER, 94
87. THREE KINDS OF SUCCESS, 9J
88. HOW TO WRITE A CHINESE POEM, $6
89. ZEN DIALOGUE, $6
90. THE LAST RAP, £7
91. THE TASTE OF BANZo's SWORD, $8
92. FIRE-POKER ZEN, 100
93. STORYTELLER'S ZEN, 100
94. MIDNIGHT EXCURSION, 101
95. A LETTER TO A DYING MAN, 102
96. A DROP OF WATER, 10
97. TEACHING THE ULTIMATE, 10)
98. NON-ATTACHMENT, 10
99. TOSUI'S VINEGAR, 10
IOO. THE SILENT TEMPLE, 106
101. BUDDHA'S ZEN, 106
The Gateless Gate a by Ekai, called
MU-MON a TRANSCRIBED BY NYOGEN
Senzaki and Paul Reps a 109
I. JOSHU's DOG, II
2. HYAKUJO'S FOX, 11/
3. GUTEl's FINGER, II?
4. A BEARDLESS FOREIGNER, 120
5. KYOGEN MOUNTS THE TREE, 121
6. BUDDHA TWIRLS A FLOWER, 121
7. JOSHU WASHES THE BOWL, 12)
8. KEICHU'S WHEEL, I2j
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