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Selections from Zen and Zen Classics, Vols. I and II, by R. H. Blyth (Tokyo: The Hokuseido Press, copyright © 1960, 1964 by R. H. Blyth, copyright © 1978 by Frederick Franck), reprinted by permission of Joan Daves.
Selections from Cold Mountain by Han-shan, Burton Watson, trans. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1970), reprinted by permission of publisher.
Selections from The Recorded Sayings of Layman Pang, Ruth Fuller Sasaki et al., trans. (New York: John Weatherhill), reprinted by permission of publisher.
Selections from Anthology of Chinese Literature, Cyril Birch, ed., Gary Snyder, trans. (New York: Grove Press, copyright © 1965 by Grove Press), reprinted by permission of publisher.
Selections from Tao: A New Way of Thinking by Chang Chung-yuan, (New York: Harper & Row, Perennial Library, copyright © 1975 by Chang Chung-yuan), reprinted by permission of publisher.
Selection from A History of Zen Buddhism by Heinrich S. J. Dumoulin, Paul Peachey, trans. (New York: Pantheon Books, 1962), reprinted by permission of publisher.
Selection by Ikkyu from Some Japanese Portraits by Donald Keene (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1979), reprinted by permission of author.
Selections from Essays in Zen Buddhism by D. T. Suzuki (New York: Grove Press), reprinted by permission of publisher.
Selection from The Sutra of Hui-neng, Price and Wong, trans. (Boulder: Shambala Publications), reprinted by permission of publisher.
Selections from The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, Philip Yamplosky, trans. (New York: Columbia University Press), reprinted by permission of publisher.
Selections from The Zen Master Hakuin by Philip Yamplosky (New York: Columbia University Press, 1971), reprinted by permission of publisher.
Selections from The Golden Age of Zen by John C. H. Wu (Taipei, Taiwan: Hwakang Book Store), reprinted by permission of author.
Selections from The Zen Teaching of the Hui Hai on Sudden Illumination by John Blofeld (New York: Samuel Weiser, 1972), reprinjted by permission of publisher.
Selections from Zen Master Dogen by Yoho Yukoi (New York: John Weatherhill), reprinted by permission of publisher.
Selections from Original Teachings of Ch'an Buddhism by Chang Chung-yuan (New York: Vintage, 1969), reprinted by permission of publisher.
Selections from Swampland Flowers by Christopher Cleary (New York: Grove Press, copyright © 1977 by Christopher Cleary), reprinted by permission of publisher.
Selections from The Zen Teaching of Huang Po on the Transmission of Mind by John Blofeld (New York: Grove Press, copyright © 1958 by John Blofeld), reprinted by permission of publisher.
Selections from Zen-Man Ikkyu, a dissertation by John Sanford, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, reprinted by permission of author.
Selections from Zen is Eternal Life by Roshi Jiyu-Kennett (Dharma Publishing, copyright © 1976 by Roshi Jiyu-Kennett), reprinted by permission of author).
[ACKNOWLEDGMENTS]
Heartfelt thanks go to Dr. Philip Yampolsky of Columbia University, who reviewed the manuscript in draft and clarified many points of fact and interpretation. I also am indebted to the works of a number of Zen interpreters for the West, including D. T. Suzuki, John Blofeld, Chang Chung-yuan, and Charles Luk. In cases where this finger pointing at the moon mistakenly aims astray, I alone am responsible.
Taoism: The Way to Zen
Lao Tzu
Chuang Tzu
Kuo Hsiang: A Neo-Taoist
The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
The Buddhist Roots of Zen
The Buddha
Nagarjuna
Kumarajiva
Seng-chao
Tao-sheng
The Synthesis
PART I. THE EARLY MASTERS
1. Bodhidharma: First Patriarch of Zen
2. Hui-k'o: Second Patriarch of Zen
3. Seng-Ts'an, Tao-hsin, Fa-jung, and Hung-jen: Four Early Masters
4. Shen-hsiu and Shen-hui: "Gradual" and
"Sudden" Masters
5. Hui-neng: Sixth Patriarch and Father of Modern Zen
[PART II. THE GOLDEN AGE OF ZEN]
6. Ma-tsu: Originator of "Shock" Enlightenment
7. Huai-hai: Father of Monastic Ch'an
8. Nan-ch'uan and Chao-chou: Masters of the Irrational
9. P'ang and Han-shan: Layman and Poet
10. Huang-po: Master of the Universal Mind
[PART III. SECTARIANISM AND THE KOAN]
11. Lin-chi: Founder of Rinzai Zen
12. Tung-shan and Ts'ao-shan: Founders of Soto Zen
13. Kuei-shan, Yun-men, and Fa-yen: Three Minor Houses
14. Ta-hui: Master of the Koan
[PART IV. ZEN IN ]JAPAN
15. Eisai: The First Japanese Master
16. Dogen: Father of Japanese Soto Zen
17. Ikkyu: Zen Eccentric
18. Hakuin: Japanese Master of the Koan
19. Reflections
Notes