Zen flesh, zen bones : a collection of Zen and pre-Zen writings

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Author:

Reps, Paul, 1895-1990.

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Publication Information:

Boston : Tuttle Pub., 1998.

Physical Description:

211 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

Language:

English

Reading Level:

810 Lexile.

Subject Term:

Zen literature -- Translations into English.

Added Author:

Reps, Paul, 1895-1990.

Senzaki, Nyogen.

ISBN:

9780804806442

9780804831864

Format :

Book

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Library	Call Number	Material Type	Home Location	Status	Item Holds
Searching... Central Library	BQ9264 .Z4613 1985	Adult Non-Fiction	Central Closed Stacks	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable
Searching... Central Library	BQ9264 .Z4613 1985	Adult Non-Fiction	Central Closed Stacks-Non circulating	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

When Zen Flesh, Zen Bones was published in 1957 it became an instant sensation with an entire generation of readers who were just beginning to experiment with Zen. Over the years it has inspired leading American Zen teachers, students, and practitioners. Its popularity is as high today as ever.

Zen Flesh, Zen Bones is a book that offers a collection of accessible, primary Zen sources so that readers can struggle over the meaning of Zen for themselves. It includes 101 Zen Stories, a collection of tales that recount actual experiences of Chinese and Japanese Zen teachers over a period of more than five centuries; The Gateless Gate , the famous thirteenth-century collection of Zen koans; Ten Bulls , a twelfth century commentary on the stages of awareness leading to enlightenment; and Centering , a 4,000 year-old teaching from India that some consider to be the roots of Zen.

Author Notes

Paul Reps , the compiler, was an American who lived in many countries, including India, Norway, and Japan and studied many of man's efforts to find and realize his true spiritual stature. He was the author of several books of poems and prose. He once said that he felt "the equal of each grass blade and pebble and believe that it is possible to be happy though human and grown up."

Nyogen Senzaki , a Buddhist scholar of an international character to whom Reps acknowledged a deep debt of gratitude, was born in Japan. Early in life, he became a "homeless monk," wandering the land and studying from Buddhist monastery to monastery. His wanderings eventually took him to America, where for over 50 years he lived in California, with no connection with any sect, denomination, or cathedral, radiating the free and creative spirit of Zen upon all who cared to share his study, meditation, wisdom, and loving kindness.

Nyogen Senzaki and Paul RepsEkai and Mu-Mon and Nyogen Senzaki and Paul RepsKakuan and Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps and Tomikichiro TokurikiPaul Reps

Foreword	p. 11
101 Zen Stories	p. 15
1. A cup of Tea	p. 19
2. Finding a Diamond on a Muddy Road	p. 19
3. Is That so?	p. 22
4. Obedience	p. 23
5. If You Love, Love Openly	p. 24
6. No Loving-Kindness	p. 24
7. Announcement	p. 25
8. Great Waves	p. 25
9. The Moon Cannot be Stolen	p. 27
10. The Last Poem of Hoshin	p. 27
11. The Story of Shunkai	p. 29
12. Happy Chinaman	p. 31
13. A Buddha	p. 32
14. Muddy Road	p. 33
15. Shoun and His Mother	p. 34
16. Not Far From Buddhahood	p. 36
17. Stingy in Teaching	p. 36
18. A Parable	p. 38
19. The First Principle	p. 39
20. A Mother's Advice	p. 40
21. The Sound of one Hand	p. 41
22. My Heart Burns Like Fire	p. 43
23. Eshun's Departure	p. 44
24. Reciting Sutras	p. 44
25. Three Days More	p. 45
26. Trading Dialogue for Lodging	p. 46
27. The Voice of Happiness	p. 47
28. Open Your Own Treasure House	p. 48
29. No Water, No Moon	p. 48
30. Calling Card	p. 49
31. Everything is Best	p. 50
32. Inch Time Foot Gem	p. 50
33. Mokusen's Hand	p. 51
34. A Smile in His Lifetime	p. 51
35. Every-Minute Zen	p. 52
36. Flower Shower	p. 53
37. Publishing the Sutras	p. 53
38. Gisho's Work	p. 54
39. Sleeping in the Daytime	p. 55
40. In Dreamland	p. 56
41. Joshu's Zen	p. 57
42. The Dead Man's Answer	p. 57
43. Zen in a Beggar's Life	p. 58
44. The Thief Who Became a Disciple	p. 59
45. Right and Wrong	p. 60
46. How Grass and Trees Become Enlightened	p. 61
47. The Stingy Artist	p. 62
48. Accurate Proportion	p. 63
49. Black-Nosed Buddha	p. 64
50. Ryonen's Clear Realization	p. 65
51. Sour Miso	p. 66
52. Your Light May Go Out	p. 67
53. The Giver Should be Thankful	p. 67
54. The Last Will and Testament	p. 68
55. The Tea-Master and the Assassin	p. 69
56. The True Path	p. 71
57. The Gates of Paradise	p. 71
58. Arresting the Stone Buddha	p. 72
59. Soldiers of Humanity	p. 73
60. The Tunnel	p. 74
61. Gudo and the Emperor	p. 75
62. In the Hands of Destiny	p. 76
63. Killing	p. 77
64. Kasan Sweat	p. 77
65. The Subjugation of a Ghost	p. 78
66. Children of His Majesty	p. 79
67. What are You Doing! What are You Saying!	p. 80
68. One Note of Zen	p. 81
69. Eating the Blame	p. 82
70. The Most Valuable Thing in the World	p. 83
71. Learning to be Silent	p. 83
72. The Blockhead Lord	p. 84
73. Ten Successors	p. 84
74. True Reformation	p. 85
75. Temper	p. 86
76. The Stone Mind	p. 87
77. No Attachment to Dust	p. 87
78. Real Prosperity	p. 89
79. Incense Burner	p. 89
80. The Real Miracle	p. 90
81. Just Go to Sleep	p. 91
82. Nothing Exists	p. 92
83. No Work, No Food	p. 92
84. True Friends	p. 93
85. Time to Die	p. 94
86. The Living Buddha and the Tubmaker	p. 94
87. Three Kinds of Success	p. 95
88. How to Write a Chinese Poem	p. 96
89. Zen Dialogue	p. 96
90. The Last Rap	p. 97
91. The Taste of Banzo's Sword	p. 98
92. Fire-Poker Zen	p. 100
93. Storyteller's Zen	p. 100
94. Midnight Excursion	p. 101
95. A Letter to a Dying Man	p. 102
96. A Drop of Water	p. 103
97. Teaching the Ultimate	p. 103
98. Non-Attachment	p. 104
99. Tosui's Vinegar	p. 105
100. The Silent Temple	p. 106
101. Buddha's Zen	p. 106
The Gateless Gate	p. 109
1. Joshu's Dog	p. 115
2. Hyakujo's Fox	p. 117
3. Gutei's Finger	p. 119
4. A Beardless Foreigner	p. 120
5. Kyogen Mounts the Tree	p. 121
6. Buddha Twirls a Flower	p. 121
7. Joshu Washes the Bowl	p. 123
8. Keichu's Wheel	p. 123
9. A Buddha Before History	p. 124
10. Seizei Alone and Poor	p. 125
11. Joshu Ekamines A Monk in Meditation	p. 126
12. Zuigan Calls His Own Master	p. 127
13. Tokusan Holds His Bowl	p. 127
14. Nansen Outs the Cat in Two	p. 128
15. Tozan's Three Blows	p. 129
16. Bells and Robes	p. 131
17. Three Calls of the Emperor's Teacher	p. 132
18. Tozan's Three Pounds	p. 133
19. Everyday Life is the Path	p. 133
20. The Enlightened Man	p. 134
21. Dried Dung	p. 135
22. Kashapa's Preaching Sign	p. 136
23. Do not Think Good, Do not Think Not-Good	p. 137
24. Without Words, Without Silence	p. 138
25. Apreaching from the Third Seat	p. 139
26. Two Monks Roll up the Screen	p. 140
27. It is not Mind, it is not Buddha, it is not Things	p. 141
28. Blow out the Candle	p. 141
29. Not the Wind, not the Flag	p. 143
30. This Mind is Buddha	p. 144
30. Joshu Investigates	p. 145
32. A Philosopher Asks Buddha	p. 146
33. This Mind is not Buddha	p. 147
34. Learning is not the Path	p. 147
35. Two Souls	p. 148
36. Meeting a Zen Master on the Road	p. 149
37. A Buffalo Passes Through the Enclosure	p. 149
38. An Oak Tree in the Garden	p. 150
39. Ummon's Sidetrack	p. 151
40. Tipping Over a Water Vase	p. 151
41. Bodhidharma Pacifies the Mind	p. 152
42. The Girl Comes out from Meditation	p. 153
43. Shuzan's Short Staff	p. 155
44. Basho's Staff	p. 156
45. Who is He?	p. 156
46. Proceed from the Top of the Pole	p. 157
47. Three Gates of Tosotsu	p. 158
48. One Road of Kembo	p. 159
49. Amban's Addition	p. 160
10 Bulls	p. 163
1. The Search for the Bull	p. 168
2. Discovering the Footprints	p. 170
3. Perceiving the Bull	p. 172
4. Catching the Bull	p. 174
5. Taming the Bull	p. 176
6. Riding the Bull Home	p. 178
7. The Bull Transcended	p. 180
8. Both Bull and Self Transcended	p. 182
9. Reaching the Source	p. 184
10. In the World	p. 186
Centering	p. 189
What is Zen?	p. 211

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