The Wisdom of BuddhismA balanced selection from Buddhist writings, including scriptures used by the Zen School, with chapters on the Buddha, Tibetan Buddhism, Concentration and Meditation, the Buddhist Order, and Nirvana. With sources, glossary and index. |
Contents
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16 | 53 |
The Four Stages and the Ten Fetters | 70 |
Records of Zen Masters | 153 |
On Trust in the Heart | 176 |
From the Platform Sutra of Huineng | 181 |
The Zen Teaching of Huang Po 113 I From the Chun Chou Record | 187 |
Milarepa and the Novices | 213 |
From the Precepts of the Gurus | 214 |
From the Song of Saraha | 219 |
From The Buddhas Law among the Birds | 220 |
From The Voice of the Silence | 222 |
CHAPTER SEVEN CONCENTRATION AND MEDITATION | 231 |
The Advantages of Meditation | 233 |
How to Begin | 234 |
From the Wan Ling Record | 194 |
IIS Gradual and Sudden Awakening | 195 |
From the Shodoka of Yoka Daishi | 196 |
From the Path to Sudden Attainment of Hui Hai | 197 |
From the Blue Cliff Records Hekigan Roku | 202 |
From the Gateless Gate Mumon Kwan | 205 |
DaiO Kokushi On Zen | 209 |
CHAPTER SIX THE BUDDHISM OF TIBET | 211 |
The Use of Breathing | 235 |
Virtue and Meditation | 237 |
The Four Methods of Mindfulness | 238 |
Inward Peace | 243 |
Transparent Luminosity of Mind | 244 |
The Essence of Mind | 245 |
Hakuins Song of Meditation | 246 |
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Common terms and phrases
accordance action appear arise asked attachment attain become birth Bodhisattva body breathe Brothers Buddha Buddhist called cause cease comes compassion concept consciousness Craving death delusion desire Dharma disciple distinction doctrine dwelling emptiness enlightenment enter Essence of Mind eternal evil existence experience faith fall feeling fire five follow four give given hard heart human idea ignorance insight knowledge leads Learned light living Lord Master means meditation mental mind monks moved nature never Nirvana object one's origin pain passing Path perceive perception perfect person practice present principle pure reach realise reality reason remains Sariputra School Scriptures seek sensation sense separate sorrow speak stopping Subhuti suffering Sutra Tathagata teaching things thou thought true truth understand universe void whole Wisdom wise