The Zen Doctrine of No Mind: The Significance of the Sutra of Hui-Neng

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Weiser Books, Aug 1, 1991 - Religion - 160 pages
Dedicated largely to the teaching of Hui Neng, this volume covers the purpose and technique of Zen training, and goes further into the depths of Zen than any other work of modern times. Here we find no reliance on scripture or a Savior, for the student isshown how to go beyond thought in order to achieve a state of consciousness beyond duality.
 

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Section 1
5
Section 2
9
Section 3
22
Section 4
31
Section 5
96
Section 6
97
Section 7
106
Section 8
123
Section 9
142
Section 10
152
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Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki was a Japanese author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen and Shin that were instrumental in spreading interest in both Zen and Shin to the West. Suzuki was also a prolific translator of Chinese, Japanese, and Sanskrit literature. Travers Christmas Humphreys, QC was an English barrister who prosecuted several controversial cases in the 1940s and 1950s, and later became a judge at the Old Bailey. He also wrote a number of works on Mahayana Buddhism and in his day was the best-known British convert to Buddhism.

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