The Gospel According to Zen: Beyond the Death of GodAt the living heart of both Christianity and Zen lies a single, luminous perception: Whether it is called Satori or Salvation, it is nothing less than the perfect knowledge of God. This unusual book brings together the most enlightening parables, riddles, and poems of East and West, to explore and illuminate this 'new conciousnesss' that is thrusting modern religious thought beyond theology. |
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abbot aims Alan Watts answer artists attained Basho believe birds birth Bodhidharma body Buddha Buddhism Christian comes Confucian Confucius conscious attention creative creature D. T. Suzuki Daiju dead death death of God Diamond Sutra disciples Doken East empty enlightened Erich Fromm eternal existence experience Father feeling finger flower follow freedom Gasan Gutei haiku hand heart Hui Tzu human Hyakujo illusion inner intellectual Jesus Kyogen living logical look man's means Meister Eckhart merely mind Mokurai monk moon mountain nature nazuna ness never Obaku object one's ourselves philosophy pleasure of fishes pluck Po-hun Wu-jen poet question reality realization reason religion religious Ryokan satori seek silent sound spiritual stage-he Taoism teaching tell Tennyson things thought tion Tokusan Toyo transform truth of Zen Tung Kuo Tzu Ummon uncon understanding of oneself universe virtue West Western whole words Yisan Zen master