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This introduction explains and points the way to the experience of Zen, bringing heightened consciousness, spiritual fulfillment, and enlightenment. The author discusses the basic doctrine of Buddhism and the expanded principles of Mahayana Buddhism. He also examines the actual process of self-training toward the Zen experience of Reality.
| Introduction to revised edition | v | |
| Introduction | ix | |
| Part 1 | Buddhism | 1 |
| 01 | The Buddha | 3 |
| 02 | Being in the world | 11 |
| 03 | The dynamics of existence | 20 |
| 04 | Meditation: peace and insight | 28 |
| Practical instructions | 34 | |
| Part 2 | Mahayana Buddhism | 38 |
| 05 | The Mahayana revolution | 41 |
| 06 | Mahayana scriptures | 53 |
| The perfection of insight sutras | 54 | |
| The Mahayana-Mahaparinirvana-sutra | 58 | |
| The Vimalakirti-sutra | 59 | |
| The Lan kavatara-sutra | 61 | |
| The Avatam saka-sutra | 62 | |
| Part 3 | Zen Buddhism | 65 |
| 07 | Bodhidharma | 68 |
| 08 | The rise and spread of Zen | 77 |
| Shenxiu (605?-706) and the split into the northern and summer schools | 85 | |
| Linji | 89 | |
| Later developments in China | 91 | |
| Zen outside China | 91 | |
| Tibet | 94 | |
| 09 | Beyond thinking | 96 |
| 10 | In a Zen monastery | 105 |
| 11 | The sayings of Zen masters | 112 |
| 12 | The writings of Zen masters | 122 |
| 13 | Training for Zen - I | 130 |
| Is training possible? | 132 | |
| Seven questions to be answered | 133 | |
| What is it you want? | 134 | |
| Why do you want it? | 134 | |
| How much do you want it? | 134 | |
| What wants it? | 135 | |
| Where are you looking for it? | 135 | |
| Have you the guts to find it? | 136 | |
| Are you fit for the journey? | 137 | |
| Three more questions | 137 | |
| 14 | Training for Zen - III | 139 |
| Experience only | 140 | |
| The intuition | 141 | |
| 'Seeing directly into the heart of man' | 141 | |
| Directly | 143 | |
| The heart of the person | 144 | |
| More meditation | 145 | |
| 15 | Training for Zen - III | 147 |
| Early results | 148 | |
| The Middle Way between the opposites | 149 | |
| Coping with situations | 150 | |
| Everyday life | 152 | |
| The Ways to the One | 154 | |
| Holy laughter | 155 | |
| Ten principles of Zen | 157 | |
| Taking it further | 159 | |
| Glossary | 161 | |
| Index | 173 |
Overview
This introduction explains and points the way to the experience of Zen, bringing heightened consciousness, spiritual fulfillment, and enlightenment. The author discusses the basic doctrine of Buddhism and the expanded principles of Mahayana Buddhism. He also examines the actual process of self-training toward the Zen experience of Reality.