Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Preface to Zen xi
I The EarlyMasters 1
1 Bodhidharma: First Patriarch of Zen 5
2 Hui-K'o: Second Patriarch of Zen 18
3 Seng-Ts'an, Tao-Hsin, Fa-Jung, and Hung-Jen: Four Early
Masters 26
4 Shen-Hsiu and Shen-Hui: "Gradual" and "Sudden"Masters 39
5 Hui-Neng: The Sixth Patriarch and Father ofModern Zen 53
II The Golden Age of Zen 65
6 Ma-Tsu: Originator of "Shock" Enlightenment 69
7 Huai-Hai: Father ofMonastic Ch'an 83
8 Nan-Ch'uan and Chao-Chou:Masters of the Irrational 96
9 P'ang and Han-Shan: Layman and Poet 109
10 Huang-Po:Master of the UniversalMind 126
III Sectarianism and the Koan 141
11 Lin-Chi: Founder of Rinzai Zen 145
12 Tung-Shan and Ts'ao-Shan: Founders of Soto Zen 162
13 Kuei-Shan, Yun-Men, and Fa-Yen: ThreeMinor Houses 173
14 Ta-Hui:Master of the Koan 184
IV Zen in Japan 199
15 Eisai: The First JapaneseMaster 203
16 Dogen: Father of Japanese Soto Zen 213
17 Ikkyu: Zen Eccentric 228
18 Hakuin: JapaneseMaster of the Koan 244
19 Reflections 258
Bibliography 263
Permissions 271