Front cover image for The three pillars of Zen : teaching, practice, and enlightenment

The three pillars of Zen : teaching, practice, and enlightenment

Print Book, English, 1980
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Anchor Press, Garden City, N.Y., 1980
xxii, 400 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
9780385147866, 0385147864
5414814
Teaching and practice. Yasutani-roshi's introductory lectures on Zen training ; Yasutani-roshi's commentary (teisho) on the Koan Mu ; Yasutani-roshi's private encounters with ten Westerners ; Bassui's dharma talk on one-mind and letters to his disciples
Enlightenment. Eight contemporary enlightenment experiences of Japanese and Westerners ; Yaeko Iwasaki's enlightenment letters to Harada-roshi and his comments
Supplements. Dogen on "being-time" ; The ten oxherding pictures with commentary and verses ; Postures ; Notes on Zen vocabulary and Buddhist doctrine