Zen
Subtitle: the authentic gate
By: Kōun Yamada
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781614292500
Subjects: Meditation; Zen Buddhism
Work titles: Zen no seimon
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Forward / David R. Loy; title: Preface to the English edition / Joan Rieck and Henry Shukman; title: Second preface to the English edition / Ryōun-ken Masamichi Yamada; title: Author's preface to the Japanese edition / Kōun Yamada; title: Zen : The authentic gate. Suffering and modern-day humanity; title: The Zen view; title: The principle of salvation in Zen Buddhism; title: The three great aims of Zen; title: Types of Zen practice; title: Koan practice and just sitting; title: Finding an authentic teacher; title: Depth of enlightenment; title: Cause and effect as one; title: Deceptive phenomena; title: Belief, understanding, practice, realization, and personalization; title: Eight great tenets of Mahayana Buddhism; title: On private interview; title: Three necessary conditions for Zen practice; title: Zen practice for people of other religions; title: The actual practice of Zen; title: Practical matters; title: Translator's afterword.