Zen Buddhism
Subtitle: selected writings of D.T. Suzuki
By: Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki ; edited by William Barrett
Contributors: Barrett, William
Edition: Anchor Books ed.
Series: Doubleday anchor books -- A90
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 1956
Place of publication: Garden City, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780385093002
Subjects: Zen Buddhism
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Zen for the West / by William Barrett.; title: I. The meaning of Zen Buddhism. The sense of Zen.; title: II. The historical background of Zen Buddhism. Zen in relation to Buddhism generally.; title: The history of Zen.; title: III. The heart of Zen. Satori, or enlightenment.; title: IV. Techniques of Zen. Practical methods of Zen instruction.; title: The reason of unreason : the Koan exercise.; title: V. Zen and the unconscious. The Zen doctrine of No-Mind.; title: VI. Zen and philosophy. The role of nature in Zen Buddhism.; title: Existentialism, pragmatism and Zen.; title: VII. Zen and Japanese culture. Painting, swordsmanship, tea ceremony.