The Ways of Zen

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Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Foreword by Martine Batchelor
Introduction by Brian Bruya
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Zen Lineage Chart 1
Zen Lineage Chart 2
Zen Lineage Chart 3
Zen Lineage Chart 4
WHAT IS ZEN?
ENLIGHTEN MENT OF THE WAVE
A CUP OF ZEN
THE OUTCOME OF ENLIGHTENMENT
TRANSMISSION OF THE LAMP
PASSING ON THE MIND
SEIZE THE MOMENT
KASHYAPA AND THE FLAGPOLE
ZEN’S ORIGIN STORY
HUINENG, SIXTH ANCESTOR
A SPECIAL TRANSMISSION SEPARATE FROM THE SCRIPTURES
NOT RELIANT ON THE WRITEN WORD
DIRECT POINTING AT ONE’S MIND
SEEING ONE’S NATURE, BECOMING A BUDDHA
NON-ABIDING
POINTING AT THE MOON
SUDDEN IN THE SOUTH, GRADUAL IN THE NORTH
SHENHUI OF HEZE
HUIZHONG OF NANYANG
XUANJUE OF YONGJIA
HUAIRANG OF NANYUE
XINGSI OF QINGYUAN
MAZU DAOYI, ANCESTOR MA
RIDING A MULE IN SEARCH OF A MULE
THE HUNTER’S MARKSMANSHIP
SELF-NATURE
HOW COULD IT HAVE FLOWN AWAY?
BUDDHA OF THE SUN, BUDDHA OF THE MOON
BAIZHANG’S RULES
A DAY WITHOUT WORK IS A DAY WITHOUT FOOD
ZEN OF THE FOX
THE GREAT SUPPRESSION
NO SELF, NO OTHER
BECAUSE I’M HERE
FIRE IN THE EMBERS
XIANG YAN HITS BAMBOO
THE MIND IS THE BUDDHA
THE DEVIL OF LANGUAGE
EATING AND SLEEPING
SELF AND OTHER
GIVING AND RECEIVING
SIX IN ONE
XIANGYAN UP A TREE
FOLLOW THE FLOW
JUZHI’S ONE-FINGER ZEN
JUZHI SEVERS A FINGER
GRASPING EMPTINES
BEING AND NOTHINGNESS
A MOUNTAIN IN A MUSTARD SEED
WHAT’S NOT A PRIME CUT?
NANQUAN KILLS A CAT
LOOKING BUT NOT SEEING
CONGSHEN OF ZHAOZHOU
KICKED BY A DONKEY
NOT A STITCH ON
THE DAO IS IN DUNG
IF THE MIND IS PURE, EVERYTHING IS PURE
THE BUDDHA-NATURE OF A DOG
DUST
ZHEN PREFECTURE’S BIG WHITE RADISHES
ZHAOZHOU’S STONE BRIDGE
GO WASH YOUR BOWL
WHAT IS SELF-CULTIVATION?
A CYPRESS TREE BECOMES A BUDDHA
THE MANY RETURN TO THE ONE
WHAT IS ZHAOZHOU?
ZHAOZHOU ASKS THE WAY TO ZHAOZHOU
THE CYPRESS TREE OUT FRONT
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
DROPPING EVERYTHING
HAVE SOME TEA
IF I DON’T GO TO HEL, WHO WILL?
YIXUAN OF LINJI
CRACKING A WHIP TO STOP THE FLOW
NO CRUTCHES, NO DESIRES
THE SWEET SMELL OF OSMANTHUS
MIND LIKE THE SURROUNDINGS
NO BETTER THAN A CLOWN
A WATER BUFFALO THROUGH A WINDOW
WITH A SLIGHT FANNING, THE FIRE RETURNS
A MORNING OF MOON AND WIND
EASIER KNOWN THAN DONE
WHAT ISN’T THE BUDDHA-DHARMA?
THE ORDINARY MIND
RETURNING EMPTY-HANDED
DAOWU OF TIANHUANG
CHONGXIN OF LONGTAN
A NUN BECOMES A MONK
XUANJIAN OF DESHAN
JINGQING AND THE SOUND OF RAINDROPS
NOT RECOGNIZING THE TRUE SELF
THE SOUND OF THE STREAM
LAUGHING WITH HEAVEN AND EARTH
ZEN CAN’T BE SPOKEN
CLOUDS IN THE BLUE SKY, WATER IN A BOTTLE
SNOWFLAKES FALL WHERE THEY SHOULD
WHAT ARE LIFE AND DEATH?
LIANGJIE OF DONGSHAN
COLD WHEN COLD, HOT WHEN HOT
THE ROAD BEGINS HERE
FAYAN WENYI
A DROP OF WATER FROM THE CAO RIVER
EMPTINESS
THE LAMP BOY COMES LOOKING FOR A FLAME
WENYAN OF YUNMEN
EVERY DAY IS A GOOD DAY
ONE WORD GATE
YUNMEN’S THREE LINES
SAME DESTINATION, DIFFERENT PATHS
THREE POUNDS OF FLAX
THE MUTE AND THE PARROT
MASTER OF THY SELF
ALPINE FLOWERS BLOSSOM LIKE BROCADE
DANXIA BURNS THE BUDDHA
CHANGING WITH THE SURROUNDINGS
THE BODHISATTVA SHANHUI
STANDING FOR THE EMPEROR
THREE TRADITIONS IN ONE
SHANHUI’S POEM
BEING YOUR OWN MASTER
CARRYING A WOMAN ACROSS A RIVER
THE GATES OF HEAVEN
THE LAMEBRAIN OFFICIAL
BLACK BAMBOO, RED BAMBOO
THE ORDER OF LIFE AND DEATH
VOW OF SILENCE
EVERYTHING IS EMPTY
THE BUDDHA IS IN THE HOME
THE LOST STUDENT
ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE THIEF
CAN’T SAY IT
ZEN IN A CUP
DISREGARDING TITLES
SELF AND OTHER
WORDS EXCEEDING ACTIONS
FATE IS IN YOUR OWN HANDS
THE FASTER, THE SLOWER
THE GENERAL’S ANTIQUE
THE CLOSE FRIEND
A BLIND MAN CARRYING A LANTERN
SOMETHING VALUABLE
A BLADE OF GRASS, A DROP OF DEW
FOR NO REASON
PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
THE GREAT WAVE
BECAUSE I’M HERE
MATTER IS EMPTY
THE WEEPING LADY
MIND LIKE A MIROR
MOUNTAIN PATHS DON’T CHANGE
TORN
WHERE DO WE GO AFTER DEATH?
THE SWORDLESS SWORD
THE SPIDER AND THE MONK
RICH AND POOR
DO NOT GRASP EITHER EXTREME
NOT CHANGING TO MEET THE CHANGES
WITHERED TREE ZEN
WALKING IN THE RAIN
DIFFICULT TO ADVANCE OR RETREAT
THE SNAKE’S TWO HEADS
RHAPSODY OF THE FROGS
THE SPIDER’S SILK
RASHOMON
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