Zen Flesh, Zen Bones
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones is a 1957 publication by
nondual
practice:
- 101 Zen Stories
- The Gateless Gate(Mumonkan)
- Ten Bulls
- Vigyan Bhairav Tantra)
Contents
101 Zen Stories
101 Zen Stories is a 1919 compilation of Zen koans[1] including 19th and early 20th century anecdotes compiled by Nyogen Senzaki,[2] and a translation of Shasekishū,[1][3] written in the 13th century by Japanese Zen master Mujū (無住) (literally, "non-dweller").[3] The book was reprinted by Paul Reps as part of Zen Flesh, Zen Bones.[3][4] Well-known koans in the collection include A Cup of Tea (1), The Sound of One Hand (21), No Water, No Moon (29), and Everything is Best (31).
Gateless Gate
The Gateless Gate (
Mandarin: 無門關 Wúménguān; Japanese: 無門関 Mumonkan), more accurately translated as The Gateless Barrier, is a collection of 48 Chan (Zen) koans compiled in the early 13th century by the Chinese Zen master Wumen Huikai
(無門慧開; Japanese: Mumon Ekai; 1183–1260). Wumen's preface indicates that the volume was published in 1228. Each koan is accompanied by a commentary and verse by Wumen.
Ten Bulls
Ten Bulls or Ten Ox Herding Pictures (十牛;
enlightenment,[web 1]
as well as his or her subsequent return into the world while acting out of wisdom.
An equivalent series of stages is depicted in the
Maitreyanātha, which shows considerable similarity in arrangement and content to the Bodhisattva-bhūmi-śāstra.[note 1] The Dharma Fellowship', a Kagyu (Mahamudra) organisation, notes that the practice starts with studying and pondering the dharma, where-after the practice of meditation commences.[web 5]
Vigyan Bhairav Tantra
The dharanas).[5]
See also
Notes
- ^ Piya Tan gives a full description of these stages; see Piya Tan (2004), The Taming of the Bull. Mind-training and the formation of Buddhist traditions, dharmafarer.org
References
- Printed references
- ^ a b "Koan Studies". thezensite. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
- ISBN 9780394703015.
- ^ ISBN 9780804831864.
- ISBN 9780394703015.
- ISBN 0-8048-0644-6)
- Web-references
- ^ 廓庵《十牛圖頌》考:從牧牛圖頌談起
- ^ "Piya Tan (2004), The Taming of the Bull. Mind-training and the formation of Buddhist traditions, dharmafarer.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-18. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
- ^ "Dharma Fellowship, Deepening Calm-Abiding - The Nine Stages of Abiding". Archived from the original on 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
- ^ Skyflower Dharmacenter, Mahamudra Tranquility and Insight
- ^ "Dharma Fellowship, Deepening Calm-Abiding - The Nine Stages of Abiding". Archived from the original on 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2015-04-16.