The Three Pillars of Zen Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment,9780385260930

The Three Pillars of Zen Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment

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Edition: 35th
ISBN13: 9780385260930
ISBN10: 0385260938
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1989-02-27
Publisher(s): Anchor
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Summary

Through explorations of the three pillars of Zen--teaching, practice, and enlightenment--Roshi Philip Kapleau presents a comprehensive overview of the history and discipline of Zen Buddhism. An established classic, this 35th anniversary edition features new illustrations and photographs, as well as a new afterword by Sensei Bodhin Kjolhede, who has succeeded Philip Kapleau as spiritual director of the Rochester Zen Center, one of the oldest and most influential Zen centers in the United States.

Author Biography

Roshi Philip Kapleau, founder of the Rochester Zen Center, has studied and taught Zen for more than 50 years, after first encountering Zen Buddhism as a reporter at the war crimes trials in Japan in 1946. While there he met D.T. Suzuki and in 1950 began to study Buddhist philosophy, completing over sixteen years of study and practice in both Japan and America. Roshi Kapleau lives in Rochester.

Table of Contents

Foreword x
Huston Smith
Editor's Preface xiv
Preface to the Revised Edition xix
Preface to the Anniversary Edition xxiii
Kenneth Kraft
Part One Teaching And Practice
Yasutani-Roshi's Introductory Lectures on Zen Training
Editor's Introduction
3(24)
A Biographical Note on Yasutani-roshi
27(2)
The Lectures
Theory and Practice of Zazen
29(8)
Precautions to Observe in Zazen
37(4)
Illusory Visions and Sensations
41(3)
The Five Varieties of Zen
44(5)
The Three Aims of Zazen
49(3)
Individual Instruction
52(4)
Shikan-taza
56(1)
The Parable of Enyadatta
57(3)
Cause and Effect Are One
60(1)
Oneness and Manyness
61(3)
The Three Essentials of Zen Practice
64(2)
Aspiration
66(3)
Yasutani-Roshi's Commentary (Teisho) on The Koan Mu
Editor's Introduction
69(7)
The Commentary
76(13)
Yasutani-Roshi's Private Encounters with Ten Westerners
Editor's Introduction
89(14)
The Encounters
Student A (Woman, Age 60)
103(9)
Student B (Man, Age 45)
112(1)
Student C (Man, Age 43)
113(14)
Student D (Woman, Age 40)
127(2)
Student E (Man, Age 44)
129(1)
Student F (Woman, Age 45)
130(1)
Student G (Man, Age 25)
131(9)
Student H (Woman, Age 37)
140(1)
Student I (Man, Age 30)
141(2)
Student J (Woman, Age 33)
143(20)
Bassui's Dharma Talk on One-Mind and Letters to His Disciples
Editor's Introduction
163(6)
The Talk
169(3)
The Letters
To a Man from Kumasaka
172(2)
To the Abbess of Shinryu-ji
174(4)
To Lord Nakamura, Governor of Aki Province
178(3)
To a Dying Man
181(1)
To the Layman Ippo (Homma Shoken)
182(5)
To a Monk in Shobo Hermitage
187(1)
To the Nun Furusawa
188(2)
First Letter to the Zen Priest Iguchi
190(1)
Second Letter to the Zen Priest Iguchi
191(1)
Third Letter to the Zen Priest Iguchi
192(1)
Fourth Letter to the Zen Priest Iguchi
193(1)
To a Nun
194(5)
Part Two ENLIGHTENMENT
Eight Contemporary Enlightenment Experiences of Japanese and Westerners
Editor's Introduction
199(16)
The Experiences
Mr. K. Y., A Japanese Executive
215(4)
Mr. P. K., An American Ex-Businessman
219(21)
Mr. K. T., A Japanese Garden Designer
240(4)
Mr. C. S., A Japanese Retired Government Worker
244(6)
Mrs. A. M., An American Schoolteacher
250(6)
Mr. A. K., A Japanese Insurance Adjuster
256(6)
Mrs. L. T. S., An American Artist
262(4)
Mrs. D. K., A Canadian Housewife
266(15)
Yaeko Iwasaki's Enlightenment Letters to Harada-roshi and His Comments
Editor's Introduction
281(4)
A Biographical Note on Harada-roshi
285(3)
The Letters and Comments
Evidence of Kensho
288(1)
Evidence of Great Enlightenment
289(3)
Evidence of Deepened Enlightenment
292(2)
Evidence of Direct Experience of the Great Way of Buddhism
294(2)
Evidence of Attaining the Non-Regressing Mind of Fugen
296(2)
Evidence of the Joy and Peace of Being at One with the Dharma
298(1)
Further Evidence of the Joy and Peace of Being at One with the Dharma
299(3)
Presentiment of Death
302(5)
Part Three SUPPLEMENTS
Dogen on ``Being-Time''
307(6)
The Ten Oxherding Pictures with Commentary and Verses
313(42)
Postures
Zazen Postures Illustrated
327(12)
Questions and Answers
339(16)
Notes on Zen Vocabulary and Buddhist Doctrine
355(32)
Pronunciation Guide to Japanese Words
385(2)
Index 387

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