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Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record

Thomas Cleary
Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record Book PDF

Author : Thomas Cleary
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2002-12-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780834828834

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The Blue Cliff Record is a classic text of Zen Buddhism, designed to assist in the activation of dormant human potential. The core of this extraordinary work is a collection of one hundred traditional citations and stories, selected for their ability to bring about insight and enlightenment. These vignettes are known as gongan in Chinese and koan in Japanese. Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record is a fresh translation featuring newly translated commentary from two of the greatest Zen masters of early modern Japan, Hakuin Ekaku (1685–1768) of the Rinzai sect of Zen and Tenkei Denson (1648–1735) of the Soto sect of Zen. This translation and commentary on The Blue Cliff Record sheds new light on the meaning of this central Zen text.

Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record

Anonim
Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record Book PDF

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2002-12-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781570629129

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Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record by Anonim Pdf

The Blue Cliff Record is a classic text of Zen Buddhism, designed to assist in the activation of dormant human potential. The core of this extraordinary work is a collection of one hundred traditional citations and stories, selected for their ability to bring about insight and enlightenment. These vignettes are known as gongan in Chinese and koan in Japanese. Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record is a fresh translation featuring newly translated commentary from two of the greatest Zen masters of early modern Japan, Hakuin Ekaku (1685–1768) of the Rinzai sect of Zen and Tenkei Denson (1648–1735) of the Soto sect of Zen. This translation and commentary on The Blue Cliff Record sheds new light on the meaning of this central Zen text.

Chan Rhetoric of Uncertainty in the Blue Cliff Record

Steven Heine
Chan Rhetoric of Uncertainty in the Blue Cliff Record Book PDF

Author : Steven Heine
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199397778

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Chan Rhetoric of Uncertainty in the Blue Cliff Record by Steven Heine Pdf

"This book provides an innovative, critical textual and literary analysis, in light of Song dynasty (960-11279) Chinese cultural and intellectual historical trends, of the Blue Cliff Record, the seminal Chan/Zen Buddhist collection of commentaries on one hundred gongan/koan cases long celebrated for its intricate and articulate interpretative methods"--

The Garden of Flowers and Weeds

Matthew Juksan Sullivan
The Garden of Flowers and Weeds Book PDF

Author : Matthew Juksan Sullivan
Publisher : Monkfish Book Publishing
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1948626497

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The Garden of Flowers and Weeds by Matthew Juksan Sullivan Pdf

Groundbreaking new translation of key Zen Buddhist text whose intention is to awaken dormant human potential.

Zen Letters

Yuanwu
Zen Letters Book PDF

Author : Yuanwu
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2001-11-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781570627033

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Zen Letters by Yuanwu Pdf

Zen Letters presents the teachings of the great Chinese master Yuanwu (1063–1135) in direct person-to-person lessons, intimately revealing the inner workings of the psychology of enlightenment. These teachings are drawn from letters written by Yuanwu to various fellow teachers, disciples, and lay students—to women as well as men, to people with families and worldly careers as well as monks and nuns, to advanced adepts as well as beginning students. A key figure of Zen history, Yuanwu is best known as the author of The Blue Cliff Record. His letters, here in English for the first time, are among the treasures of Zen literature.

Blue Cliff Record

David Rothenberg
Blue Cliff Record Book PDF

Author : David Rothenberg
Publisher : Distribution Partners
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110271017

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Blue Cliff Record by David Rothenberg Pdf

“Revisiting these 100 classic case studies, Rothenberg enlivens the process, and if he returns one to translations from the original, if his practice deepens another’s practice, so much the better.” –from the foreword by Sam Hamill, editor and translator of the Essential Chuang Tzu “It is astonishing how thousand year old riddles are brought here to evocative poetic life. David Rothenberg converts them into contemporary verbal music, and arcanum, a profound secret, a mystery without intellectual solution.” –Frederick Franck, author of The Zen of Seeing and The Buddha Eye This vividly poetic version of the classic 12th century Zen treasurehouse, the Blue Cliff Record, breathes new life into its extraordinary collection of one hundred koans, ingeniously devised from contemplations, insight, and enlightenment. “Rothenberg’s adaptation of the Blue Cliff Record is that rare thing, a work of art that is also useful. It is a bracing as a dive into a cold spring.” –Mark Rudman, winner of the National Book Critics’ Circle Award for Poetry. Poet, writer, philosopher, and musician, David Rothenberg is a contributing editor at Parabola magazine and founding editor of Terra Nova, the award-winning journal of deep ecology. The author of Hand’s End and Sudden Music, his writing is featured in the anthologies The Best Spiritual Writing 1999 and The Soul of Nature.

Xuedous 100 Odes to Old Cases

Xuedou,Steven Heine
Xuedous 100 Odes to Old Cases Book PDF

Author : Xuedou,Steven Heine
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Koan
ISBN : 9780197676561

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Xuedous 100 Odes to Old Cases by Xuedou,Steven Heine Pdf

"This book is a complete translation with my interpretative comments of the eloquent yet enigmatic verses commenting on one hundred cases composed in 1038 by the master Xuedou Chongxian (980-1052). A representative of the Yunmen branch of Chan that he helped revive and bring to prominence during the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127), before its impact declined with the fall of the capital in Kaifeng, Xuedou demonstrates a unique literary flair for explicating gong'an that is evident in numerous writings included in his recorded sayings. In particular, Xuedou's 100 Odes to Old Cases (,C. Xuedou baize songgu, J. Setchō hyakusoku juko) is recognized as the seminal discourse that has greatly influenced the way stories of former teachers (guze) have been appreciated and appropriated for the past thousand years. This text, which became the basis for the Blue Cliff Record that is also cited in my translations, continues to exert a profound impact on the overall legacy of East Asian Buddhist intellectual history and religious literature. Xuedou's verses reflect the author's unique capacity for taming through elegance the undisciplined and deluded minds of followers struggling with self-imposed obstacles to discern reality and thereby discover inner peace. He cites extensively multiple Chan sources, uses extensively irregular meter to disrupt the reader's expectations, and evokes unusual allusions to Chinese lore while often interjecting personal comments or lyrical imagery that goes beyond a reliance on doctrine"--

Being-Time

Shinshu Roberts
Being Time Book PDF

Author : Shinshu Roberts
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781614291381

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Being-Time by Shinshu Roberts Pdf

A tour-de-force guide to Zen Master Dogen’s most subtle and sophisticated philosophical premises: that being and time are inseparable. “Impermanence is time itself, being itself—yet time and being are not at all as we imagine them to be. To really understand and fully embrace this point is to live in a radically different world—a world of awakening, inclusion, and love. Zen Master Dogen frames the teaching on impermanence explicitly as a teaching about time—and all of Dogen’s profoundly poetic teachings flow from his seminal understanding of time, as expressed in Uji (Being-Time), the famous—and famously difficult—essay in his masterwork, Shobogenzo. In Uji, Dogen teaches that time itself, being itself, is luminous awakening. It is all-inclusive, all-elusive, ultimately healing, and eternal. In this book, Shinshu Roberts does full justice, as does no other book I know of, to Dogen’s words. She offers interpretation of Uji only after careful consideration and marshaling of many sources—and offers simple everyday examples to illustrate points that seem at first abstruse. If this text causes you to doubt your most cherished concepts about your life, it will have done its work.” —from the Foreword by Norman Fischer Being-Time thoroughly explores Dogen’s teaching on how we practice as Buddhas by understanding the relationship between being and time as it is—and as we perceive it to be. Using Dogen’s Shobogenzo Uji (The True Dharma Eye, Being-Time), Shinshu Roberts offers a twofold analysis of this teaching: the meaning of the text and practice with the text, giving examples how we apply Dogen’s complex teaching to our daily lives.

House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski
House of Leaves Book PDF

Author : Mark Z. Danielewski
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2000-03-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780375420528

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House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Pdf

“A novelistic mosaic that simultaneously reads like a thriller and like a strange, dreamlike excursion into the subconscious.” —The New York Times Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youth -- musicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environmentalists, and adrenaline junkies -- the book eventually made its way into the hands of older generations, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children. Now this astonishing novel is made available in book form, complete with the original colored words, vertical footnotes, and second and third appendices. The story remains unchanged, focusing on a young family that moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly wrong: their house is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Of course, neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of that impossibility, until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another story -- of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams.

The Blue Cliff Record

Anonim
The Blue Cliff Record Book PDF

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005-04-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780834828209

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The Blue Cliff Record by Anonim Pdf

The Blue Cliff Record is a translation of the Pi Yen Lu, a collection of one hundred famous Zen koans accompanied by commentaries and verses from the teachings of Chinese Zen masters. Compiled in the twelfth century, it is considered one of the great treasures of Zen literature and an essential study manual for students of Zen.

The Blue-Cliff Record

David Hinton
The Blue Cliff Record Book PDF

Author : David Hinton
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780834845602

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The Blue-Cliff Record by David Hinton Pdf

A once-in-a-generation translation of the definitive Ch’an (Zen) koan collection from preeminent translator David Hinton. The Blue-Cliff Record, a collection of Ch’an (Zen) koans stemming from the eleventh century, is a remarkable masterwork of classical Chinese literature, a philosophical text of profound power, and an active practice guide in use by Ch’an and Zen Buddhists all over the world. Rendered with his trademark lyricism and philosophical rigor, this new edition from renowned translator David Hinton presents a whole new Blue-Cliff Record. Full of poetry, storytelling, and characters both zany and profound, Hinton’s translation unveils the earthy insights of Ch’an’s original wisdom. Though it carries a reputation for impenetrable paradox, The Blue-Cliff Record was not meant to be a teaching tool understood only through long instruction from Zen masters. Rather, it is a finely crafted text intended to create a direct and immediate experience of awakening, a text that insists on the need to trust oneself rather than teachers for insight. Embracing this, Hinton’s translation presents only the original koans and poems, free of the commentaries that usually shroud it. In doing so, he rekindles the provocative and illuminating fire of these one hundred classic koans.

The Record of Empty Hall

Dosho Port
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Author : Dosho Port
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780834843486

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The Record of Empty Hall by Dosho Port Pdf

A fresh translation and commentary on a classic collection of 100 koans from thirteenth-century China. The Record of Empty Hall was written by Xutang Zhiyu (1185-1269), an important figure in Chinese Linji Chan (Japanese Rinzai Zen) Buddhism and in its transmission to Japan. Although previously little-known in the West, Xutang's work is on par with the other great koan collections of the era, such as The Blue Cliff Record and Book of Serenity. Translated by Zen teacher Dosho Port from the original Chinese, The Record of Empty Hall opens new paths into the earthiness, humor, mystery, and multiplicity of meaning that are at the heart of koan inquiry. Inspired by the pithy, frank tone of Xutang's originals, Port also offers his own commentaries on the koans, helping readers to see the modern and relatable applications of these thirteenth-century encounter stories. Readers familiar with koans will recognize key figures, such as Bodhidharma, Nanquan, and Zhaozhou and will also be introduced to teaching icons not found in other koan collections. Through his commentaries, as well as a glossary of major figures and an appendix detailing the cases, Port not only opens up these remarkable koans but also illuminates their place in ancient Chinese, Japanese, and contemporary Zen practice.

The Recorded Sayings of Master Fenyang Wude (Fenyang Shanzhao), Vol. 2

Randolph S. Whitfield
The Recorded Sayings of Master Fenyang Wude Fenyang Shanzhao Vol 2 Book PDF

Author : Randolph S. Whitfield
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783756268313

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The Recorded Sayings of Master Fenyang Wude (Fenyang Shanzhao), Vol. 2 by Randolph S. Whitfield Pdf

The eminent Song Dynasty Chan Master Fenyang Shanzhao (947-1024 CE) had the distinction of an entry in the canonical Jingde Chuandeng Lu, (Records of the Transmission of the Lamp) whilst still alive. This second volume of the master’s recorded sayings (T 1992) is a translation of the third fascicle, containing the master’s poetry as recorded by his Dharma-heir, Shishuang Chuyuan (986-1309 CE).

The Japanese Art of War

Thomas Cleary
The Japanese Art of War Book PDF

Author : Thomas Cleary
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781590302453

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The Japanese Art of War by Thomas Cleary Pdf

An exploration of the Japanese military tradition—and how these ancient martial strategies still inform modern behavior Military rule and the martial tradition of the samurai dominated Japanese culture for more than eight hundred years. According to Thomas Cleary—translator of more than thirty-five classics of Asian philosophy—the Japanese people have been so steeped in the way of the warrior that some of the manners and mentality of this outlook remain embedded in their individual and collective consciousness. Cleary shows how well-known attributes such as the reserve and mystery of formal Japanese behavior are deeply rooted in the ancient strategies of the traditional arts of war. Citing original Japanese sources that are popular among Japanese readers today, he reveals the hidden forces behind Japanese attitudes and conduct in political, business, social, and personal life.

Probing the Sutras

Guy Gibbon
Probing the Sutras Book PDF

Author : Guy Gibbon
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666718812

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Probing the Sutras by Guy Gibbon Pdf

A compact summary like Probing the Sutras has been sorely needed for some time, as more and more Westerners have dipped into meditation without any understanding of its predominantly Buddhist scriptural underpinning. This concise, well-informed introduction to the history and contents of eleven seminal Buddhist sutras also provides suggestions for reflection, meditation, and practical applications related to the key teachings of each scripture. Readers of Probing the Sutras will be able to develop a framework for understanding Buddhist doctrines—and see the unique pearls of wisdom contained within each sutra.