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9781570628320

Classics of Buddhism and Zen Vol. 2 : The Collected Translations of Thomas Cleary

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  • ISBN13:

    9781570628320

  • ISBN10:

    1570628327

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-12-01
  • Publisher: Shambhala
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $40.00

Summary

This volume contains teachings predominantly from the Japanese Zen tradition, including the writings of Dogen, the founder and most venerated master of Japanese Zen. Also included is a translation of the Carya-Gita, a collection of the teachings of famous tantric masters who lived during the illustrious Pala dynasty of old Bengal-a text with striking parallels to the early Zen tradition.

Author Biography

Thomas Cleary holds a Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University. He is the translator of over fifty volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts from Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Pali, and Arabic

Table of Contents

Teachings of Zen
Introduction
3(4)
Teachings of Zen
7(72)
List of Zen Masters
79(4)
Further Reading
83(4)
Zen Reader
Introduction
87(2)
Zen Reader
89(70)
Zen Letters
J. C. Cleary
Translators' Introduction
159(4)
Zen Letters
163(78)
Shobogenzo: Zen Essays By Dogen
Foreword
241(2)
Introduction
243(24)
Shobogenzo: Zen Essays By Dogen
267(100)
The Ecstasy of Enlightenment
Origins of Tantric Buddhism
367(14)
The Ecstasy of Enlightenment
381(166)
Notes 547(4)
Select Bibliography 551

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