Zen Flesh, Zen Bones

by Reps, Paul; Senzaki, Nyogen

• ISBN13: 9780804806442
• ISBN10: 0804806446
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1957-06-01
• Publisher: Tuttle Pub

Summary

This compilation includes "101 Zen Stories", a collection of tales that recount actual experiences of Chinese and Japanese Zen teachers over a period of more that five centuries. B&W illustrations.

Table of Contents

FOREWORD	11	(4)
101 ZEN STORIES	15	(94)
TRANSCRIBED BY NYOGEN SENZAKI
PAUL REPS
1. A CUP OF TEA	19	(1)
2. FINDING A DIAMOND ON A MUDDY ROAD	19	(3)
3. IS THAT SO?	22	(1)
4. OBEDIENCE	23	(1)
5. IF YOU LOVE, LOVE OPENLY	24	(1)
6. NO LOVING-KINDNESS	24	(1)
7. ANNOUNCEMENT	25	(1)
8. GREAT WAVES	25	(2)
9. THE MOON CANNOT BE STOLEN	27	(1)
10. THE LAST POEM OF HOSHIN	27	(2)
11. THE STORY OF SHUNKAI	29	(2)
12. HAPPY CHINAMAN	31	(1)
13. A BUDDHA	32	(1)
14. MUDDY ROAD	33	(1)
15. SHOUN AND HIS MOTHER	34	(2)
16. NOT FAR FROM BUDDHAHOOD	36	(1)
17. STINGY IN TEACHING	36	(2)
18. A PARABLE	38	(1)
19. THE FIRST PRINCIPLE	39	(1)
20. A MOTHER'S ADVICE	40	(1)
21. THE SOUND OF ONE HAND	41	(2)
22. MY HEART BURNS LIKE FIRE	43	(1)
23. ESHUN'S DEPARTURE	44	(1)
24. RECITING SUTRAS	44	(1)
25. THREE DAYS MORE	45	(1)
26. TRADING DIALOGUE FOR LODGING	46	(1)
27. THE VOICE OF HAPPINESS	47	(1)
28. OPEN YOUR OWN TREASURE HOUSE	48	(1)
29. NO WATER, NO MOON	48	(1)
30. CALLING CARD	49	(1)
31. EVERYTHING IS BEST	50	(1)
32. INCH TIME FOOT GEM	50	(1)
33. MOKUSEN'S HAND	51	(1)
34. A SMILE IN HIS LIFETIME	51	(1)
35. EVERY-MINUTE ZEN	52	(1)
36. FLOWER SHOWER	53	(1)
37. PUBLISHING THE SUTRAS	53	(1)
38. GISHO'S WORK	54	(1)
39. SLEEPING IN THE DAYTIME	55	(1)
40. IN DREAMLAND	56	(1)
41. JOSHU'S ZEN	57	(1)
42. THE DEAD MAN'S ANSWER	57	(1)
43. ZEN IN A BEGGAR'S LIFE	58	(1)
44. THE THIEF WHO BECAME A DISCIPLE	59	(1)
45. RIGHT AND WRONG	60	(1)
46. HOW GRASS AND TREES BECOME ENLIGHTENED	61	(1)
47. THE STINGY ARTIST	62	(1)
48. ACCURATE PROPORTION	63	(1)
49. BLACK-NOSED BUDDHA	64	(1)
50. RYONEN'S CLEAR REALIZATION	65	(1)
51. SOUR MISO	66	(1)
52. YOUR LIGHT MAY GO OUT	67	(1)
53. THE GIVER SHOULD BE THANKFUL	67	(1)
54. THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT	68	(1)
55. THE TEA-MASTER AND THE ASSASSIN	69	(2)
56. THE TRUE PATH	71	(1)
57. THE GATES OF PARADISE	71	(1)
58. ARRESTING THE STONE BUDDHA	72	(1)
59. SOLDIERS OF HUMANITY	73	(1)
60. THE TUNNEL	74	(1)
61. GUDO AND THE EMPEROR	75	(1)
62. IN THE HANDS OF DESTINY	76	(1)
63. KILLING	77	(1)
64. KASAN SWEAT	77	(1)
65. THE SUBJUGATION OF A GHOST	78	(1)
66. CHILDREN OF HIS MAJESTY	79	(1)
67. WHAT ARE YOU DOING! WHAT ARE YOU SAYING!	80	(1)
68. ONE NOTE OF ZEN	81	(1)
69. EATING THE BLAME	82	(1)
70. THE MOST VALUABLE THING IN THE WORLD	83	(1)
71. LEARNING TO BE SILENT	83	(1)
72. THE BLOCKHEAD LORD	84	(1)
73. TEN SUCCESSORS	84	(1)
74. TRUE REFORMATION	85	(1)
75. TEMPER	86	(1)
76. THE STONE MIND	87	(1)
77. NO ATTACHMENT TO DUST	87	(2)
78. REAL PROSPERITY	89	(1)
79. INCENSE BURNER	89	(1)
80. THE REAL MIRACLE	90	(1)
81. JUST GO TO SLEEP	91	(1)
82. NOTHING EXISTS	92	(1)
83. NO WORK, NO FOOD	92	(1)
84. TRUE FRIENDS	93	(1)
85. TIME TO DIE	94	(1)
86. THE LIVING BUDDHA AND THE TUBMAKER	94	(1)
87. THREE KINDS OF SUCCESS	95	(1)
88. HOW TO WRITE A CHINESE POEM	96	(1)
89. ZEN DIALOGUE	96	(1)
90. THE LAST RAP	97	(1)
91. THE TASTE OF BANZO'S SWORD	98	(2)
92. FIRE-POKER ZEN	100	(1)
93. STORYTELLER'S ZEN	100	(1)
94. MIDNIGHT EXCURSION	101	(1)
95. A LETTER TO A DYING MAN	102	(1)
96. A DROP OF WATER	103	(1)
97. TEACHING THE ULTIMATE	103	(1)
98. NON-ATTACHMENT	104	(1)
99. TOSUI'S VINEGAR	105	(1)
100. THE SILENT TEMPLE	106	(1)
101. BUDDHA'S ZEN	106	(3)
THE GATELESS GATE	109	(54)
EKAI, CALLED MU-MON
TRANSCRIBED BY NYOGEN SENZAKI
PAUL REPS
1. JOSHU'S DOG	115	(2)
2. HYAKUJO'S FOX	117	(2)
3. GUTEI'S FINGER	119	(1)
4. A BEARDLESS FOREIGNER	120	(1)
5. KYOGEN MOUNTS THE TREE	121	(1)
6. BUDDHA TWIRLS A FLOWER	121	(2)
7. JOSHU WASHES THE BOWL	123	(1)
8. KEICHU'S WHEEL	123	(1)
9. A BUDDHA BEFORE HISTORY	124	(1)
10. SEIZEI ALONE AND POOR	125	(1)
11. JOSHU EXAMINES A MONK IN MEDITATION	126	(1)
12. ZUIGAN CALLS HIS OWN MASTER	127	(1)
13. TOKUSAN HOLDS HIS BOWL	127	(1)
14. NANSEN CUTS THE CAT IN TWO	128	(1)
15. TOZAN'S THREE BLOWS	129	(2)
16. BELLS AND ROBES	131	(1)
17. THREE CALLS OF THE EMPEROR'S TEACHER	132	(1)
18. TOZAN'S THREE POUNDS	133	(1)
19. EVERYDAY LIFE IS THE PATH	133	(1)
20. THE ENLIGHTENED MAN	134	(1)
21. DRIED DUNG	135	(1)
22. KASHAPA'S PREACHING SIGN	136	(1)
23. DO NOT THINK GOOD, DO NOT THINK NOT-GOOD	137	(1)
24. WITHOUT WORDS, WITHOUT SILENCE	138	(1)
25. PREACHING FROM THE THIRD SEAT	139	(1)
26. TWO MONKS ROLL UP THE SCREEN	140	(1)
27. IT IS NOT MIND, IT IS NOT BUDDHA, IT IS NOT THINGS	141	(1)
28. BLOW OUT THE CANDLE	141	(2)
29. NOT THE WIND, NOT THE FLAG	143	(1)
30. THIS MIND IS BUDDHA	144	(1)
31. JOSHU INVESTIGATES	145	(1)
32. A PHILOSOPHER ASKS BUDDHA	146	(1)
33. THIS MIND IS NOT BUDDHA	147	(1)
34. LEARNING IS NOT THE PATH	147	(1)
35. TWO SOULS	148	(1)
36. MEETING A ZEN MASTER ON THE ROAD	149	(1)
37. A BUFFALO PASSES THROUGH THE ENCLOSURE	149	(1)
38. AN OAK TREE IN THE GARDEN	150	(1)
39. UMMON'S SIDETRACK	151	(1)
40. TIPPING OVER A WATER VASE	151	(1)
41. BODHIDHARMA PACIFIES THE MIND	152	(1)
42. THE GIRL COMES OUT FROM MEDITATION	153	(2)
43. SHUZAN'S SHORT STAFF	155	(1)
44. BASHO'S STAFF	156	(1)
45. WHO IS HE?	156	(1)
46. PROCEED FROM THE TOP OF THE POLE	157	(1)
47. THREE GATES OF TOSOTSU	158	(1)
48. ONE ROAD OF KEMBO	159	(1)
49. AMBAN'S ADDITION	160	(3)
10 BULLS	163	(26)
KAKUAN
TRANSCRIBED BY NYOGEN SENZAKI
PAUL REPS
TOMIKICHIRO TOKURIKI
1. THE SEARCH FOR THE BULL	168	(2)
2. DISCOVERING THE FOOTPRINTS	170	(2)
3. PERCEIVING THE BULL	172	(2)
4. CATCHING THE BULL	174	(2)
5. TAMING THE BULL	176	(2)
6. RIDING THE BULL HOME	178	(2)
7. THE BULL TRANSCENDED	180	(2)
8. BOTH BULL AND SELF TRANSCENDED	182	(2)
9. REACHING THE SOURCE	184	(2)
10. IN THE WORLD	186	(3)
CENTERING	189
TRANSCRIBED BY PAUL REPS
WHAT IS ZEN?	211