Zen Masters of China

by Mcdaniel, Richard Bryan (RTL); Low, Albert

• ISBN13: 9780804842822
• ISBN10: 0804842825
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-09-10
• Publisher: Tuttle Pub

Summary

Zen Masters in Chinapresents more than 300 traditional Zen stories and koans, far more than any other collection. Retelling them in their proper place in Zen's historical journey, it also tells a larger story: how, in taking the first step east from India to China, Buddhism began to be Zen. The stories of Zen are unlike any other writing, religious or otherwise. Used for centuries by Zen teachers as aids to bring about or deepen the experience of awakening, they have a freshness that goes beyond religious practice and a mystery and authenticity that appeal to a wide range of readers. Placed in chronological order, these stories tell the story of Zen itself, how it traveled from West to East but also how it was transformed in that journey, from an Indian practice to something different in China (Ch'an) and then more different still in Japan (Zen). The fact that its transmission was so human, from teacher to student in a long chain from West to East, meant that the cultures it passed through inevitably changed it. Zen Masters of Chinais first and foremost a collection of mind-bending Zen stories and their wisdom. More than that, without academic pretensions or baggage, it recounts the genealogy of Zen Buddhism in China and, through the stories themselves, illuminates how Zen became what it is today.

Author Biography

Rick McDaniel was born in Indiana and attended college in New Brunswick, Canada, where he continues to live. He taught at the University of New Brunswick and Saint Thomas University before working in International Development with the YMCA. He is the creator of the YMCA Peace Medallion. He is also the creator and author of a five-part documentary series, 80/20: A Developing World and coauthor of the textbook A Two Way Approach to Understanding: Issues in Global Education. Dr. McDaniel studies at the Montreal Zen Center with teacher Albert Low.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. 8
Foreword	p. 10
Preface	p. 15
Prologue in India	p. 25
Bodhidharma	p. 35
Four Patriarchs	p. 47
Huike	p. 48
Jianzhi Sengcan	p. 51
Dayi Daoxin	p. 53
Niutou Farong	p. 54
Daman Hongren	p. 55
Huineng	p. 59
The Rise of the Southern School	p. 69
Shenxiu	p. 70
Huineng (continued)	p. 72
Nanyang Huizhong	p. 73
Yingzhen	p. 77
Qingyuan Xingshi	p. 78
Nanyue Huairang	p. 79
Heze Shenhui	p. 79
Mazu Daoyi	p. 83
Shitou Xiqian and His Disciples	p. 93
Shitou Xiqian	p. 94
Layman Pang (Pangyun)	p. 100
Tianhuang Daowu	p. 102
Tanxia Tianran	p. 103
Cuiwei Wuxue	p. 105
Yaoshan Weiyan and His Descendants	p. 109
Yaoshan Weiyan	p. 110
Yunyan Tansheng	p. 116
Daowu Yuanjie	p. 116
Chunzi Decheng	p. 119
Jiashan Shanhui	p. 120
Dongshan Liangjie	p. 125
Dongshan Liangjie	p. 126
Caoshan Benji	p. 134
The Heirs of Mazu	p. 139
Yanguan Qian	p. 140
Xingshan Weikuan	p. 141
Dazhu Huihai	p. 142
Guizong Zhichang	p. 143
Panshan Baoji	p. 144
Shigong Huicang	p. 146
Damei Fachang	p. 148
The Poets	p. 153
Hanshan	p. 157
Shide	p. 158
Nanquan Puyuan and Baizhang Huaihai	p. 163
Nanquan Puyuan	p. 164
Baizhang Huaihai	p. 169
Zhaozhou Congshen	p. 177
Zhaozhou Congshen	p. 178
Zui Jiao	p. 188
Zhaozhou's Contemporaries.	p. 191
Huangbo Xiyun	p. 192
Changsha Jingcen	p. 195
Hangzhou Tianlong	p. 198
Jinhua Juzhi	p. 199
Guishan Lingyou	p. 200
Guishan's Descendants	p. 205
Yangshan Huiji	p. 207
Xiangyan Zhixian	p. 210
Chanqing Daan	p. 214
Linji Yixuan	p. 217
Deshan Xuanjian and His Students	p. 229
Deshan Xuanjian	p. 230
Yantou Quanhuo	p. 235
Xuefeng Yicun	p. 235
Qinshan Wensui	p. 235
The Linji Line	p. 243
Dingzhou Shizang	p. 244
Sansheng Huiran	p. 245
Xinghua Cunjiang	p. 246
Nanyuan Huiyong	p. 246
Fengxue Yanzhao	p. 247
Shoushan Xingnian	p. 250
Fenyang Shanzhao	p. 251
Shishuang Chuyuan	p. 253
Yangqi Fanghui	p. 254
Huanglong Huinan	p. 254
The Fayan House	p. 257
Xuansha Shibei	p. 258
Luohan Chichen	p. 259
Fayan Wenyi	p. 259
Tiantai Deshao	p. 265
Yongming Yanshou	p. 265
Daoyun	p. 266
Yunmen Wenyan	p. 269
Yunmen Wenyan	p. 270
Muzhou Daozong	p. 270
Xuefeng Yicun	p. 271
Dongshan Shouchu	p. 277
Baling Haojian	p. 278
Xianglin Chengyuan	p. 279
The Song Dynasty	p. 283
Huitang Zuxin	p. 285
Wuzu Fayan	p. 287
Yuanwu Keqin	p. 292
Wu!	p. 295
Dahui Zonggao	p. 296
Yuelin Shiguan	p. 298
Wumen Huikai	p. 299
Epilogue in Japan	p. 304
Acknowledgments	p. 306
Appendix: Wade-Giles and Japanese Variants of the Zen Masters' Names	p. 308
Notes	p. 312
Bibliography	p. 314
Index of Stories	p. 316
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