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Author Kennett, Jiyu, 1924-1996.

Title Zen is eternal life / by Rōshi P.T.N.H. Jiyu-Kennett
Published Abingdon : Routledge, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 354 pages)
Series Routledge library editions. Zen Buddhism ; v. 11
Routledge library editions. Zen Buddhism ; v. 11.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Third Edition; Preface to the Fourth Edition; Book One. The Stem of the Lotus.; Chapter 1 History of the Buddha According to Zen Belief; Chapter 2 Basic Original Doctrines Essential to Zen; Chapter 3 Growth of Zen from Basic Hinayana Doctrine; Chapter 4 The Necessity of Zazen or Meditation Practice; Chapter 5 The Necessity of Understanding the Heart of Avalokitesvara; Chapter 6 Activity in the Heart of Samantabhadra
Chapter 7 The Heart of ManjusriChapter 8 What are Kōans?; Chapter 9 Apostolic Succession; Book Two. The Teachings of Dōgen Zenji.; Introduction to the Translations; Shushōgi (What is Truly Meant by Training and Enlightenment); Eihei-shingi (Dōgen's Monastic Rules); Taitaikohō (How Junior Priests Must Behave in the Presence of Senior Priests); Shuryō-shingi (Trainees' Hall Rules); Fushuku-hampō (Meal-Time Regulations); Bendōhō (How to Train in Buddhism); Tenzo-kyōkun (Instructions to the Chief Cook); Gakudō-yōjinshū (Important Aspects of Zazen)
Shōbōgenzō (The Treasury-Eye of the True Teaching)Bendōwa (Lecture on Training); Shōji (Life and Death); Uji (The Theory of Time); Genjō-kōan (The Problem of Everyday Life); Kyōjukaimon (Giving and Receiving the Teaching of the Precepts); Book Three. The Teachings of Keizan Zenji.; Introduction to the Translations; Denkōroku (Transmission of the Light); Chapter 1 Shakyamuni Buddha; Chapter 2 The First Ancestor, Saint Makakashyo; Chapter 3 The Second Ancestor, Saint Ananda; Chapter 4 The Third Ancestor, Saint Shōnawashyu; Chapter 5 The Fourth Ancestor, Saint Ubakikuta
Chapter 6 The Fifth Ancestor, Saint DaitakaChapter 7 The Sixth Ancestor, Saint Mishaka; Chapter 8 The Seventh Ancestor, Saint Bashumitsu; Chapter 9 The Eighth Ancestor, Saint Butsudanandai; Chapter 10 The Ninth Ancestor, Saint Fudamitta; Chapter 11 The Tenth Ancestor, Saint Barishiba; Chapter 12 The Eleventh Ancestor, Saint Funayashya; Chapter 13 The Twelfth Ancestor, Saint Anabotei Memyō; Chapter 14 The Thirteenth Ancestor, Saint Kabimora; Chapter 15 The Fourteenth Ancestor, Saint Nagyaarajyuna; Chapter 16 The Fifteenth Ancestor, Saint Kanadaiba
Chapter 17 The Sixteenth Ancestor, Saint RagorataChapter 18 The Seventeenth Ancestor, Saint Sōgyanandai; Sankon-zazen-setsu (The Three Types of Personalities Resulting from Training); Annotations; Glossary; Index; About the Author; About the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives; About the Monasteries of the Order
Summary This book, first published as Selling Water by the River in 1972, is a practical and inspirational manual for all who wish to practice Zen. Rōshi P.T.N.H. Jiyu-Kennett, the founder and former abbess of Shasta Abbey, expertly combines an introduction to the basic tenets of Buddhism with original translations of the teachings of Zen Masters Dōgen and Keizan
Notes Includes index
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Subject Sōtōshū -- Doctrines
SUBJECT Sōtōshū fast
Subject Spiritual life -- Sōtōshū
RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
Theology, Doctrinal
Form Electronic book
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