DOCSLIB.ORG

Zen: Merging of East and West/Philip Kapleau

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

ROSHI PHILIP KAPLEAU ZEN MERGING OF EAST AND WEST Roshi Philip Kapleau, founder of the Zen Center in Rochester, New York, is the author of The Three Pillars of Zen, To Cherish All Life, The Wheel of Death, and The Wheel of Life and Death: A Practical and Spiritual Guide. In his youth, Kapleau studied law and became a court reporter, serving for many years in the state and federal courts of Connecticut. At the end of World War II he was appointed chief reporter for the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, then sent to cover the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo. In 1953 he gave up his business in America and left for Japan to undergo Zen training. After ve years he came to an awakening, then went on to complete eight more years of formal study and training. He was ordained by his teacher, Zen master Yasutani, during that time, and was authorized by him to teach. Kapleau returned to the United States in 1966 to found the Zen Center in Rochester. The Center has since grown to include aliated centers in a number of cities in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Central America. In 1986, after twenty years as abbot, Kapleau appointed the Ven. Bodhin Kjolhede as his successor. Roshi Philip Kapleau is now retired and lives at the Rochester Zen Center. OTHER BOOKS BY ROSHI PHILIP KAPLEAU The Wheel of Life and Death: A Practical and Spiritual Guide The Wheel of Death To Cherish All Life: A Buddhist Case for Vegetarianism The Three Pillars of Zen ANCHOR BOOKS EDITIONS, 1980, 1989, 2000 Copyright © 1978, 1979, 1989 by Zen Center, Inc. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Anchor Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Anchor Press/Doubleday under the title Zen: Dawn in the West in 1979. Anchor Books and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. A note on the title page illustration: Richard Wehrman’s drawing, “Carp Leaping Up a Waterfall to Become a Dragon,” is taken from traditional Zen imagery. In ancient China a popular fable was that of a carp struggling to reach the crest of a waterfall. After repeated attempts, the carp nally summons up all its energies and in one mighty leap to the top becomes a dragon. Because in the Orient the carp is celebrated for its vigor, perseverance, and courage—qualities indispensable for awakening—large wooden sculptures of this sh are often found in Zen monasteries. The waterfall represents the spiritual aspirant’s daily life, and the dragon stands for realized Mind. Liang K’ai’s drawing of Shakyamuni (this page) appeared in Zen and Japanese Culture by D. T. Suzuki and is reprinted by permission of the author’s estate. The Photograph of the Sixth Patriarch (this page) is taken from Ch’an and Zen Teaching (Series Three) by Charles Luk and is reprinted by permission of the author. Hakuin’s drawing of Bodhidharma (this page) appeared in Zen Dust by Isshu Miura and Ruth Fuller Sasaki, and is reprinted here with the permission of the Marquis Hosokawa Moriatsu, from whose collection it is taken. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kapleau, Philip, 1912– Zen: merging of East and West/Philip Kapleau. p. cm. Rev. ed of: Zen: dawn in the West. Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Press, 1979. Bibliography: p. 1. Spiritual life (Zen Buddhism). 2. Zen Buddhism—Doctrines. I. Title. BQ9288.K37 1989 294.3′927—dc 19 88-27117 ANCHOR ISBN: 0-385-26104-7 eBook ISBN: 978-0-307-76358-7 www.anchorbooks.com v3.1 Dedicated to those who wish not just to seek, but to truly find. After six years of inner struggle and hard search, Shakyamuni ascended to the highest peak of Mind and saw into the innermost meaning of birth and death, becoming the Buddha, or Awakened One. After rst relishing this sublime state and then pondering whether men and women still mired in the mud of greed, anger, and delusion could understand the profound truth realized by him, he descended from this highest of mountains into the world of suering and began to teach the cause of suffering and the way to overcome it. The painting radiates a deep stillness, accentuated by the uttering drapery of Shakyamuni’s garments and the oblique line of the mountain. The atmosphere conveys the profundity of enlightenment even as the features of Shakyamuni reect great serenity, wisdom, and compassion. There is nothing otherworldly or mystical here; the Buddha is shown in concrete human form. True awakening, the painting implies, is not a “high” which keeps one, full of wonder and joy, in the clouds of an abstract oneness, but a realization that brings one solidly down to earth into the world of toil and struggle. The ascent is for oneself, the descent for others. “Shakyamuni Descending the Mountain,” by Liang K’ai (thirteenth century), one of the greatest Chinese Zen painters of the Southern Sung period. (illustrations 1.1) CONTENTS Cover About the Author Other Books by This Author Title Page Copyright Dedication List of Illustrations Foreword by Albert Low Preface Introduction PART ONE ♦ FLASHES OF ZEN Introduction THE DIALOGUES 1 Where Did Zen Originate—in India, China, or Japan? 2 If I Speak of Zen, It Won’t Be Zen I’m Speaking Of 3 Why Do Zen Masters Answer in a Snotty Tone? 4 If Americans Spend Their Time Meditating, Energetic Societies Will Outproduce and Even “Bury” Us 5 Zen and Psychotherapy—Are They Compatible? 6 How Do the Psychophysical Therapies and Zen Differ? 7 Is It Wise to Combine Hatha Yoga or Tai Chi or Karate with Zen? 8 What Are Unwholesome Thoughts? 9 Is There a Special Zen Diet? 10 Reading About Enlightenment Is Like Scratching an Itchy Foot Through Your Shoe 11 To Read or Not to Read? 12 What Is Really Real? 13 How Do You Find Your Teacher? 14 There Are No Teachers of Zen 15 Transcendental Meditation: Who Transcends What? 16 Biofeedback Machines: Electric Zen? 17 Can I Practice Zen and Be a Good Jew (or Catholic)? 18 What Is the Value of a “Holy” Mountain for Zazen? 19 What Is Satori? 20 Are You Enlightened? 21 Can Enlightenment Come Without Training? 22 Is There a Dierence Between Psychic Insights and Satori? 23 No Pain, No Gain 24 What Is Emptiness? 25 What, If Anything, Survives Biological Death? 26 Are You Alive or Are You Dead? 27 Zen says, “Don’t Suppress the Emotions.” But What About Anger? 28 Do You Have to Give Up Sex to Become Enlightened? 29 Can You Work on a Koan by Yourself? 30 Why Reject the Way of the Masters to Follow the Easy Path? PART TWO ♦ THE SECLUDED TRAINING PERIOD (SESSHIN) Introduction I ENCOURAGEMENT TALKS AND COMMENTARIES 1 Fourth Day Encouragement Talk Commentary on “The Three Disabilities”—Case 88 of The Blue Rock Record 2 Fifth Day Encouragement Talk Commentary on “Bodhidharma’s ‘I don’t know’ ”— Case 1 of The Blue Rock Record 3 Sixth Day Encouragement Talk Commentary on “A Man Up a Tree”—Case 5 of Mumon’s The Gateless Barrier 4 Seventh Day Encouragement Talk Commentary on “Think Neither Good nor Evil”—Case 23 of Mumon’s The Gateless Barrier II ENLIGHTENMENT ACCOUNTS 1 “Such Happiness Makes You Realize How Unhappy You Had Been Before” 2 “I Took One Step and the Universe Turned Inside Out” 3 “Limitless, Joyful Peace” 4 “So Grateful to Be a Human Being” 5 “Sometimes I Think the Sexual Experience Was More Real Than the Kensho”—With Roshi’s Reply 6 “Every Day the Treasure of Life Gains in Luster and Beauty” 7 “ ‘O Man’s Most Wonderful Work—Just to Walk upon the Earth’ ” PART THREE ♦ DEVOTIONS Introduction I CHANTS 1 The Four Bodhisattvic Vows 2 Heart of Perfect Wisdom 3 Master Hakuin’s Chant in Praise of Zazen 4 Affirming Faith in Mind II A LETTER AND A REPLY Religious Zen—“It Turns Me Off!” III DIALOGUES 1 Isn’t It Brown-Nosing to Make Offerings to Buddhas? 2 Compassion, Like Love, Isn’t Something One Talks About 3 Does Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Really Exist? 4 Confess Your Wrongdoings and Hide Your Good Deeds PART FOUR ♦ MORALITY AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Introduction I LETTERS AND REPLIES 1 “What Does Living in the World as a Zen Buddhist Mean?” 2 “Meditation Is an Escape—What Are You Doing to Help Society?” 3 “Do I Have to Abandon My Family to Get Fully into Zen?” II DIALOGUES 1 “Does Awakening Provide the Solution to Moral Dilemmas?” 2 Zen Is Above Morality But Morality Is Not Below Zen III A DHARMA TALK The First Precept: “Not to Kill but to Cherish All Life”: A Discussion of Animal Slaughter, Abortion, War, Suicide, Euthanasia Afterword—A Personal Note Notes Glossary ILLUSTRATIONS “Shakyamuni Descending the Mountain,” by Liang K’ai Diagram of levels of consciousness Diagram of cause and effect in relation to consciousness “Bodhidharma,” by Zen master Hakuin Photograph of body of the Sixth Patriarch The standing drum The bowl-shaped gong (keisu) The wooden-fish drum FOREWORD ZEN: MERGING OF EAST AND WEST is a companion volume to The Three Pillars of Zen. First published in 1965, The Three Pillars of Zen has sold some 150,000 copies in English. To date it has been translated into German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch, and Polish.
Recommended publications
  • Buddhism in America

    Buddhism in America

    Buddhism in America The Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series The United States is the birthplace of religious pluralism, and the spiritual landscape of contemporary America is as varied and complex as that of any country in the world. The books in this new series, written by leading scholars for students and general readers alike, fall into two categories: some of these well-crafted, thought-provoking portraits of the country’s major religious groups describe and explain particular religious practices and rituals, beliefs, and major challenges facing a given community today. Others explore current themes and topics in American religion that cut across denominational lines. The texts are supplemented with care- fully selected photographs and artwork, annotated bibliographies, con- cise profiles of important individuals, and chronologies of major events. — Roman Catholicism in America Islam in America . B UDDHISM in America Richard Hughes Seager C C Publishers Since New York Chichester, West Sussex Copyright © Columbia University Press All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Seager, Richard Hughes. Buddhism in America / Richard Hughes Seager. p. cm. — (Columbia contemporary American religion series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN ‒‒‒ — ISBN ‒‒‒ (pbk.) . Buddhism—United States. I. Title. II. Series. BQ.S .'—dc – Casebound editions of Columbia University Press books are printed on permanent and durable acid-free paper.
  • PUBLICATION of SAN FRANCISCO ZEN CENTER Vol. XXXVI No. 1 Spring I Summer 2002 CONTENTS

    PUBLICATION of SAN FRANCISCO ZEN CENTER Vol. XXXVI No. 1 Spring I Summer 2002 CONTENTS

    PUBLICATION OF SAN FRANCISCO ZEN CENTER Vol. XXXVI No. 1 Spring I Summer 2002 CONTENTS TALKS 3 The Gift of Zazen BY Shunryu Suzuki-roshi 16 Practice On and Off the Cushion BY Anna Thom 20 The World Is Vast and Wide BY Gretel Ehrlich 36 An Appropriate Response BY Abbess Linda Ruth Cutts POETRY AND ART 4 Kannon in Waves BY Dan Welch (See also front cover and pages 9 and 46) 5 Like Water BY Sojun Mel Weitsman 24 Study Hall BY Zenshin Philip Whalen NEWS AND FEATURES 8 orman Fischer Revisited AN INTERVIEW 11 An Interview with Annie Somerville, Executive Chef of Greens 25 Projections on an Empty Screen BY Michael Wenger 27 Sangha-e! 28 Through a Glass, Darkly BY Alan Senauke 42 'Treasurer's Report on Fiscal Year 2002 DY Kokai Roberts 2 covet WNO eru 111 -ASSl\ll\tll.,,. o..N WEICH The Gi~ of Zazen Shunryu Suzuki Roshi December 14, 1967-Los Altos, California JAM STILL STUDYING to find out what our way is. Recently I reached the conclusion that there is no Buddhism or Zen or anythjng. When I was preparing for the evening lecture in San Francisco yesterday, I tried to find something to talk about, but I couldn't; then I thought of the story 1 was told in Obun Festival when I was young. The story is about water and the people in Hell Although they have water, the people in hell cannot drink it because the water burns like fire or it looks like blood, so they cannot drink it.
  • Relationships Zen Bow : Relationships

    Relationships Zen Bow : Relationships

    non‑profit a publication of organization u.s. postage the rochester zen center paid permit no. 1925 � rochester, ny volume xxxvi · number 4· 2013‑14 rochester zen center 7 arnold park rochester, ny 14607 Address service requested Zen Bow subscribing to number 1 · 2014 Zen Bow Upholding the Precepts The subscription rate is as follows : The Ten Cardinal Precepts offer us a guide Four issues Eight issues U.S. : $20.00 $40.00 to living in harmony with others and with Foreign : $30.00 $60.00 compassion toward all sentient beings. To‑ gether, they articulate the conduct and char‑ Please send checks and your current address acter we can realize through Zen practice. to : Although the precepts are subject to different Zen Bow Subscriptions Desk interpretations, upholding them helps us to Rochester Zen Center continually acknowledge our transgressions, 7 Arnold Park seek reconciliation, and renew our commit‑ Rochester, NY 14607 ment to the Dharma. Please Note : If you are moving, the Postal Ser‑ Readers are invited to submit articles and im‑ vice charges us for each piece of mail sent to ages to the editors, Donna Kowal and Brenda your old address, whether you have left a for‑ Reeb, at [email protected]. warding address or not. So if you change your Submission deadline: June 27, 2014 address, please let us know as soon as possi‑ ble. Send your address corrections to the Zen Bow Subscriptions Desk at the above address or email [email protected]. relationships Zen Bow : Relationships volume xxxvi · number 4 · 2013-14 Zen Practice as Relationship
  • Mountains Talking Summer 2020 in This Issue

    Mountains Talking Summer 2020 in This Issue

    mountains talking Summer 2020 In this issue... When Cold and Heat Visit When Cold and Heat Visit Karin Ryuku Kempe 3 Karin Ryuku Kempe Temple Practice & Covid-19 Guidelines 4 Today is temperate that too is our human condition. And yet, we can’t get weather, but in past weeks we away from dukkha, can’t avoid it. Daily Vigil Practice 4 have been visited by cold and heat, the Colorado spring. And The first step is to just to see that we cannot. Tung- Garden Zazen 5 some of us may have had chills shan challenges us: “Why not go where there is neither or maybe fever. As a com- cold not heat?” To move away, isn’t it our first instinct? Summer Blooms 6 munity, we are visited by an We squirm in the face of discomfort. But is there any- invisible but powerful disease where without cold or heat? No…no. Of course, Tung- To Practice All Good Joel Tagert 8 process, one to which we are shan knows this, knows it in his bones. He is not playing all vulnerable, no one of us ex- with words and he is not misleading us. He is pushing the Water Peggy Metta Sheehan 9 cepted. Staying close to home, question deeper, closer. Where is that place of no cold no we may be visited by the fear of not having enough sup- heat? Can it be anywhere but right here? Untitled Poem Fred Becker 10 plies, perhaps the loss of our work or financial security, or “When it is cold, let the cold kill you.
  • Review Of" Unsui: a Diary of Zen Monastic Life" by E. Nishimura

    Review Of" Unsui: a Diary of Zen Monastic Life" by E. Nishimura

    Swarthmore College Works Religion Faculty Works Religion 10-1-1975 Review Of "Unsui: A Diary Of Zen Monastic Life" By E. Nishimura Donald K. Swearer Swarthmore College, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-religion Part of the Religion Commons Recommended Citation Donald K. Swearer. (1975). "Review Of "Unsui: A Diary Of Zen Monastic Life" By E. Nishimura". Philosophy East And West. Volume 25, Issue 4. 495-496. DOI: 10.2307/1398231 https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-religion/122 This work is brought to you for free by Swarthmore College Libraries' Works. It has been accepted for inclusion in Religion Faculty Works by an authorized administrator of Works. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 495 is, to write a twentieth century Cloud of' Unknowing (a Christian document) by using Buddhism. PAUL WIENPAHL University of California, Santa Barbara Unsui: A Diary of Zen Monastic Life, by Eshin Nishimura, edited by Bardwell L. Smith, drawings by Giei Sa to . Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1973 . In Unsui Eshin Nishimura and Bardwell Smith have put together a thoroughly delightful volume on Zen Buddhist training and monastic life. The book combines ninety-six comic, cartoonlike color drawings by Giei Sato (1920- 1970)- an "ordinary Rinzai Zen temple priest"- with Nishimura's running commentary, and a useful introduction by Bardwell Smith which underlines the paradox of tension and harmony characterizing Zen Buddhist monastic life. Taken as a whole, from its appreciative Foreword by Zenkei Shibayama to its Glossary, the book provides a helpful counterpoint to the standard popular work in this area, D.
  • C:\Users\Kusala\Documents\2009 Buddhist Center Update

    C:\Users\Kusala\Documents\2009 Buddhist Center Update

    California Buddhist Centers / Updated August 2009 Source - www.Dharmanet.net Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery Address: 16201 Tomki Road, Redwood Valley, CA 95470 CA Tradition: Theravada Forest Sangha Affiliation: Amaravati Buddhist Monastery (UK) EMail: [email protected] Website: http://www.abhayagiri.org All One Dharma Address: 1440 Harvard Street, Quaker House Santa Monica CA 90404 Tradition: Non-Sectarian, Zen/Vipassana Affiliation: General Buddhism Phone: e-mail only EMail: [email protected] Website: http://www.allonedharma.org Spiritual Director: Group effort Teachers: Group lay people Notes and Events: American Buddhist Meditation Temple Address: 2580 Interlake Road, Bradley, CA 93426 CA Tradition: Theravada, Thai, Maha Nikaya Affiliation: Thai Bhikkhus Council of USA American Buddhist Seminary Temple at Sacramento Address: 423 Glide Avenue, West Sacramento CA 95691 CA Tradition: Theravada EMail: [email protected] Website: http://www.middleway.net Teachers: Venerable T. Shantha, Venerable O.Pannasara Spiritual Director: Venerable (Bhante) Madawala Seelawimala Mahathera American Young Buddhist Association Address: 3456 Glenmark Drive, Hacienda Heights, CA 91745 CA Tradition: Mahayana, Humanistic Buddhism Contact: Vice-secretary General: Ven. Hui-Chuang Amida Society Address: 5918 Cloverly Avenue, Temple City, CA 91780 CA Tradition: Mahayana, Pure Land Buddhism EMail: [email protected] Spiritual Director: Ven. Master Chin Kung Amitabha Buddhist Discussion Group of Monterey Address: CA Tradition: Mahayana, Pure Land Buddhism Affiliation: Bodhi Monastery Phone: (831) 372-7243 EMail: [email protected] Spiritual Director: Ven. Master Chin Chieh Contact: Chang, Ei-Wen Amitabha Buddhist Society of U.S.A. Address: 650 S. Bernardo Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94087 CA Tradition: Mahayana, Pure Land Buddhism EMail: [email protected] Spiritual Director: Ven.
  • [This Document Can Be Acquired from a Sub-Directory Coombspapers Via

    [This Document Can Be Acquired from a Sub-Directory Coombspapers Via

    [This document can be acquired from a sub-directory coombspapers via anonymous FTP or COOMBSQUEST gopher on the node COOMBS.ANU.EDU.AU or ANU Soc.Sci.WWW Server at http://coombs.anu.edu.au/CoombsHome.html] The document's ftp filename and the full directory path are given in the coombspapers top level INDEX files] [This version: 11 February 1994] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- A DRAFT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ZEN WRITINGS OF ROBERT AITKEN ROSHI Please send any additions and/or corrections to this document to the compiler - Dr T. Matthew Ciolek <tmciolek@coombs. anu. edu. au> NOTES: ===== BLIND DONKEY - the journal of The Diamond Sangha, 2119 Kaloa Way, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA. ELECTRONIC BUDDHIST ARCHIVES - a part of the electronic Coombspapers Social Sciences Research Data Bank at the Australian National University [coombspapers/otherarchives subdirectory], accessible via the anonymous FTP & COOMBSQUEST gopher on the node coombs.anu.edu.au. KAHAWAI - the journal of The Diamond Sangha, 2119 Kaloa Way, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA. [discontinued] MIND MOON CIRCLE [formerly "Nothing Special"] - the journal of the Sydney Zen Center, 251 Young Street, Annandale, Sydney, NSW 2038, AUSTRALIA SPRING WIND: BUDDHIST CULTURAL FORUM - the journal of the Zen Lotus Society, Zen Buddhist Temple, 86 Vaughan Road, Toronto, Ontario, M6C 2M1, Canada THE TEN DIRECTIONS - the journal of the Zen Center of Los Angeles, 905 South Normandie Ave., Los Angeles, California 90006, USA. ZEN - the journal of the Zen Group of Western Australia, P.O. Box 8441, Stirling St., Perth, WA 6849, AUSTRALIA. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MATERIALS about Robert Aitken Roshi Aitken, Robert.1982. Willy-Nilly Zen. pp. 115-132. In: Aitken, Robert.1982.
  • Empty Cloud, the Autobiography of the Chinese Zen Master Xu

    Empty Cloud, the Autobiography of the Chinese Zen Master Xu

    EMPTY CLOUD The Autobiography of the Chinese Zen Master XU YUN TRANSLATED BY CHARLES LUK Revised and Edited by Richard Hunn The Timeless Mind . Undated picture of Xu-yun. Empty Cloud 2 CONTENTS Contents .......................................................................................... 3 Acknowledgements ......................................................................... 4 Introduction .................................................................................... 5 CHAPTER ONE: Early Years ............................................................ 20 CHAPTER TWO: Pilgrimage to Mount Wu-Tai .............................. 35 CHAPTER THREE: The Journey West ............................................. 51 CHAPTER FOUR: Enlightenment and Atonement ......................... 63 CHAPTER FIVE: Interrupted Seclusion .......................................... 75 CHAPTER SIX: Taking the Tripitaka to Ji Zu Shan .......................... 94 CHAPTER SEVEN: Family News ................................................... 113 CHAPTER EIGHT: The Peacemaker .............................................. 122 CHAPTER NINE: The Jade Buddha ............................................... 130 CHAPTER TEN: Abbot At Yun-Xi and Gu-Shan............................. 146 CHAPTER ELEVEN: Nan-Hua Monastery ..................................... 161 CHAPTER TWELVE: Yun-Men Monastery .................................... 180 CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Two Discourses ......................................... 197 CHAPTER FOURTEEN: At the Yo Fo & Zhen Ru Monasteries

  • The Dharma Teachings of Kodo Sawaki

    The Dharma Teachings of Kodo Sawaki From: The Notebook of Kodo Sawaki Eternal satori is included, and rests only in the practice of the moment. Zazen means to practice that which cannot be explained. During zazen bonnos, monen, appear. Most people think that zazen is to put an end to illusions, to thoughts. This is a mistake. During zazen, sometimes thoughts, bonnos arise, and sometimes they do not arise. When you sleep, thoughts do not arise. When you sleep in zazen, you don't think at all. You must be beyond good and evil, good luck and bad luck, happiness and unhappiness, true and false. As formless, they are ungraspable. Everyone wants to obtain the merits of religion and tries to run after satori, even during zazen. They only want to have satori. So satori without zazen appeared, satori without Zen, lectures without zazen, writings without zazen. Many books are made like this, without the experience of zazen. When a drop of water falls in the ocean, When a speck of dust falls on the ground, At that moment the drop of water is no longer a drop of water, It becomes the ocean, And the speck of dust is no longer a speck of dust, It becomes the entire earth. The Zen of Master Dogen is not the wish to become more than human, a special being, Buddha or God. No more is it the hope to have a vision of emptiness, nor to perform miracles. It is to return to the normal condition of the human mind. There are many seekers who analyze but never practice zazen.
  • To Cherish All Life with the Emphasis on “All,” Can

    To Cherish All Life with the Emphasis on “All,” Can

    ▶ To Cherish All Life With OOps! What the Blue Cliff Record Fidgets, halter tOps, and the emphasis on “all,” can we exist and Roshi Kjolhede have to say snark: how a dharma superiority on earth without killing? about mistakes complex develops AUTUMN 2018 | VOLUME XL, NUMBER THREE editOr ZEN BOWChris Pulleyn | [email protected] editOrial cOnsultant The mind of the Zen adept is taut—ready, like a drawn bow Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede | [email protected] cOpY EDITOr Autumn 2018 | Volume Xl, number THREE Cecily Fuhr | [email protected] art directOr To theme or not to theme? For more 3 M SOUNDINGS Daryl Wakeley | [email protected] than a decade, each issue of Zen Bow has proofreader had a specific theme, and submissions have “Just bury me in Tupperware”: John Pulleyn accordingly been solicited for specific topics. remembering Cynthia Seefeld | The Call for submissions The first two issues of the redesigned Zen science of kisses and stones | Q&A: My legs fall asleep! | Tangen Roshi’s tea All readers are encouraged to submit essays and Bow were also themed: “Starting Over” and images at any time and on any topic related to Zen “Memorializing Tangen Harada Roshi.” room teachings | What is samadhi? practice. Articles may be of any length. Suggestions for articles and artwork are also welcome, as are Meanwhile, creativity in the Sangha con- “found objects” such as quotations, haiku, and/ tinues to bubble up and ideas keep coming or excerpts from articles in other publications. amaury cruz Submission guidelines may be found on the Zen Bow our way. The über-theme ofZen Bow is to page of the Center’s website: www.rzc.org/library/ inspire Zen practice, on and off the mat—but I resolve not to kill: zen-bow.
  • Western Buddhist Teachers

    Western Buddhist Teachers

    Research Article Journal of Global Buddhism 2 (2001): 123 - 138 Western Buddhist Teachers By Andrew Rawlinson formerly Lecturer in Buddhism University of Lancaster, England [email protected] Copyright Notes Digitial copies of this work may be made and distributed provided no charge is made and no alteration ismade to the content. Reproduction in any other format with the exception of a single copy for private study requires the written permission of the author. All enquries to [email protected] http://jgb.la.psu.edu Journal of Global Buddhsim 123 ISSN 1527-6457 R e s e a r c h A r t i c l e Western Buddhist Teachers By Andrew Rawlinson formerly Lecturer in Buddhism University of Lancaster, England [email protected] Introduction The West contains more kinds of Buddhism than has ever existed in any other place. The reason for this is simple: the West discovered Buddhism (and in fact all Eastern traditions) at a time when modern communications and transport effectively made the West a single entity. Previously, Buddhism (and all Eastern traditions) had developed in relative isolation from each other. In principle, there is no reason why we could not find every Buddhist tradition in Tokyo, or Bangkok. But we do not. And again the reason is simple: Eastern Buddhist traditions were not looking outside themselves for a different kind of Buddhism. The West, on the other hand, was prepared to try anything. So the West is the only "open" direction that Eastern traditions can take. But when they do, they are inevitably subjected to the Western way of doing things: crossing boundaries and redefining them.
  • The Making of Buddhist Modernism PDF Book

    The Making of Buddhist Modernism PDF Book

    THE MAKING OF BUDDHIST MODERNISM PDF, EPUB, EBOOK David L. McMahan | 320 pages | 20 Nov 2008 | Oxford University Press Inc | 9780195183276 | English | New York, United States The Making of Buddhist Modernism PDF Book Outline Glossary Index. Traditions Dharma transmission Zen lineage charts Zen ranks and hierarchy Zen organisation and institutions Zen Narratives. He describes an uncertain future wherein, if Buddhism accommodates too much, it will fade into New Age spirituality. Romantic theologians promoted the idea that religion is more about individual intuition and feeling than about institutions and dogma — a radical idea at the time. Sanbo Kyodan Hakuun Yasutani right. It is energizing to read of explorations of the impact of the web on Buddhism now. More qualifying of this distinction or evidence of Buddhism's challenges and contributions to modernity would have been helpful. Rather, he presents it as a complex historical process constituted by a variety of responses -- sometimes trivial, often profound -- to some of the most important concerns of the modern era. He identified several characteristics of Buddhist modernism: new interpretations of early Buddhist teachings, demythologisation and reinterpretation of Buddhism as "scientific religion", social philosophy or "philosophy of optimism", emphasis on equality and democracy, "activism" and social engagement, support of Buddhist nationalism, and the revival of meditation practice. They described Buddhism as a "life-denying faith" that rejected all the Christian ideas such as "God, man, life, eternity"; it was an exotic Asian religion that taught nirvana , which was explained then as "annihilation of the individual". Yet he makes a compelling argument that Buddhism resonated with North American cultural contexts and discourses of modernity.