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Zen Flesh, Zen Bones : a Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings e A Collection r ^ W Hi r. ofZen and f Pre-Zen Writings * i I Compiled by Paul Reps and Nyogen Senzaki u.s. $12.95 Zen Flesh, Zen Bones is four books in one — books that would rank high in the canon of Zen, if Zen were so non-Zen as to have scriptures. 101 Zen Stories recounts experiences of Chinese and Japanese Zen teachers over a period of more than five centuries. The Gateless Gate offers a collection of 13th-century koans to sit with in practice. 10 Bulls is a 12th-century commentary on the stages of awareness leading to enlight- enment. Finally Centering, a 4,000 year- old teaching from India, offers what some consider to be the roots of Zen. When this book was first pub- lished in 1957 it became a guide for an entire generation of western seekers who were just beginning to explore Zen. In the years since it has inspired leading American Zen teachers, stu- dents, and practitioners. Join them. ZEN FLESH A ZEN BONES Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 http://archive.org/details/zenfleshzenbonesOOpaul ZEN FLESH AH ZEN BONES A Collection ofZen and Pre-Zen Writings Compiled by Paul Reps and Nyogen Senza^i TUTTLE PUBLISHING Boston • Rutland, VT • Tokyo 3 First paperback edition 1998, Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd, with editorial offices at 153 Milk Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109. Copyright © 1957, 1985 Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc., Tokyo, Japan. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy- ing, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission from Tuttle Publishing. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 57-10199 International Standard Book No. 0-8048-3186-6 Distributed by USA Canada Tuttle Publishing Raincoast Books Distribution Center 8680 Cambie Street Airport Industrial Park Vancouver, British Colum- 364 Innovation Drive V6P 6M9 North Clarendon, VT 05759 Tel: (604) 323-7100 Tel: (802) 773-8930 Fax: (604) 323-2600 Tel: (800) 526-2778 Japan Southeast Asia Tuttle Shokai Ltd Berkeley Books Pte Ltd 1-21-13, Seki 5 Little Road #08-01 Tama-ku, Kawasaki- shj Singapore 536983 Kanagawa-ken 214-0022, Japan Tel: (65) 280-1330 Tel: (044) 833-0225 Fax: (65) 280-6290 Fax: (044) 822-04 1 10 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 05 (U 03 02 01 00 99 Printed in the United Slates of America J J J Contents FOREWORD a II io i Zen Stories a transcribed by Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps a ij I. A CUP OF TEA, If 2. FINDING A DIAMOND ON A MUDDY ROAD, Ifi 3. IS THAT SO? 22 4. OBEDIENCE, 2j 5. IF YOU LOVE, LOVE OPENLY, 24 6. NO LOVTNOKINDNESS, 24 7. ANNOUNCEMENT, 2 8. GREAT WAVES, 2 9. THE MOON CANNOT BE STOLEN, 2J IO. THE LAST POEM OF HOSHIN, 2 II. THE STORY OF SHUNKAI, 2? 12. HAPPY CHINAMAN, $1 13. A BUDDHA, $2 14. MUDDY ROAD, )) 15. SHOUN AND HIS MOTHER, }j l6. NOT FAR FROM BUDDHAHOOD, $6 17. STINGY IN TEACHING, $6 l8. A PARABLE, j8 19. THE FIRST PRINCIPLE, }f Contents A / 74 2J 81J 1 20. A MOTHER'S ADVICE, 40 21. THE SOUND OF ONE HAND, 4 11. MY HEART BURNS LIKE FIRE, 4} 23. ESHUN'S DEPARTURE, 44 24. RECITING SUTRAS, 44 25. THREE DAYS MORE, 4 l6. TRADING DIALOGUE FOR LODGING, 46 27. THE VOICE OF HAPPINESS, 47 28. OPEN YOUR OWN TREASURE HOUSE, 48 29. NO WATER, NO MOON, 48 30. CALLING CARD, tf 31. EVERYTHING IS BEST, JO 32. INCH TIME FOOT GEM, JO 33. mokusen's HAND, // 34. A SMILE IN HIS LIFETIME, // 35. EVERY-MINUTE ZEN, J 36. FLOWER SHOWER, J) 37. PUBLISHING THE SUTRAS, J) 38. GISHO'S WORK, J 39: SLEEPING IN THE DAYTIME, // 40. IN DREAMLAND, J 6 41. JOSHU'S ZEN, J 42. THE DEAD MAN*S ANSWER, JJ 43. ZEN IN A BEGGAR'S LIFE, J 44. THE THIEF WHO BECAME A DISCIPLE, J? 45. RIGHT AND WRONG, 60 46. HOW GRASS AND TREES BECOME ENLIGHTENED, 6 47. THE STINGY ARTIST, 62 48. ACCURATE PROPORTION, 6) 49. BLACK-NOSED BUDDHA, 64 JO. RYONEN's CLEAR REALIZATION, 6 51. SOUR MISO, 66 6 A Contents 1 i JJ Jij 8 j 52. your light may go out, 6 53. the giver should be thankful, 6 54. the last will and testament, 68 55. the tea-master and the assassin, €f 56. the true path, j 57. the gates of paradise, j 58. arresting the stone buddha, j2 59. soldiers of humanity, 7^ 60. the tunnel, j4 6l. gudo and the emperor, jj 62. in the hands of destiny, j6 63. killing, j7 64. kasan sweat, jj 65. the subjugation of a ghost, j 66. children of his majesty, j$ 67. what are you doing i what are you saying! 80 68. ONE note of ZEN, 8 69. EATING THE BLAME, 82 70. THE MOST VALUABLE THING IN THE WORLD, 8) 71. LEARNING TO BE SILENT, 8 •J2. THE BLOCKHEAD LORD, 84 73. TEN SUCCESSORS, 84 74. TRUE REFORMATION, 8 75. TEMPER, 86 76. THE STONE MIND, 8j 77. NO ATTACHMENT TO DUST, 8j 78. REAL PROSPERITY, 89 79. INCENSE BURNER, 89 80. THE REAL MIRACLE, 90 8l. JUST GO TO SLEEP, 9 82. NOTHING EXISTS, 92 Contents A J J J4j 83. NO WORK, NO FOOD, $2 84. TRUE FRIENDS, ?$ 85. TIME TO DIE, 94 86. THE LIVING BUDDHA AND THE TUBMAKER, 94 87. THREE KINDS OF SUCCESS, 9 J 88. HOW TO WRITE A CHINESE POEM, $6 89. ZEN DIALOGUE, $6 90. THE LAST RAP, £7 91. THE TASTE OF BANZo's SWORD, $8 92. FIRE-POKER ZEN, 100 93. STORYTELLER'S ZEN, 100 94. MIDNIGHT EXCURSION, 1 01 95. A LETTER TO A DYING MAN, 102 96. A DROP OF WATER, 10 97. TEACHING THE ULTIMATE, 10) 98. NON-ATTACHMENT, 10 99. TOSUI'S VINEGAR, 10 IOO. THE SILENT TEMPLE, 106 10 1. BUDDHA'S ZEN, 106 The Gateless Gate a by Ekai, called MU-MON a TRANSCRIBED BY NYOGEN Senzaki and Paul Reps a 109 I. JOSHU's DOG, II 2. HYAKUJO'S FOX, 11/ 3. GUTEl's FINGER, II? 4. A BEARDLESS FOREIGNER, 120 5. KYOGEN MOUNTS THE TREE, 121 6. BUDDHA TWIRLS A FLOWER, 121 7. JOSHU WASHES THE BOWL, 12) 8. KEICHU'S WHEEL, I2j 8 A Contents J 9» A BUDDHA BEFORE HISTORY, 1 24 10. SEIZEI ALONE AND POOR, I2J II. JOSHU EXAMINES A MONK IN MEDITATION, 126 12. ZUIGAN CALLS HIS OWN MASTER, I2J 13. TOKUSAN HOLDS HIS BOWL, I2J 14. NANSEN CUTS THE CAT IN TWO, 1 28 15. tozan's THREE BLOWS, 129 l6. BELLS AND ROBES, Ifl 17. THREE CALLS OF THE EMPEROR^ TEACHER, 1)2 18. tozan's THREE POUNDS, 133 19. EVERYDAY LIFE IS THE PATH, Ij) 20. THE ENLIGHTENED MAN, 134 21. DRIED DUNG, /// 22. KASHAPA'S PREACHING SIGN, 136 23. DO NOT THINK GOOD, DO NOT THINK NOT-GOOD, IjJ 24. WITHOUT WORDS, WITHOUT SILENCE, 138 25. PREACHING FROM THE THIRD SEAT, I}} 26. TWO MONKS ROLL UP THE SCREEN, 1 40 27. IT IS NOT MIND, IT IS NOT BUDDHA, IT IS NOT THINGS, I41 28. BLOW OUT THE CANDLE, 141 29. NOT THE WIND, NOT THE FLAG, 1 4) 30. THIS MIND IS BUDDHA, 144 31. JOSHU INVESTIGATES, I4J 32. A PHILOSOPHER ASKS BUDDHA, 1 46 33. THIS MIND IS NOT BUDDHA, 1 4 34. LEARNING IS NOT THE PATH, I4J 35. TWO SOULS, I48 36. MEETING A ZEN MASTER ON THE ROAD, 10 37. A BUFFALO PASSES THROUGH THE ENCLOSURE, 1 49 Contents A p 38. AN OAK TREE IN THE GARDEN, 7/0 39. ummon's SIDETRACK, 7/7 40. TIPPING OVER A WATER VASE, 7/7 41. BODHIDHARMA PACIFIES THE MIND, 7/2 42. THE GIRL COMES OUT FROM MEDITATION, IJj 43. shuzan's SHORT STAFF, 7// 44. BASHO'S STAFF, Jj6 45. WHO IS HE? Ij6 46. PROCEED FROM THE TOP OF THE POLE, IJJ 47. THREE GATES OF TOSOTSU, Ij8 48. ONE ROAD OF KEMBO, IJ9 49. AMBAN's ADDITION, l60 10 Bulls a by Kakuan a transcribed by Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps a illus- trated BY TOMIKICHIRO ToKURIKI a l6j I. THE SEARCH FOR THE BULL, 1 68 2. DISCOVERING THE FOOTPRINTS, 170 3. PERCEIVING THE BULL, IJ 2 4. CATCHING THE BULL, IJ4 5. TAMING THE BULL, Ij6 6. RIDING THE BULL HOME, Jj8 7. THE BULL TRANSCENDED, l8o 8. both bull and self transcended, 1 82 9. reaching the source, 184 io. in the world, 1 86 Centering a transcribed by Paul Reps a 189 U HAT IS ZEN? a 277 TO A Contents Foreword This book includes four books: 10 1 Zen Stories was first published in 1939 by Rider and Company, London, and David McKay Com- pany, Philadelphia. These stories recount actual experiences of Chinese and Japanese Zen teachers over a period of more than five centuries. The Gateless Gate was first published in 1934 by John Murray, Los Angeles. It is a collection of problems called koan that Zen teachers use in guiding their students toward release, first re- corded by a Chinese master in the year 1228. 10 hulls was first published in 1935 by DeVorss and Company, Los Angeles, and subsequently by Ralph R. Phillips, Portland, Oregon. It is a transla- tion from the Chinese of a famous twelfth-century commentary upon the stages of awareness leading to enlightenment and is here illustrated by one of Japan's best contemporary woodblock artists.
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