Classics of Buddhism and Zen, Volume 2: The Collected Translations of Thomas Cleary (Classics of Buddhism and Zen)

THIS VOLUME OF Classics of Buddhism and Zen CONTAINS: \* Teachings of Zen This anthology presents talks, sayings, and records of heart-to-heart encounters to show the essence of Zen teaching through the words of the Zen masters themselves. \* Zen Reader This book is a collection of quotations from the great masters of Zen. The masters talk about the practicalities of Zen realization and primarily about waking up, seeing for yourself, and standing on your own two feet. \* Zen Letters: Teachings of Yuanwu Presented here are the teachings of the great Chinese master Yuanwu in direct person-to-person lessons, intimately revealing the inner workings of the psychology of enlightenment. \* Shōbōgenzo: Zen Essays by Dōgen Dōgen, the founder of Japanese Zen, presents a thorough recasting of Buddhism with a creative ingenuity that has never been matched in the subsequent literature of Japanese Zen. \* The Ecstasy of Enlightenment An inside look at the spiritual world of tantra, revealing noteworthy parallels between tantric Buddhism in old Bengal and the original Zen Buddhism of China. THOMAS CLEARY holds a Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University. He is the translator of over fifty volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts from Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Pali, and Arabic. Cover Half title Imprint Contents Publisher's Note TEACHINGS OF ZEN Introduction Teachings of Zen List of Zen Masters Further Reading ZEN READER Introduction Zen Reader ZEN LETTERS (Translated with J. C. Cleary) Translators’ Introduction Zen Letters SHŌBŌGENZŌ: ZEN ESSAYS BY DŌGEN Foreword Introduction Shōbōgenzō: Zen Essays by Dōgen THE ECSTASY OF ENLIGHTENMENT Origins of Tantric Buddhism The Ecstasy of Enlightenment Notes Select Bibliography Presents instructions, meditation guides, quotations, letters, essays, dialogues, and other writings by Zen masters over the centuries that were translated and published over a period of thirty years. Zen Buddhism emerged in China some fifteen centuries ago, to become one of the most dynamic spiritual movements of Asia for more than a thousand years.