Zen Buddhism for anybody Vol. 4: Maitreya is you 4

In the Kerozene sect, there are no students and no master. There is only you. You are the Sangha. You are the Dharma. You are the Buddha. Volume 4 is an exhaustive manual on the safe identification of those particular snakes that have a turtle nose. It includes poetry, koans, and Hotei; also verses, cases, and the Laughing Buddha. In the West, the number “13” is often associated with bad luck. In the East, a similar superstition associates the number “4” with death. Appropriately, this series comes to an end here. Nothing else to declare, my dear friends. If you want to discover the truth, stop pursuing so many things. Contents: Intro 6 From ancient sages to hip-hop 13 Harmonizing the ten bodies of Buddha 14 Folding hands 16 Origin 17 Dogen introduces himself 18 Dogen recommends zazen 19 Maitreya reborn 25 Tribute to Hotei 31 Maitreya continuously reborn 32 A saint and a thief 33 Complete and includes everything 37 A river 38 Expensive ride, but no gas 39 Nothing in front of you 40 Flower garlands 42 Even a child, but not even an old man 43 Po Chu-i 50 I’m not a part of your system 51 A dragon in the dark well 52 Predicting the future 54 Dojoyaburi 56 Gutei’s finger 57 Flower sermon 61 Tongue-lips Zen Sword 63 A monk addresses the assembly, in 1250 65 Ikkyu summarizes the case 78 Satisfied and clinging to nothing 79 The Three Jewels 80 Take it with you 81 Three Truths 84 The journey 88 Going there and coming back again 89 Throw it away 90 The Buddha returns after the crossing 91 Samadhi [a footnote chapter] 92 Heads and butts 95 Blooming Dharma Blossoms 99 Ox-herding pictures 101 Overly meticulous 123 Ikkyu: again and forever 124 Another scolding from Joshu to the assembly 125 All lies! Those are a bunch of lies! 127 A Zen biography 134 Hakuin and the Old Man of the Shouju Hermitage 138 Hakuin: Song of Zazen 141 Hakuin: real meditation 143 A few arms more to Kannon 145 Ostinato from the Song of the Valley by So Shoku 146 Dogen: Mountains and waters are sutras 148 Kerozene: Mountains are walking and moonwalking on the water 167 Fudaishi 177 The sword that kills and gives life 179 Zhuangzi: Horse hooves 180 Enlightened semiotics 184 Blank answer 186 Mind is Buddha 187 Indiscreet 188 Zhuangzi: Kicking open the chest 189 Hotei points at the moon 198 Explaining non-explanation 200 The enlightenment of Rinzai 201 Realize immediately 204 The broom and the bamboo 205 From yet another interesting preface 208 From the Song of Enlightenment 210 Even amidst the green hills 211 Why? 212 Days in the capital 213 Guo Xiang 214 Samurai university 215 Ryokan Station 218 Cold Mountain Station 228 101101 koans 244 The Zen of the Ancient Teachers 248 Hunger and thirst 250 Just this 252 Funeral ceremony 253 Persimmon-Flowing Pass 255 Wu Cheng’en Station 259 Chiyono gets wet from the bucket 268 Now take a look at this shit 269 Brutal 270 Due time 271 Farewell 272 From a wandering beggar 273 A white rabbit 274 The Five Ranks 276 Zen barbershop 278 A good start 280 Mirrors once again 283 Explaining until it becomes embarrassing 284 Still waiting? 285 Also people, as they mature, want to leave their parent’s house 286 A question posed by the Buddha 287 Shards and bits 288 Transformed into light 298 Li Po wakes up drunk in springtime 299 [Insert shout here] 300 With one more for the road and even dragged farewells. 302 Going as far as adding an epilogue and afterword too 304 Smearing shit all over and running away 307