Zen Buddhism for anybody Vol. 1: This body itself is Nirvana 9786500284836
A variety of texts overflowing with the spirit of Zen Buddhism, in both prose and poetry, were arranged in here for you,
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English Pages 228 Year 2021
Table of contents :
Intro
A cup of tea
Nothing stays
The fire
Sand castles
No pursuing of labyrinths
Preference
Not able to leave home
To them monks
Written by the Nun Ryonen in her deathbed
Stones in the water
Host and guest
Lingyun and the peach blossoms
A poem echoing poems
Upon seeing a painting of peach blossoms
An old saying
Watch out!
The great fool of immense tolerance
Ryokan’s freedom
Calligraphy on the spot
Knowing ourselves
Money by the side of the road
Fragrance
A young Joshu
The way back home
An end to bad karma
Chosa Keishin
Remix of Sudden Enlightenment
Nothing compares
Probing like the blind
The Way is near
Is this a repetition?
More and more...
Not yes, not no
Searching for the fingers with your hands
As if they were in a dream
The fish are having fun?
Zhuangzi
From back when people traveled on foot
Hardworking
Hanshan
Not even a single drop
A whirlwind of dust
Deaf and dumb
A definition of kalpa
Oneself and other
Thankful about what, exactly?
Over a bridge
On the other side of the river
Carrying a girl
The way she goes...
Using the creek as a pillow
A teaching beyond words
Speed up!
An echo
Hyakujo and Baso
Somewhere
Cows and dogs
Does the ocean contains water?
If you never ask any questions, how would you know?
What now?
A sparrow on the statue of Buddha
Tumbling currents
The animal Satori
Bobo Roshi
It all starts somewhere
The Red-Bearded Barbarian coming from the West and a seat lying around
Hsiang Lin
A second load
A tree in the garden
Moss
Fake news
Not in here...
Idiot
Me neither
A single verse from Zen
Like a needle
Water in the water-lilly
The dewdrop and the color of the leaf
Both are sides from a single miracle
Warning: difficult to remove from the eyes
Take this
For real
A lamp in broad daylight
Swollen heads
The dog and the moon
No moon, no finger
Straight forward, like an arrow
No labyrinth leads to Rome
Where does it happen? Who’s involved?
Very high
A famous metaphor
Where are we?
The super moves
Facial composite
Pregnant empty
Short and sweet
Learning beyond teaching
As simple as that
Gentle wind
Supernatural powers? Sure!
Zen embarrassments
Hyakujo and the fox
To and fro
Guess what...
A most magnificent shipwreck
Original purity
Guanyin’s arms and eyes
Achoo!
Wang-Bang
Nothing besides this...
It is not always easy, thinking of a title
The fish and the net
This body itself is Nirvana
Halos by day; horns by night
Fragile
Here we are
It’s all the same
Controlled, or not controlled?
Intimate and alone
The fear is real
With a shaven head and wearing a robe, a monk looks like a turtle
Hungry once more
AllTogetherRightHereNow
Letter to a friend
Hey you
Temptation
Written by a monk born in 1394
Tired of names
A famous poet, even tired of being praised
Scolding others
Searching in vain
Smoke
Lu
What if Lu walks through the door?
Proud
Hanging around Yoka Daishi
Two sides from the same tissue
Polishing a brick into a mirror
A formal meditation
A piece of truth
A knife to a Zen fight
Performance of acts
The one who helps the most
The master is you
Ask it to the right person
Nevermind
Refined sugar and fancy butter
After so much dispute
You are happy
Now that’s a guzzler
A treasure map
Transparent
When the penny drops
Which one?
Zengetsu’s advice
Ryokan: “My rules”
Laughter all around
That’s how it actually works
Coward!
Heart Sutra
Emptiness manifested in form
The burglar’s son
Hua tou
Enjoy the strawberry
It is over, but there is more
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