![]() In any case, I hope that many people find this audiobook as, if I may use the term, enlightening -□- as I have, and may the light of love and peace find a place in their hearts. I also find myself listening to that album often as well. 101 Zen Stories is a 1919 compilation of Zen koans including 19th and early 20th century anecdotes compiled by Nyogen Senzaki, and a translation of Shasekish, written in the 13th century by Japanese Zen master Muj () (literally, non-dweller). In my experience koan study is a profound complement to zazen, or seated. Showing 1-50 of 70 The True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Three Hundred Koans (Hardcover) by John Daido Loori (shelved 2 times as koan) avg rating 4. I have always been enamored by the musical interludes, as I’ve always felt that the Matsu Take Ensemble’s “The Mysterious Sound in the Bamboo” adds so much character to this audio version that I would find it a bit hollow if it didn’t have it. Koan introspection, contrary to some popular beliefs, has deep roots in Soto Zen as well as the Rinzai tradition. I will say in all honesty that I originally wasn’t a big fan of the narration - at first - however, I think it works well, and at times when I read the stories in text form, I hear it as Freda’s voice and it can be quite comforting. I feel compelled in part to leave this review due to the number of lower star reviews that speak of the dissatisfaction of the music or the narrator, and this have struck me as quite ironic given the subject matter. It brings clarity and thoughtfulness back to the forefront of my mind. New York, US: Grove Press (original work published in 1949).I have had this audio version of the wonderful work Zen Flesh, Zen Bones for several years now, and I find myself drawn back to play it over again many times a year, particularly when I’m feeling drawn off the Path in my own life. The records of Mazu and the making of classical Chan literature. Dialogues in a dream: The life and Zen teachings of Muso Soseki. Zen’s Chinese heritage: The masters and their teachings. Somerville, MA, US: Widsom Publications.įerguson, A. Dogen’s extensive record: A translation of the Eihei Koroku. New York: Books on Demand.ĭogen, E., Leighton, T. ![]() Records of the transmission of the lamp: Volume II The early masters. New York US: Marinar Books (original work published in 1946).ĭaoyuan, S., & Whitfield, R. Through discourse, a master deliberately prohibits him- or herself from teaching his or her student the Buddha Way literally so that it does not contaminate the Buddha Way that the student experiences directly and wholeheartedly. An empty page is a koan, it's just you can't read it. I opened a book once, and all pages were empty, best koan ever. ![]() In Zen, knowledge transmitted verbally from others is not the way. 'Bring Me the Rhinoceros' by Tarant was also quite good. However, Ogawa states that they do so deliberately so that the student learns the Buddha Nature personally and experientially. ![]() Whereas discourse between a teacher and a disciple is generally literal and linear in other religions and other schools of Buddhism, Zen mondos appear relatively illogical or disorganized in content and structure. Ogawa also states that what may be unique to Zen language are its styles (e.g., mondo and koan) and its purpose. According to Ogawa, Zen does not reject language unlike common misconceptions of Zen saying it does. A mondo refers to a verbal exchange between a disciple and his or her master, and a koan is a paradoxical anecdote or riddle, used in Zen Buddhism to demonstrate the shortfall of logical and analytic reasoning and to provoke enlightenment. It has given me the contours of the formal part of my. They are traditionally used as a support for sitting meditation, in order to evoke Kensho (seeing our true nature). It is said that in contemplating a koan, the student can have a glimpse of the original awakening that the koan is based upon. Takashi Ogawa of Komazawa University describes in detail the linguistic, cultural, and spiritual functions of mondo and koan practices within Zen. Buddhist Eighteen Zen Koans from the Western Tradition Decemby James Ford 1 Comment I’m a life long student of the koan way. Koans are unsolvable riddles or anecdotes taken from the lives of enlightened Zen masters. ![]()
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