Critical Sermons of the Zen Tradition Hisamatsu}}}s Talks on Linji [Hardcover]

The Record of Linji stands as one of the great classics of the Zen tradition, and modern Zen master and reformer Hisamatsu Shin'ichi offers a lively and penetrating exploration of the religious essence of the text. The Record is a compilation of the sayings of Linji, the Chinese founder of Rinzai Zen. Several decades ago, Hisamatsu gave the twenty-two talks translated here. This book features a preface by renowned Zen philosopher ABE Masao and an introduction by Yanagida Seizan, the foremost scholar of classical Zen texts. The translators have added annotation for technical terms and textual references.Acknowledgements Foreword; Kitahara Ryutar? Preface; Abe Masao Introduction; Yanagida Seizan I Simply Couldn't Open My Mouth Who is Pure and Direct in His Behaviour? There's Nothing Special in the Buddha-Dharma After Realizing the Great Mass of Awakening Leaving After the Summit Retreat The One True Person Without Rank Speak! Speak! The Mind-Dharma is without form and Pervades the Ten Directions You, the Follower of the Way Right Now Before my Eyes Listening to the Dharma Independent of All Things Not at all Thus I Do Not Pay Homage to the Buddha or the Patriarch True Insight The Meaning of the Patriarch's Coming From the West The Three Vehicles' Twelve Divisions of Teachings The Instant You Open Your Mouth You're Already Way Off No Dividing into Categories The Four Classifications: A General Outline The Four Classifications: First Half The Four Classifications: Second Half On the Way and at Home The Buddha-Dharma is Deep and Mysterious Endnotes IndexABE MASAO Professor Emeritus, Nara University of EducationKITAHARA RYUTAR? Senior Member of the F.A.S. SocietyYANAGIDA SEIZAN Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University