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A BUDDHIST BIBLE
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A
Buddhist
BIBLE
The Favorite Scriptures of the
Zen Sect
History of Early Zen Buddhism
Self-Realisation of Noble Wisdom
The Diamond Sutra
The Prajna Paramita Sutra
The Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
Edited, Interpreted & Published by
DWIGHT GODDARD
MDMXXXII
THETFORD, VERMONT
[1932]
[FIRST EDITION]
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COPYRIGHT 1932 BY DWIGHT GODDARD
Dedicated
TO MY HONORED TEACHERS
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
PROFESSOR, OTANI UNIVERSITY
Taiko Yamazaki
ROSHI, SO-KO-KU MONASTERY
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By DAISETZ TEITARO SUZUKI
Essays in Zen Buddhism First Series. 4.00
Translation of the Lankavatara Sutra 4.40
Studies in the Lankavatara Sutra 4.50
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
9
HISTORY OF EARLY CH”AN BUDDHISM
15
SELF-REALISATION OF NOBLE WISDOM
37
Preface
39
Introduction
41
Chapter I Discrimination
45
Chapter II False Imagination and Appearance Knowledge
55
Chapter III Right Knowledge, or Knowledge of Relations
71
Chapter IV Perfect Knowledge, or Knowledge of Reality
81
Chapter V The Mind-system
87
Chapter VI Transcendental Intelligence
99
Chapter VII Self-realisation
109
Chapter VIII The Attainment of Self-realisation
121
Chapter IX The Fruits of Self-realisation
129
Chapter X Discipleship: Lineage of the Arhats
139
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Chapter XI Bodhisattvahood and Its Stages
147
Chapter XII Noble Wisdom that is Tathagatahood
157
Chapter XIII Nirvana
169
THE DIAMOND SUTRA. (Vajracchedika Sutra)
177
Introduction
179
The Diamond Scripture
181
SUTRA OF TRANSCENDENTAL WISDOM. (Maha-prajna-paramita-hridaya)
207
Preface
209
SUTRA OF THE SIXTH PATRIARCH
215
Preface
217
Chapter I Autobiography of Hui-Neng
219
Chapter II Discourse on Prajna
235
Chapter III Discourse on Dhyana and Samadhi
249
Chapter IV Discourse on Repentence
257
Chapter V Discourse on the Three-Bodies of Buddha
267
Chapter VI Dialogues
275
Chapter VII Sudden Enlightenment vs. Gradual Attainment
297
Chapter VIII Royal Patronage
305
Chapter IX Final Words and Death of the Patriarch
311