..续本文上一页iples contained in the various Sutras. Beginners should understand that Zen Buddhism is the highest teaching in Buddhism, and to become members they must be great students. Just like the Marine Corps, for example, Zen only looking for a few good people. They need to be intelligent, free from religious pride, non-hating, and compassionate, and above all they need to love the sublime doctrine of the Buddhas, willing to study day and night so that their efforts might save all beings from further suffering.
INTRODUCTORY READING LIST
The following short list of books is meant to help the beginner gain, not only a philosophical understanding of Zen, but also, at least, an intellectual understanding of Law of Buddha. There are many other books available, so many that space on this FAQ does not permit anything close to a comprehensive list. Instead we give this short list which covers most fundamental aspects of Zen and the Mind doctrine. There are also many other wonderful writers and books on this subject, this list is INTRODUCTORY ONLY. You are encouraged to use your intuition when selecting mater ial to read.
May these books be the Point of departure of your path to Awakening.
A Buddhist Bible* Edited by Dwight Goddard:(Boston : Beacon Press,1970,
c1938) This book has translations of the Diamond Sutra, Dao De King (more popularly known as Tao Te Ching), the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Zen Patriarch (See NOTE) the Awakening of Faith Shastra, solid fundamental discussions of the historical Buddha and his teachings. NOTE: This particular translation of the Sixth Patriarch”s Platform Sutra is worded in a way which might be easier understood by reading other translations.
Questions to a Zen Master* By Taisen Deshimaru:
Except for the excellent chapter on Zazen (Soto style) this book shows many basic religious and philosophical implications of Zen. With a heavy taste of the "just sitting" Soto Zen style, Master Deshimaru covers frontiers of the mind in an easy reading style that maintains the integrity of Truth.
Zen letters : teachings of Yuanwu*, trans. & ed. J.C. Cleary and Thomas
Cleary. (Boston : Shambhala,1994)
The Zen teachings of Master Lin-chi*, trans. Burton Watson
(Boston : Shambhala Publications, 1993)
Meditating with koans*, trans. J. C. Cleary (Berkeley, Calif: Asian
Humanities Press, 1992)
The transmission of the lamp : early masters* trans. Sohaku Ogata
(Wolfeboro, N.H. : Longwood Academic, 1990)
The Zen teaching of Bodhidharma*, trans. Red Pine (San Francisco : North
Point Press, 1987)
The record of Tung-shan*, trans. William F. Powell (Honolulu : University
of Hawaii Press, 1986)
A Zen forest, sayings of the masters*, trans. Soiku Shigematsu (New York
Weatherhill, 1981)
Zen : poems, prayers, sermons, anecdotes, interviews*, trans. Lucien
Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto (Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press, Ohio University Press, 1981)
The recorded sayings of Ch”an master Lin-chi Hui-chao of Chen
prefecture*, trans. Ruth Fuller Sasaki (Kyoto : Institute for Zen Studies, 1975)
The Zen teaching of Hui Hai on sudden illumination*, trans. John Blofeld
(London : Rider,1969, c1962)
The Zen teaching of Huang Po on the transmission of mind*,
trans. John Blofeld (Chu Ch”an) (London : The Buddhist Society,1968, c1958)
Hui-neng, *The Platform Scripture*, trans. Chan, Wing-tsit (New York : St. John”s University Press, 1963)
The iron flute; 100 Zen koan*, trans. Nyogen Senzaki and Ruth Strout
McCandless (Tokyo, Rutland Vt. : C.E. Tuttle Co., 1961)
Ch”an and Zen teaching*, ed. & trans. Lu K`uan Yu (Charles Luk). (London
Rider,1960)
Paul Reps, *Zen flesh, Zen bones* (Tokyo, Rutland, Vt. : C.E. Tuttle Co., 1957)
D.T. Suzuki, *Manual of Zen Buddhism*, (London, New York : Published for the Buddhist Society, by Rider,1956)
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