Manual of Zen Buddhism

Here are the famous sutras, or sermons, of the Buddha, the gathas, or hymns, the intriguing philosophical puzzles known as koan, and the dharanis, or invocations to expel evil spirits. Included also are the recorded conversations of the great Buddhist monks—intimate dialogues on the subjects of momentous importance. In addition to the written selections, all of them translated by Dr. Suzuki, there are reproductions of many Buddhist drawings and paintings, including religious statues found in Zen temples, each with an explanation of its significance, and the great series of allegorical paintings “The Ten Oxherding Pictures.”

In recent years, much has been written about Zen for Western audiences, but here, at last, are the original Zen texts themselves. In this single comprehensive volume, D.T. Suzuki has compiled a much needed anthology from Zen Buddhism's most important original sources. Here are the famous sutras or sermons of the Buddha; the gathas or hymns; the intriguing philosophical puzzles known as koan; and the dharanis, or invocations to expel evil spirits. And here also are the recorded conversations of the great Buddhist monks-intimate dialogues on subjects of momentous importance. In addition to the written selections, all of them translated by Dr. Suzuki, there are reproductions of many Buddhist drawings and paintings, including religious show more statues found in Zen temples, each with an explanation of its significance, and the great series of allegorical paintings, the Ten Oxherding Pictures. Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki is the world's leading authority on Zen Buddhism. Born in Japan in 1870, he received his training as a Buddhist disciple at the great Zen monastery at Kamakura. He is the author of more than one hundred works on Zen and Buddhism in both Japanese and English. Contents Editor's note Author's preface I Gathas and prayers On opening the sutra Confession The threefold refuge The four great vows The worshipping of the Sarora The teaching of the Seven Buddhas The Gatha of Impermanence The Yemmei Kwannon ten-clause sutra Prayer on the occasion of feeding the hungry ghosts General prayer Prayer of the bell II The Dharanis Dharani of removing disasters Dharani of the great compassionate one Dharani of the victorious Buddha-Crown III The sutras The Prajnaparamita-hridaya-sutra, or Shingyo (complete) The Kwannongyo, or 'Samantamukha Parivarta' (complete) The Kongokyu, or Vajracchedika (the first half and extracts from the second half) The Lankavatara sutra, or Ryogakyo (extracts) The Ryongonkyo, or Surangama sutra (resume) IV From the Chinese Zen masters Bodhidharma on the twofold entrance to the Tao The third patriarch on 'Believing in mind' From Hui-neng's Tan-ching Yoka Daishi's 'Song of enlightenment' Baso (Ma-tsu) and Sekito (Shih-tou) Obaku's (Huang-po) sermon from 'Treatise on the essential's of the transmission of mind' Gensha on the three invalids (from the Heikaganshu or Pi-yen Chi) The ten oxherding pictures, I The ten oxherding pictures, II V From the Japanese Zen masters Daio Kokushi on Zen Daio Kokushi's admonition Daito Kokushi' admonition and last poem Kwanzan Kokushi's admonition Muso Kokushi's admonition Hakuin's 'Song of meditation' VI The Buddhist statues and pictures in a Zen monastery Buddhas; Bodhisattvas; Arhats; Protecting Gods; Historical figures Index show less

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> MANUEL DE BOUDDHISME ZEN, de D. T. Suzuki. — Réédition d’un ouvrage publié en 1974, ce manuel intéressera en priorité les adeptes de la pratique zen. « On y trouvera un matériel varié, lié à la vie monastique ». Des prières, des soutras, de nombreux écrits très purs de maîtres zen chinois (Hui-Neng, Yoga Daishi, “les 10 tableaux du dressage de la vache”, etc.) au japonais (Hakuin) sont rassemblés, offrant ainsi un aperçu de l’essentiel de cette Tradition. Editions Dervy, 1999 - 171 p.
—3e millénaire, (52), Été 1999

> Reix A. (Revue Philosophique de la France et de l'Étranger) : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ymx81J7bhFNwW4g2dChuvbVkbGavDHJH/view?usp=shari...

> Peyraube Alain. Suzuki (Daisetz Teitaro). show more — Manuel de Bouddhisme Zen.
In: Archives de sciences sociales des religions, n°52/2, 1981. p. 291. … ; (en ligne),
URL : https://www.persee.fr/doc/assr_0335-5985_1981_num_52_2_2238_t1_0291_0000_2

> Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki (1870-1966) est un auteur japonais d'ouvrages et d'essais sur le Bouddhisme Zen.
Il fut aussi un traduteur prolifique du chinois, du japonais et de la littérature sanscrite. Il donna de nombreux cours et conférences dans les universités occidentales et fut professeur à l’université d’Otani, une école bouddhiste japonaise.
Parmi ses ouvrages traduits : Essais sur le Bouddhisme Zen, séries I, II, III, Albin Michel (1940-2003) ;
Introduction au Bouddhisme Zen (Préface de C.G. Jung, 24 pages), Buchet/Chastel, 1978 ; Le non-mental selon la pensée zen (traduit par Hubert Benoit), Le Courrier du Livre, 1970. show less