Essays in Zen Buddhism: SecondSeries.

London, UK Hutchinson: Rider & Company , 1980. Paperback Reprint Edition [1980]. First published in 1953. Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of careful use: slight spine lean; light wear to extremities; mild rubbing and faint soiling to wrapper covers and the outside edges; the binding is secure; the text is clean. The front endpaper has been removed. No longer 'As New', but remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 367pp. Index. Twenty-five duotone plates: reproduction of old Chinese and Japanese Masters. Foreward by Christmas Humphreys. (The complete works of D. T. Suzuki). Reprint Edition [1980]. First published in 1953. Trade Paperback. In this book the chief stress has been placed on the study of "The Koan Exercise", which at present constitutes almost the alpha and omega of Zen discipline especially as it is practiced in the Rinzai School of the Zen discipline especially as it is practiced in the Rinzai School of the Zen Sect. The Koan technique is full of pitfalls, but its development was inevitable and without it Zen might not have survived. In this volume author has also included some Suiboku paintings by both Japanese and Chinese artists. Opening with Zen as the Chinese interpretation of the Doctrine of Enlightenment and the history of Zen Buddhism to the time of the Sixth patriarch, the book continues to discuss the attainment of Satori, or opening of the spiritual eye, and the methods of bringing this about. Further discussion of the meditation hall, and the stages of spiritual progress by gradual purification are discused in terms of the ten ox-herding pictures.