Essays in Zen Buddhism: Series 1 (The Complete Works of D. T. Suzuki) by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki - 1970-07

In this first volume of Essay in Zen Buddhism the opening chapters are concerned with Zen as the Chinese interpretation of the Doctrine of Enlightenment; Enlightenment and ignorance and the history of Zen Buddhism in China up to the time of the Sixth Patriarch, Hui-neng, who gave shape to the purely Chinese aspect of Zen. The next chapters discuss the attainment of Satori, or the opening of the spiritual eye, and the methods which are needed to bring this about. The educational system is described in the chapter on the meditation hall, and finally the stages of spiritual progress by gradual purification are discussed in terms of the ten ox-herding pictures. Forward by Christmas Humphreys. 388 pages.