Dream conversations On Buddhism and Zen
by Kokushi, Muso; Cleary, ThomasFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1996-06-25
Publisher(s): Shambhala
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Author Biography
Thomas Cleary holds a Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University and is a former fellow of Kyoto University. He has translated dozens of popular Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucian works.
Table of Contents
| Translator's Introduction | p. xi |
| Liberation | p. 1 |
| Compassion | p. 1 |
| Aim in Life | p. 2 |
| Past, Present, and Future | p. 2 |
| Causes | p. 3 |
| Enlightenment and Feelings | p. 3 |
| Contamination of Virtue | p. 3 |
| The Inexhaustible Treasury of Potential | p. 4 |
| Greed | p. 4 |
| Help in Disguise | p. 4 |
| Answer to Prayer | p. 5 |
| Pity | p. 5 |
| The Central Benefit of Zen | p. 5 |
| Virtue without Wisdom | p. 6 |
| Religious and Secular Institutions | p. 6 |
| The Ground of Mind | p. 7 |
| Demons | p. 7 |
| Spiritual Malpractice | p. 8 |
| Religious Practice Obstructing Enlightenment | p. 9 |
| Possession | p. 9 |
| Meditation and Madness | p. 10 |
| Quelling Demons | p. 10 |
| Passing Through the Death Experience | p. 11 |
| Aversion and Attachment | p. 12 |
| Inherent Knowledge | p. 12 |
| Supersession | p. 13 |
| Scholastic Learning | p. 13 |
| Types of Knowledge | p. 13 |
| Practices and Stages | p. 14 |
| Wrong Approach | p. 15 |
| Standard Misconceptions | p. 16 |
| Means and End | p. 17 |
| Understanding the Zen Koan | p. 18 |
| The Fundamental | p. 19 |
| Medicine and Disease | p. 19 |
| Expert Advice | p. 20 |
| Two Kinds of Knowledge | p. 21 |
| The Priority of Fundamental Knowledge | p. 21 |
| The Basis and the Outgrowths | p. 22 |
| Self-Realization and Teaching Others | p. 22 |
| Intent and Expression | p. 23 |
| Maturation | p. 23 |
| Living Zen | p. 24 |
| Stabilization of the Basis | p. 24 |
| Attainment and Preservation | p. 25 |
| Zen Expression | p. 26 |
| Studying Expression | p. 26 |
| Studying Intent | p. 27 |
| Outreach of Method | p. 27 |
| Zen Techniques | p. 28 |
| Hypocritical Scholars | p. 28 |
| Practical Application | p. 29 |
| Aspiration for Enlightenment | p. 31 |
| Worldly Feelings | p. 34 |
| Softening Worldly Feelings | p. 35 |
| No Set Track | p. 36 |
| Work on the Fundamental | p. 37 |
| Not Forgetting | p. 37 |
| Dreams and Illusions | p. 38 |
| Setting Aside Is Also a Means | p. 39 |
| Not Judging Others | p. 40 |
| The Original Self | p. 41 |
| Wrong Approaches | p. 43 |
| Effects of Buddhism | p. 44 |
| Orientation | p. 45 |
| Zen Meditation | p. 46 |
| Not Even Mind | p. 47 |
| Mindless Mental Application | p. 48 |
| Not Getting Away from the Subject | p. 48 |
| Judging the Words of Adepts | p. 50 |
| Wonder | p. 50 |
| Koans | p. 51 |
| Not in the Words | p. 52 |
| The Origins of Koan Practice | p. 52 |
| Activity and Meditation | p. 53 |
| The Reason for Teaching Relinquishment | p. 54 |
| Adjustment to the Individual | p. 55 |
| Landscaping | p. 56 |
| Zen, Tea, and the Arts | p. 58 |
| Supranormal Powers of the Enlightened | p. 59 |
| Letting Go | p. 60 |
| The Fundamental Ground | p. 60 |
| Buddha Nature | p. 61 |
| Where Is It? | p. 61 |
| Reaching the Fundamental Ground | p. 62 |
| Mind and Self | p. 64 |
| True and False Mind | p. 69 |
| Two Bases | p. 70 |
| The Conditioned Mind and the Natural Mind | p. 71 |
| Mind and Essence | p. 73 |
| Unreality and Reality in Things | p. 75 |
| Ordinary and Spiritual Views | p. 77 |
| Distinctions in Buddhist Teaching | p. 81 |
| The Schools of Zen | p. 81 |
| Praise and Censure in Zen | p. 83 |
| Expedient Teachings | p. 83 |
| Zen and Doctrine | p. 84 |
| Pure Land Buddhism | p. 86 |
| Specialization | p. 88 |
| Zen Praise, Zen Blame | p. 89 |
| Sharpness and Dullness | p. 90 |
| Zen Meditation | p. 91 |
| Judging Teachers and Teachings | p. 92 |
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