ABSTRACT

This book, first published as Selling Water by the River in 1972, is a practical and inspirational manual for all who wish to practice Zen. Rōshi P.T.N.H. Jiyu-Kennett, the founder and former abbess of Shasta Abbey, expertly combines an introduction to the basic tenets of Buddhism with original translations of the teachings of Zen Masters Dōgen and Keizan.

part 1|87 pages

The Stem of the Lotus

chapter I_2|6 pages

Basic Original Doctrines Essential to Zen

chapter I_4|13 pages

The Necessity of Zazen or Meditation Practice

chapter I_6|8 pages

Activity in the Heart of Samantabhadra

chapter I_7|12 pages

The Heart of Manjusri

chapter I_8|7 pages

What Are KŌans?

chapter I_9|15 pages

Apostolic Succession

part 2|126 pages

The Teachings of Dōgen Zenji

chapter |3 pages

Introduction to the Translations

chapter |10 pages

Shushōgi

What Is Truly Meant by Training and Enlightenment

chapter |58 pages

Eihei-Shingi

Dōgen's Monastic Rules

chapter |17 pages

Gakudō-Yōjinsh?

Important Aspects Of Zazen

chapter |32 pages

ShōbōGenzō

The treasury-Eye of the True Teaching

chapter |4 pages

Kyōjukaimon

Giving and Receiving the Teaching of the Precepts

part 3|84 pages

The Teachings of Keizan Zenji

chapter |7 pages

Introduction to the Translations

chapter |73 pages

Denkōroku

Transmission of the Light

chapter |2 pages

Sankon Zazen Setsu

The Three Types of Personalities Resulting from Training