ABSTRACT

Zen Buddhism was founded in China in the 6th century, and its direct path to Enlightenment first came west in 1927 with D. T. Suzuki's first Essays. This work guides the reader towards Zen teaching in practice and theory, and to provide material for further explorations into its meditative experience.

part |2 pages

PART ONE: ZEN COMES WEST

chapter I|7 pages

ZEN BUDDHISM

chapter II|6 pages

ZEN COMES WEST

chapter III|13 pages

THE PROBLEM BECOMES ACUTE

part |2 pages

PART TWO: CLASS WORK

chapter IV|36 pages

PREPARATION FOR THE JOURNEY

chapter V|58 pages

THE WAY OPENS

chapter VI|15 pages

CONCENTRATION AND MEDITATION

chapter VII|17 pages

THE APPROACH TO ZEN

part |2 pages

PART THREE: EXPERIMENTS IN ZEN

chapter VIII|7 pages

EXPERIMENT IN ZEN

chapter IX|7 pages

FURTHER EXPERIMENT IN ZEN

chapter X|8 pages

THIRD EXPERIMENT IN ZEN

chapter XI|10 pages

SURVEY AND PROPHECY