Best of
Buddhism

1977

Two Zen Classics: The Gateless Gate and the Blue Cliff Records


Katsuki Sekida - 1977
    The two works translated in this book, Mumonkan (The Gateless Gate ) and Hekiganroku (The Blue Cliff Record), both compiled during the Song dynasty in China, are the best known and most frequently studied koan collections, and are classics of Zen literature. They are still used today in a variety of practice lineages, from traditional zendos to modern Zen centers. In a completely new translation, together with original commentaries, the well-known Zen teacher Katsuki Sekida brings to these works the same fresh and pragmatic approach that made his Zen Training so successful. The insights of a lifetime of Zen practice and his familiarity with both Eastern and Western ways of thinking make him an ideal interpreter of these texts.

Ancient Music in the Pines: In Zen Mind Suddenly Stops


Osho - 1977
    Of the ultimate realization of Zen, Osho says, "Suddenly you become aware of a music that has always surrounded you… Your heart throbs in the same rhythm as the heart of the whole." This essential Zen reader also dips into a number of other themes - cowardice, boredom and restlessness, recognition and rejection, maturity, and moving from the non-essential to the essential.Time Period of Osho's original Discourses/Talks/Letters Feb 21, 1976 to Feb 29, 1976

The Wild, White Goose: The Diary of a Female Zen Priest


Jiyu Kennett - 1977
    At the time it was still very unusual for a Westerner to want to become a Buddhist monk, and even more unusual for a Western woman. THE WILD, WHITE GOOSE, based on her diaries, tells the story of Roshi Jiyu-Kennett's search for the truth and how she found enlightenment.

The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa, Volume One


Milarepa - 1977
    The Life-story And Teaching Of The Greatest Poet-Saint Ever To Appear In The History Of Buddhism.

Hua-Yen Buddhism: The Jewel Net of Indra


Francis Harold Cook - 1977
    This book is a description and analysis of the Chinese form of Buddhism called Hua-yen (or Hwa-yea), Flower Ornament, based largely on one of the more systematic treatises of its third patriarch. Hua-yen Buddhism strongly resembles Whitehead's process philosophy, and has strong implications for modern philosophy and religion. Hua-yen Buddhism explores the philosophical system of Hua-yen in greater detail than does Garma C.C. Chang's The Buddhist Teaching of Totality (Penn State, 1971). An additional value is the development of the questions of ethics and history. Thus, Professor Cook presents a valuable sequel to Professor Chang's pioneering work. The Flower Ornament School was developed in China in the late 7th and early 8th centuries as an innovative interpretation of Indian Buddhist doctrines in the light of indigenous Chinese presuppositions, chiefly Taoist. Hua-yen is a cosmic ecology, which views all existence as an organic unity, so it has an obvious appeal to the modern individual, both students and layman.

Toward a Philosophy of Zen Buddhism


Toshihiko Izutsu - 1977
    Although it seems that Zen would not lend itself to philosophical discussion, that all conceptualization would dissolve in light of this empiricism, in this volume, the author demonstrates that the "silence" of Zen is in fact pregnant with words. A variety of topics are discussed: the experience of satori, ego and egolessness, Zen sense and nonsense, koan practice, the influence of Zen on Japanese painting and calligraphy and much more.

The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa, Vol 2


Milarepa - 1977
    The Life-story And Teaching Of The Greatest Poet-Saint Ever To Appear In The History Of Buddhism.

The Secret Dakini Oracle


Nik Douglas - 1977
    For their system of divination, the authors drew upon extensive study of the 64 Dakinis of the Ranipur Jharial Temple in Orisa, India, which honor intuitive wisdom.

Gotama Buddha


Hajime Nakamura - 1977
    He conducts an exhaustive analysis of both the oldest, most reliable texts and later biographies of the Buddha that contain mythological material.Carefully sifting these texts to separate facts from embellishments, he constructs a biography that begins with the Indian historical context at the time of Buddha's Birth and takes the reader through all the stages of his life. Professor Nakamura also compares the oldest Buddhist texts with the earliest Jain and Hindu writings and finds surprising similarities that elucidate the significance of the historical Buddha. Archeological discoveries and factual elements from Buddhist art support Professor Nakamura's fascinating story. This is the first of two volumes.