Zen : a way of life
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Bibliographic Information
Zen : a way of life
（Teach yourself books）
Teach Yourself, 2003
[Revised ed.] / revised by Stephen Hodge
Note
Previous ed.: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1962
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Teach Yourself Zen is an extremely well-known introduction to this type of Buddhism, originally written by Christmas Humphreys, the founder of the Buddhist Society.
This new edition is revised by Stephen Hodge, and includes extensive updates and expansion throughout. It discusses the basic doctrine of Buddhism and the principles of Mahayana Buddhism. Having described the background to the Zen school of Buddhism, it turns to Zen itself and the process of self training.
Table of Contents
- preface
- introduction
- part one - buddhism
- 1 - the buddha and his enlightenment / 2 - the basic principles of buddhism / 3 - karma and rebirth / 4 - concentration and meditation
- part two - mahayana buddhism
- 5 - the expansion of the mahayana / 6 - some scriptures of the mahayana school
- part three - zen buddhism
- 7 - zen buddhism / 8 - beyond thinking / 9 - in a zen monastry / 10 - the sayings of the zen masters / 11 - the writings of the zen masters / 12 - zen comes west / 13 - training for zen - I / 14 - training for zen - II / 15 - training for zen - III
- ten principles of zen
- taking it further
- glossary
- index
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