Dedicated

TO MY HONORED TEACHERS

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
PROFESSOR, OTANI UNIVERSITY

Taiko Yamazaki
ROSHI, SO-KO-KU MONASTERY

BOOKS
Relating to Zen Buddhism
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By DWIGHT GODDARD
The Buddha's Golden Path
A MANUAL OF PRACTICAL ZEN BUDDHISM. 1.00

Laotsu's Tao and Wu-Wei
ZEN BUDDHISM WAS GREATLY INFLUENCED BY TAOISM. 1.50

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By DAISETZ TEITARO SUZUKI
Essays in Zen Buddhism First Series. 4.00

Translation of the Lankavatara Sutra 4.40

Studies in the Lankavatara Sutra 4.50

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
 9
 
HISTORY OF EARLY CH’AN BUDDHISM
 15
 
SELF-REALISATION OF NOBLE WISDOM
 37
 
   Preface
 39
 
   Introduction
 41
 
   Chapter I Discrimination
 45
 
   Chapter II False Imagination and Appearance Knowledge
 55
 
   Chapter III Right Knowledge, or Knowledge of Relations
 71
 
   Chapter IV Perfect Knowledge, or Knowledge of Reality
 81
 
   Chapter V The Mind-system
 87
 
   Chapter VI Transcendental Intelligence
 99
 
   Chapter VII Self-realisation
 109
 
   Chapter VIII The Attainment of Self-realisation
 121
 
   Chapter IX The Fruits of Self-realisation
 129
 
   Chapter X Discipleship: Lineage of the Arhats
 139
 
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   Chapter XI Bodhisattvahood and Its Stages
 147
 
   Chapter XII Noble Wisdom that is Tathagatahood
 157
 
   Chapter XIII Nirvana
 169
 
THE DIAMOND SUTRA. (Vajracchedika Sutra)
 177
 
   Introduction
 179
 
   The Diamond Scripture
 181
 
SUTRA OF TRANSCENDENTAL WISDOM. (Maha-prajna-paramita-hridaya)
 207
 
   Preface
 209
 
SUTRA OF THE SIXTH PATRIARCH
 215
 
   Preface
 217
 
   Chapter I Autobiography of Hui-Neng
 219
 
   Chapter II Discourse on Prajna
 235
 
   Chapter III Discourse on Dhyana and Samadhi
 249
 
   Chapter IV Discourse on Repentence
 257
 
   Chapter V Discourse on the Three-Bodies of Buddha
 267
 
   Chapter VI Dialogues
 275
 
   Chapter VII Sudden Enlightenment vs. Gradual Attainment
 297
 
   Chapter VIII Royal Patronage
 305
 
   Chapter IX Final Words and Death of the Patriarch
 311