Classics of Buddhism and Zen
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This five-volume collection of essential Zen and early Buddhist texts from esteemed translator Thomas Cleary offers a window into the heart of the tradition. Each volume contains pivotal teachings drawn from centuries of Zen writing in China, Japan, and beyond.
Volume one includes:
- Zen Lessons: The Art of Leadership, a guide to enlightened conduct for people in positions of authority
- Zen Essence: The Science of Freedom, open and direct instruction on the Zen canon from Chinese masters of the Tang and Song dynasties
- The Five Houses of Zen, wide-ranging teachings from the early Chinese masters
- Minding Mind: A Course in Basic Meditation, on attaining a state of true objectivity in meditation
- Instant Zen, the teachings of Foyan
Volume two includes:
- Teachings of Zen, an anthology of talks, sayings, and heart-to-heart encounters with Zen masters
- The Zen Reader, a collection of quotations on the practicalities of Zen realization
- Zen Letters: Teachings of Yuanwu, direct and personal lessons on the psychology of enlightenment from Chinese master Yuanwu
- Shobogenzo: Zen Essays by Dogen, one of Japanese Zen’s great masterworks
- The Ecstasy of Enlightenment, on connections between early tantric Buddhism and original Zen Buddhism in China
Volume three includes:
- The Sutra of Hui-neng: Grand Master of Zen, teachings from one of Chinese Zen’s great patriarchs that includes his renowned commentaries on the Diamond Sutra
- Dream Conversations on Buddhism and Zen, responses by Japanese masters to questions about the true nature of Zen
- Kensho: The Heart of Zen, key texts on the essence of Zen awakening and methods used toward its realization
- Rational Zen: The Mind of Dogen Zenji, selections from Dogen’s great works Shobogenzo and Eihei Koruko with Thomas Cleary’s extensive commentaries
- Zen and the Art of Insight, key selections from the Prajnaparamita literature with commentary
Volume four includes:
- Transmission of Light: Zen in the Art of Enlightenment, the first complete modern translation of the classic Denkoroku
- Unlocking the Zen Koan, the Wumenguan with commentary by great Chinese masters
- Original Face: An Anthology of Rinzai Zen, teachings from Japanese Rinzai Zen teachers from the thirteenth to eighteenth centuries
- Zen Antics: 100 Stories of Enlightenment, simple but profound stories of Zen masters
- Record of Things Heart: From the Treasury of the Eye of True Teaching, a collection of talks by Japanese Zen Master Dogen
- Sleepless Nights: Verses for the Wakeful, secular Zen poetry that parodies the folly of tyrants and celebrates the indomitability of life
Volume five includes:
- Dhammapada: The Sayings of Buddha, an early and profoundly influential text from the Buddhist canon that is of vital significance to the Zen tradition and all Buddhist traditions
- The Buddhist I Ching, a full-length interpretation of the classic I Ching by a Chinese Buddhist master
- Stopping and Seeing: A Comprehensive Course in Buddhist Meditation, sixth-century Buddhist master Chi-I on the essential points of Buddhist meditation
- Entry into the Inconceivable: An Introduction to Hua-yen Buddhism, on the philosophy of the highly influential Hua-yen school of Buddhism
- Buddhist Yoga: A Comprehensive Course, Cleary’s landmark translation of the Sandhinirmochana-sutra on Buddhist yoga