CONTENTS

PAGE

Preface v

ESSAY I

Introduction 1

ESSAY II

Zen as the Chinese Interpretation of the Doctrine of Enlightenment 26

ESSAY III

Enlightenment and Ignorance 105

ESSAY IV

History of Zen Buddhism in China, from Bodhi-dharma to the Sixth

Patriarch (Hui-nêng) 149

ESSAY V

Satori 213

ESSAY VI

Practical Methods of Zen Instruction 251

ESSAY VII

The Meditation Hall and the Ideals of Zen Life 299

ESSAY VIII

The Ten Cow-Herding Pictures 347

APPENDIX

Chinese Notes 367

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