Zen: The Practice of Zen

256 pp. CONTENTS: Foreword; The Nature of Zen: Zen Style and Zen Art - The Core of Zen: Studies in the Three Main Aspects of Mind - Four Vital Points in Zen Buddhism; The Practice of Zen: A General Review of Zen Practice Discourses of Four Zen Masters: Discourses of Master Hsu Yun, Discourses of Master Tsung Kao, Discourses of Master Po Shan, Discourse of Master Han Shan - Short Autobiographies of Five Zen Master: Epitome of Zen Master Han Shan's Autobiography, Zen Master Wu Wen's Story, Zen Master Hsueh Yen's Story, Zen Master Meng Shan's Story, Zen Master Kao Feng's Story; The Four Problems of Zen Buddhism: Is Zen Completely Unintelligible? - What is Zen "Enlightenment"? - Zen and Mahayana Buddhism - The "Four Distinctions" of Lin Chi; Buddha and Meditation: The Three Aspects of Buddhahood in Relation to the Six Patterns of Human Thinking - A Survey of the Practice of Buddhist Meditation: The Four Basic Characteristics of Samadhi, The Seven Different Types of Meditation Practice, The Three Successive Stages of Meditation; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix: Romanized Chinese Characters for the Text, Romanized Chinese Characters for the Notes; Index.