Book Summary
This volume includes four important Chan/Zen texts. Essentials of the Transmission of Mind (Chuanxinfayao) is based on the teachings of the ninth-century Chan master Huangbo Xiyun. It represents perhaps the earliest reliable doctrinal treatise of the classical phase of Chan that began with Mazu Daoyi, whose hall-mark is the use of oral dialogue between teacher and student-in this case, between Huangbo and the recorder of the text, the literati Pei Xiu. The text's central theme is its emphasis that the mind-when free of discriminating thought or conceptualization-is Buddha-nature itself. A Treatise on Letting Zen Flourish to Protect the State (K
Book Details
| Book Name | Zen Texts |
| Author | John R. Mcrae, Gishin Tokiwa, Osamu Yoshida |
| Publisher | Numata Center For Buddhist Translation & Rese (May 2006) |
| ISBN | 9781886439283 |
| Pages | 328 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 3061 |