INDEX

A

Absolute/Absoluteness, 8, 11, 165, 177–78

Aitken, Robert, 9, 16–17, 24, 33–36, 75, 127, 168

on dharma transmission, 211, 214

on enlightenment, 170

on responsibility, 158

on self & no-self, 178

social activism and, 152–53

Akiyama, Rev. Tozen, 178

Allen, Steve, 61, 158, 182, 213

Ancheta, Jitsudo, 176, 214–15

Anderson, Tenshin Reb, 166

Arnold, Geoffrey Shugen, 155–57, 177

Asahina, Sogen, 33–34, 39

Auschwitz-Birkenau, Zen at, 192–94

Avalokitesvara (Bodhisattva of Compassion), 102, 153

B

Baker, Richard, 130–33, 172, 177, 185, 211

Bearing Witness (Glassman), 153

Beat movement, 16, 30, 42, 47–54, 59–60, 65, 110

Beck, Charlotte Joko, 206–210, 212

Bennett Goleman, Tara, 205

Berkeley Zen Center, 65, 170

Big Sky Mind (anthology), 50

Blyth, R.H., 33

Bodhidharma, 3–4, 126, 151

bodhisattvas, 79–80, 102, 122, 130, 142, 153, 170, 197

Boissevain, Angie, 98–99

Bones of the Master (Crane), 106–7

Brown, Jerry, 81, 165

Brown, Espe Ed, 115

Buber, Martin, 78

Buddha mind, 110

Buddha (Shakyamuni), 3, 48–50, 69, 80, 92–93, 161, 178, 180–81

contemplation of death and, 183, 210

dharma eye and, 126

Four Noble Truths and, 189–90

Great Doubt and, 175

monastic restrictions and, 211

Buddhist Bible, The, 13, 48

Buddhist Peacemaker Order, 86, 189–91

Buddhist Society of America, 25

C

Cage, John, 54–55

Cambridge Buddhist Association, 67

Cassady, Neal, 50, 52

Cat's Yawn, The (journal), 26, 28

Chadwick, David, 66

Chino, Kobun, 92–99, 122

Chisan, Keido, 37

Christianity, 116, 152, 164–65, 178

Chun Song, 86–87

Clouds in Water Zen Center, 186

Clusin, Jodo Cliff, 103, 104

Courtney, Paul, 103

Crane, George, 106–110

Crooked Cucumber (Chadwick), 66

D

Dai Bosatsu Monastery, 76

Daitokuji Monastery (Kyoto), 27, 29–31, 146

Deh Chun, 112–13

Dharma Bums, The (Kerouac) 41, 49–50, 53

dharma heirs/successors, 35, 65, 88, 100, 102, 103, 185, 204

dharma transmission, 37, 74, 127–28, 130–31, 191–92, 210–214

Dixon, Trudy, 210

Dobisc, Jane, 117

Dogen, Eihei 70, 128, 175

dokusan, 70, 75, 129, 133, 162, 169, 201, 214

Dorsey, Issan, 60–61, 154, 183–85

Doso, Watazumi, 78–79

E

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 7, 14

engaged Buddhism, 83, 152–54

Essays in Zen, First Series (Suzuki), 43

Evening Gatha, 64

Everett, Ruth Fuller, See Sasaki, Ruth Fuller

Everyday Zen: Love and Work (Beck), 212

F

Farkas, Mary, 14, 25, 31–32, 173

Fields, Rick, 194–95

First Zen Institute of America, 12, 14, 25–27, 39, 56, 65

Fischer, Zoketsu Norman, 163, 169–70, 212

Five Perfections, 160

Ford, Maureen Jisho, 182

Foster, Nelson, 153

Four Great Bodhisattva Vows, 10

Four Noble Truths, 181

Fromm, Erich, 44, 143, 206

G

Ginsberg, Allen, 30, 42, 48–50, 52–53, 194

Glassman, Bernie, 127, 153, 176, 179, 189–199, 212

on dharma transmission, 212

street retreats of, 194–97

Goddard, Dwight, 13, 48

Goethe, Wolfgang von, 25

Gold Mountain Monastery, 59, 114

Goldberg, Natalie, 91, 99–104, 106, 199–204

Goodman, Trudy, 184, 210

Gordon, Rose, 193

Great Mountain Zen Center, 71

Green, Cindy Eiho, 119–20, 123

H

Halifax, Joan, 86, 154, 179

Han Shan, 48, 53

Harada Roshi, 124–125

Harada Shodo, Roshi, 186

Hartford Street Zen Center, 59–62

Hartman, Zenkei Blanche, 65

Henry, Danan, 137, 210, 213

Hidden Mountain Zen Center, 214

Hokoji Temple, 92–98, 215

Hsusan Hua, 85, 114

Hung Ju, 85

Hyunoong Sunim, 115–16

I

In My Own Way (Watts), 46

inka, 74, 87

J

Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, 49, 194

Jiyu-Kennett, 36–37, 127, 184

Johnson, Wendy, 77, 85, 99, 103

Jung, Carl, 205

Jurs, Cynthia, 152, 180–81, 206

K

Kannon (Bodhisattva of Compassion), 73, 142, 153, 170, 200

Kant, Immanuel, 9

Kapleau, Philip, 19–24, 35–37, 59, 75, 126–27, 153, 161–62, 169, 205, 210

on enlightenment, 172

interview with, 119–125

“Mu” koan and, 126–27

on religion, 164

Katagiri, Dainin, 63, 91, 94, 99–106, 120, 122, 130, 134, 199–202

Kaye, Les, 159, 169, 173

Kennedy, Father Robert Jinsen, 165

kensho, 14, 42, 120, 170–71

Kerouac, Jack, 41, 42, 47–51, 53–54, 59

Kjolhede, Sunya, 129

Kjolhede, Bodhin, 161

koans, 8, 12, 21, 27, 30, 31, 35, 46, 47, 50, 74, 76, 77, 95, 113, 125, 129, 132, 136,

see also “Mu” koan

Kobun Chino Roshi, 94–102, 125, 225

Koryu, Osaka, 74

Kuan Yin (Bodhisattva of Compassion), 125, 153

Kuroda Roshi, 74

Kwan Um School of Zen, 86

Kwong, Jakusho Bill, 65, 66, 131, 168, 187

L

Lahey, Dennis, 130

Lassalle, Father, 165–66

Leyshon, Jean, 104–05, 173–74

Long Quiet Highway (Goldberg), 100, 202

Loori, Abbot John Daido, 5, 72, 120, 134–36, 154, 163, 176, 215

dharma transmission and, 213

on self, 178

M

Maezumi, Hakuyu Taizan, 36, 59–60, 68–75, 101, 127–28, 182, 189, 192, 214–15

death of, 136

dharma words from, 68

on group practice, 63

tea ceremony and, 134–35

Mahakashyapa, 126

Maitri Hospice, 60, 154, 183, 184

Martin, Rafe, 123–25, 167

Matthiessen, Peter, 69–70, 78, 80, 194

Merton, Thomas, 43, 84

Milwaukee Zen Center, 178

mindfulness, 82, 83, 85, 179–80

Minnesota Zen Center, 99, 101, 104

Mitchell, Stephen, 85–86

Miura, Isshu, 56

Morimoto Roshi, 48

Mountain Seat Ceremony, 130

“Mu” koan, 77, 125

See also koans

N

Nakagawa, Soen (Soen Roshi), 10, 16, 22–25, 33, 34, 75–78, 111, 123–25,

death of, 80

dharma words from, 79–80

tea ceremony and, 75–78, 134

Western students of Zen and, 22–25

Nanshinken Roshi, 26

Naropa Institute/University, 5, 49, 136, 190, 194, 212

Nine-Headed Dragon River (Matthiessen), 69, 78

Nowick, Walter, 28–30, 59, 127, 139–49

O

O'Hara, Pat Enkyo, 182

Okumura, Rev. Shohaku, 185

Ordinary Mind school, 206–8

P

Packer, Toni, 179

Port, Dosho Mike, 186, 200–201

Providence Zen Center, 86–87

psychotherapy, 204–07

R

Rand, Yvonne, 100, 129, 132, 183

Reps, Paul, 4, 181

Returning to Silence (Katagirl), 103

Rhodes, Barbara, 88, 168

Rinpoche, Trungpa, 49, 198

Rinzai sect, 7, 26, 39, 56, 74, 144, 186

Rizzetto, Diane, 206–09

Rochester Zen Center, 22, 119–25, 129

Russell, Alexander & Ida, 8–9, 18

Ryushin (monk), 176

Ryutakuji Monastery, 16, 22–24, 75, 80

S

Sachter, Lawson, 205

Saijo, Albert, 16

San Diego Zen Center, 208

San Francisco Zen Center, 59–60, 63–68, 115, 130, 132, 159

abbots of, 130

bird-in-cage story and, 66

features of, 63–64

Jerry Brown at, 165

Santa Cruz Zen Center, 67

sanzen, 26, 29, 147

Sasaki, Joshu (Sasaki Roshi), 113, 173, 213

Sasaki, Ruth Fuller, 14, 25–28, 30–31

Sasaki, Sokei-an, 1, 8, 12–15, 18, 25–28, 31–32, 39, 46, 151

death of, 26, 40

dharma words from, 15

satori, 14, 42, 50, 52–53, 170–71

Schelling, Andrew, 194–97

Senauke, Hozan Alan, 153, 204, 212

Senzaki, Nyogen, 4, 8–12, 15–17, 33

arrival in America, 9

death of, 17

dharma words from, 11–12

on enlightenment, 173

in World War II, 16

on Zen in America, 9–10

sesshin, 26, 34, 72, 74–75, 92–98, 120, 124, 125, 133, 162, 173, 197, 205, 209

Sesso, Oda, 30, 154

Seung Sahn, 59, 85–89, 117, 127, 185

Shaku, Sokatsu, 12, 29

Shaku, Soyen, 7–8, 9, 12, 18, 25, 42, 64

Shakyamuni. See Buddha

Shasta Abbey, 36–37, 184

Sheng-yen, Master, 59, 172, 177, 179, 213–14, 215

shikantaza, 68, 91, 168, 173

Shimano, Eido, 10, 36, 65, 70, 111, 131

shosan, 67, 99

Snyder, Gary, 30–31, 41, 43, 47–50, 59, on meditation, 167

on mindfulness, 180

on not knowing, 175

on right action, 152, 154

Soen Roshi, See Nakagawa, Soen

Soen-sa-nim. See Seung Sahn

Sojiji Monastery/Temple, 37, 127

Sokei-an. See Sasaki, Sokei-an

Sokoji Temple, 64, 66, 73, 101

Sonoma Mountain Zen Center, 65

Soto sect, 37, 64, 68, 73, 74, 91, 92, 127, 173, 175

Strand, Clark, 111, 131

Stuart, Maurine, 157, 184, 213

Su Bong Soen Sa, 88–89, 185

Suzuki, D.T., 8, 20–21, 26, 32–33, 41–46, 49–51, 52, 143, 151

death of, 45

dharma words from, 46

on enlightenment, 172

lectures of, 43, 45, 54

Suzuki, Shunryu, 20, 47, 57, 59, 63–68, 73, 127, 151, 210, 215

assistants to, 91, 92, 101, 115

on beginner's mind, 59, 175

death of, 101, 132–34

dharma words from, 68

on enlightenment, 170, 173

illness of, 128–29, 130–134

T

Tassajara Monastery, 63, 105, 115, 160, 163, 165

Tatsugami Roshi, 115

Thanas, Katharine, 67, 183

Thich Nhat Hanh, 59, 81–85, 152, 158–59, 180

dharma transmission and, 212–213

dharma words from, 83

on enlightenment, 173

on peace walk (1982), 84–85

on psychology, 204

on self and no-self, 178

Thoreau, Henry David, 7

Three Pillars of Zen, The (Kapleau), 19, 20, 120, 162, 200

Three Steps, One Bow (Hung Ju), 114

Tillich, Paul, 44

Transcendentalists, 7, 14

Treace, Bonnie Myotai, 181

Trungpa, Chogyam, 49

Tsung Tsai, 106–10

W

Waldman, Anne, 194–95

Watts, Alan, 12, 30, 41–42, 46–48, 55, 140

Weitsman, Sojun Mel, 65, 170, 204, 212

Wenger, Dairyu Michael, 159, 171

Whalen, Philip, 41, 49–52, 60–62, 177

White, Stan, 134, 215

White Plum lineage, 74, 189, 192

Whole World Is a Single Flower, The (Seung Sahn), 86

Wick, Gerry Shishin, 71, 186

Wilber, Ken, 205

Wild Mind (Goldberg), 202

Writing Down the Bones (Goldberg), 202

Y

Yamada, Koun, 33, 35, 165

Yasutani, Hakuun, 20–21, 33, 35–36, 74, 124, 135

Z

zazen, 5, 22, 24, 26, 28, 34, 35, 39, 45, 63, 64, 68, 74, 91, 93, 101–104, 119, 121, 162, 164, 165, 193–95, 197, 200–201, 205

as heart of Zen practice, 167–69

Zen at Work (Kaye), 159

Zen Center of Los Angeles, 59, 69–70, 74–75

Zen Eye, The, 32

Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (Reps & Senzaki), 4, 9

Zen in English Literature and Oriental Classics (Blyth), 33

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (Suzuki), 20, 68, 210

Zen Mountain Center, 63, 68, 182, 214

Zen Mountain Monastery, 5, 120, 154, 155, 186, 212, 213

Zen Notes magazine, 32

Zenshuji Temple, 73–74, 101

Zuigan Goto, 27, 29, 30, 32, 144, 147–48

zuise ceremony, 127–28