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Cover art “The Priest Dongshan Wading across a Stream” by Ma Yuan, courtesy of the Tokyo National Museum (TNM) Image Archives.

Cover design by Mary Belibasakis

FRONTISPIECE: Traditional Chinese Woodcut of Dongshan Liangjie.

Dongshan Looking into the Stream (Horayama Do-sui View, partial; in Japanese: image) image reproduced by permission of TNM (Tokyo National Museum, image) Image Archives.

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Leighton, Taigen Daniel, author.

Just this is it: Dongshan and the practice of suchness / Taigen Dan Leighton.

pages cm

eISBN 978-0-8348-0089-2

ISBN 978-1-61180-228-3 (paperback)

1. Liangjie, 807–869—Teachings. 2. Caodong (Sect) I. Title.

BQ9449.L527L45 2015

294.3′420427—dc23

2014019630