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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 reproduced by permission of TNM (Tokyo National Museum, ) Image Archives.
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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