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THE ZEN EXPERIENCE
The truth of Zen has always resided in individual experience rather than in theoretical writings. To give the modern reader access to understanding of this truth, THE ZEN EXPERIENCE illumines Zen as it was created and shaped by the personalities, perceptions, and actions of its masters over the centuries. Beginning with the twin roots of Zen in Indian Buddhism and Chinese Taoism, we follow it through its initial flowering in China under the First Patriarch Bodhidharma; its division into schools of “gradual” and “sudden” enlightenment under Shen-hsui and Shen-hui; the ushering in of its golden age by Hui-neng; the development of “shock” enlightenment by Ma-tsu; its poetic greatness in the person of Han-shan; the perfection of the use of the koan by Ta-hui; the migration of Zen to Japan and its extraordinary growth there under a succession of towering Japanese spiritual leaders. Rich in historical background, vivid in revealing anecdote and memorable quotation, this long-needed work succeeds admirably in taking Zen from the library shelves and restoring its living, human form.
BOOKS BY THOMAS HOOVER
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PERMISSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PART I. THE EARLY MASTERS
PART II. THE GOLDEN AGE OF ZEN
PART III. SECTARIANISM AND THE KOAN
PART IV. ZEN IN JAPAN
Bibliography
PREFACE TO ZEN
TAOISM: THE WAY TO ZEN
LAO TZU
CHUANG TZU
KUO HSIANG: A NEO-TAOIST
THE BUDDHIST ROOTS OF ZEN
KUMARAJIVA
SENG-CHAO
TAO-SHENG
THE SYNTHESIS
Chapter Two
Chapter Four
SHEN-HSIU (605-706), THE FIRST "SIXTH PATRIARCH"
SHEN-HUI (670-762), THE "MARTIN LUTHER" OF CH'AN
Nan-ch’uan P’u-yuan
Chao-chou Ts’ung-shen
Layman P’ang
Han Shan
Chapter Ten
THE YUN-MEN SECT
THE FA-YEN SECT
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Nineteen
SOCIAL CONSCIENCE IN ZEN
ZEN AND CREATIVITY
ZEN AND MIND RESEARCH
ZEN AND THE ARTS
ZEN AND PERCEPTION
THE ZEN LIFE
NOTES
PREFACE TO ZEN
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS BY THOMAS HOOVER
Nonfiction
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