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Dogen's Manuals of Zen Meditation by Carl Bielefeldt

Dogen's Manuals of Zen Meditation Carl Bielefeldt ebook
Page: 267
ISBN: 0520068351, 9780520068353
Format: pdf
Publisher: University of California Press

This is a beautiful text that deserves to be far better known, and an easily accessible translation will be found in D. Selections include Dogen's famous meditation instructions; his advice on the practice of zazen, or sitting meditation; guidelines for community life; and some of his most inspirational talks. A lesser known sutra to some, the Lankavatara Sutra is "the holy grail" of Zen Buddhism. This two-page text was Dogen's main meditation manual, which he continued working on for about twenty-six years until near the end of his life. Also included are a bibliography and an .. This was probably the Rinzai practice consists of seated meditation, koan training, and samu (work practice) or the art of doing activities mindfully. In this essay, Dogen takes as his topic the koan A Man Up a Tree. Suzuki's 'Manual of Zen Budhism' ('On Believing in Mind,' pages 76-82). It is essentially the "manual" on Zen Buddhism. (Credit for pointing the essay out goes to Carl Bielefeldt, Dogen's Manuals of Zen Meditation). Last summer, as I was re-reading Carl Bielefeldt's Dogen's Manuals of Zen Meditation, I received a very kind email from a reader asking me to offer my take on how to do zazen. Soto is the school introduced to Japan by Dogen (a former Tendai priest) in the 13th century, and emphasizes shikantaza (see below). It's said that Chih-i (538–597 CE), the de facto founder of the T'ien-t'ai school, was the first Chinese Buddhist to produce a meditation manual.