The Book of Mu; Essential Writings on Zen's Most Important Koan
ISBN: 9780861716432 | 0861716434
Format: Trade PaperPublisher: Wisdom Publications
Pub. Date: 5/1/2011
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This instant classic is a watershed volume sure to rapidly take its place for generations alongside The Three Pillars of Zen as one the first books someone brand new to Zen will turn to as a starting place. The word "Mu" is one ancient Zen teacher's response to the earnest question of whether even a dog has "buddha nature"--and discovering for ourselves the meaning of the master's response is the urgent work of each of us who yearns to be open and at peace. "Practicing Mu" is synonymous with practicing Zen, and "sitting with Mu" is an apt descr... MORE
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Foreword: The Great Koan, Your Dog | p. xiii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| On the Transliteration of Names | p. 17 |
| The Koan Mu: Text, Commentary, and Verse | p. 19 |
| Historical Perspective: The First Teachers of the Koan Way | |
| Three Commentaries | p. 23 |
| Two Commentaries | p. 29 |
| Great Doubt | p. 31 |
| Founding Teacher... MORE | |
| Teisho on Joshu's Dog | p. 35 |
| Chao-chou's Dog | p. 45 |
| Working with Mu | p. 55 |
| Joshu's Dog | p. 59 |
| Commentary on Joshu's Mu | p. 63 |
| Commentary on Joshu's Mu | p. 67 |
| Commentary on the Koan Mu | p. 71 |
| Joshu's Mu | p. 83 |
| Encouragement Talk | p. 95 |
| Joshu's Dog | p. 99 |
| First Gate: Joju's Dog | p. 103 |
| Mu | p. 109 |
| Method of Practice | p. 115 |
| The Experience of Wu | p. 117 |
| Modern Commentaries | |
| Three Commentaries | p. 121 |
| Joshu's Mu | p. 131 |
| On the Utter, Complete, Total Ordinariness of Mu | p. 139 |
| No Is Not the Opposite of Anything: Using Zhaozhou's ôMuö in Zen Practice | p. 143 |
| Mu: Intimate and Simple | p. 157 |
| It's Not What You Think | p. 161 |
| Using Poison to Get Rid of Poison | p. 165 |
| Unromancing No | p. 175 |
| Practicing Mu, Arriving Home | p. 185 |
| Even a Dog…? | p. 199 |
| Always at Home | p. 203 |
| At Home in the World | p. 207 |
| Turn the Light | p. 215 |
| The Power of Possibility in the Unknown | p. 227 |
| A Thousand Miles the Same Mood | p. 231 |
| Mysterious and Subtle, Simple and Straightforward | p. 241 |
| Give Yourself Away to Mu | p. 247 |
| The Baby and the Bath Water | p. 253 |
| No. Nay. Never. Nyet. lie. | p. 263 |
| Experiences with Joshu's Mu | p. 273 |
| Enjoying Mu | p. 277 |
| Becoming Mu | p. 281 |
| Joshu's Dog | p. 289 |
| Afterword | p. 307 |
| About the Contributors | p. 311 |
| Reprint Credits | p. 317 |
| Index | p. 321 |
| About the Editor | |
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