The Collected Translations of Thomas Cleary This Volume of Classics of Buddhism and Zen contains: "Teachings of Zen" This anthology presents talks, sayings, and records of heart-to-heart encounters to show the essence of Zen training through the words of the Zen masters themselves. "Zen Reader" This book is a collection of quotations from the great masters of Zen. The masters talk about the practicalities of Zen realization and primarily about waking up, seeing for yourself, and standing on your own two feet. "Zen Letters of Yuanwu" Presented here are the teachings of the great Chinese master Yuanwu in direct person-to-person lessons, intimately revealing the inner workings of the psychology of enlightenment. "Shobogenzo, the Zen Essays of Dogen" Dogen, founder of Japanese Zen, presents a thorough recasting of Buddhism with a creative ingenuity that has never been matched in the subsequent literature of Japanese Zen. "The Ecstasy of Enlightenment" An inside look at the spiritual world of tantra; noteworthy are the parallels between tantric Buddhism in old Bengal and the original Zen Buddhism in China.
Classics of Buddhism and Zen, Volume Two, Thomas Cleary, Shambhala Publications, 552 pages, $44.95
Thomas Cleary holds a PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University and a JD from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. He is the translator of over fifty volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts from Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Pali, and Arabic.
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