Nancy Wilson Ross (1901–1986)

'Nancy Wilson Ross has performed a valuble service in making available to us the insights and reflections of those who have understood Zen...Our education has trained us to be at home in the world of notions; it is time that we discovered how to be equally at home in The World of Zen.-Aldous Huxley

'This is a book we have been waiting for-one that would gather into a single comprehensive voume the main features of an Eastern philosophy that is becoming a creative force in the Western world. Zen is a way of life, of universal relevance, and this volume, which makes it so acccessible, is likely to have a wide influence on our culture. It is a book to live with.'-Sir Herbert Read

Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
I What is Zen?
1 Introduction Nancy Wilson Ross
2 Zen: A method for religious awakening Ruth Fuller Sasaki
3 A few statements about Zen D.T. Suzuki
4 The religion of tranquility
The three types of religious method Sokei-an
II The essence of Zen
1 The sense of Zen D.T. Suzuki
2 Satori, or acquiring a new viewpoint
Suzuki on satori
Alan Watts on satori
Hubert Benoit on satori
Hisamatsu on satori
Christmas Humphreys on satori
3 The koan D.T. Suzuki
4 Two from twenty five koans
Repose of mind
The clatter of a broken tile-Sokei-an
5 The Zen teaching of Huang Po on the transmission of mind
Translated, and with an introduction, by John Blofeld
6 Some Zen sttories
Translated by Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps
III Zen and the arts
1 Painting
Foreword
Zen and the art of painting D.T. Suzuki
The Tao of painting Mai-mai Sze
2 Gardens
Foreword
Gardens Langdon Warner
Stone garden Will Petersen
3 Poetry
Foreword
Haiku Alan Watts
4 Ceremonial tea
Foreword
Tea Langdon Warner
5 Architecture-The tea-room Okakura Kakuzo
6 The No drama
Foreword
Sotoba Komachi Translated by Arthur Waley
IV Humor in Zen
1 Foreword
2 Excerpt from Monkey Translated by Arthur Waley
3 Three old Chinese Zen stories Chang Chen-chi
V Zen in psychology and everyday life
1 Psychoanalysis and Zen Buddhism Erich Fromm
2 Zen in psychotherapy: The virtue of sitting Akihisa Kondo
3 On the general sense of Zen thought Hubert Benoit
4 Practicing Zen through observing one's mind in tranquility Chang Chen-chi
5 Zen Buddhism and everyday life Robert Linssen
6 The awakening of a new consciousness in Zen D.T. Suzuki
VI Universal Zen
1 who am I?
2 Non-attachment
3 'Is-ness'
4 'Now-ness'
5 'One-ness'
6 The Zen eye
7 The archer, the judoka, puppets, swords, and a tame bear
Excerpt from zen in the art of archery Eugen Herrigel
Judo and psycho-physical unity Robert Linssen
Excerpt from an essay on the psychology of swordplay Takano Shigeyoshi
The marionette theatre, a story Heinrich von Kleist
The expert, a story Nakashima Ton (translated by Ivan Morris)
8 Zen and science-'No-knowledge,' from The Tao of Science R.G.H. Siu
9 Lao-tsu: Poems Translated by Witter Bynner
VII Zen and the West
1 Spring sesshin at Shokoku-ji Gary Snyder
2 Beat Zen, square Zen, and Zen Alan Watts
3 Zen for the West William Barrett… (meer)