Zen Sand: The Book of Capping Phrases for Koan PracticeZen Sand is a classic collection of verses aimed at aiding practitioners of kôan meditation to negotiate the difficult relationship between insight and language. As such it represents a major contribution to both Western Zen practice and English-language Zen scholarship. |
Contents
CappingPhrase Practice in Japanese Rinzai Zen | xv |
The Nature of the Rinzai Kōan Practice | xvii |
The Steps of Kōan Practice | 6 |
Literary Study in Kōan Practice | 20 |
The Kōan and the Chinese Literary Game | 31 |
The History of Zen Phrase Books | 50 |
Guide to Conventions and Abbreviations | 73 |
Phrases | 81 |
ElevenCharacter Phrases | 371 |
TwelveCharacter Verses | 374 |
ThirteenCharacter Phrases | 386 |
FourteenCharacter Verses | 388 |
FifteenCharacter Phrases | 471 |
SixteenCharacter Phrases | 473 |
SeventeenCharacter Phrases | 484 |
EighteenCharacter Phrases | 487 |
FourCharacter Phrases | 81 |
FiveCharacter Phrases | 147 |
SixCharacter Phrases | 179 |
SevenCharacter Phrases | 204 |
EightCharacter Phrases | 257 |
NineCharacter Phrases | 301 |
TenCharacter Phrases | 305 |
NineteenCharacter Phrases | 488 |
TwentyCharacter Phrases | 490 |
TwentyOneandMoreCharacter Phrases | 494 |
Glossary | 507 |
Bibliography | 599 |
Index | 617 |