Religion of the Samurai.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I HISTORY OF ZEN IN CHINA -- 1. The Origin of Zen in India -- 2. The Introduction of Zen into China by Bodhidharma -- 3. Bodhidharma and the Emperor Wu -- 4. Bodhidharma and his Successor, the Second Patriarch -- 5. Bodhidharma's Disciples and the Transmission of the Law -- 6. The Second and the Third Patriarchs -- 7. The Fourth Patriarch and the Emperor Tai Tsung -- 8. The Fifth and the Sixth Patriarchs -- 9. The Spiritual Attainment of the Sixth Patriarch -- 10. The Flight of the Sixth Patriarch -- 11. The Development of the Southern and the Northern School of Zen -- 12. The Missionary Activity of the Sixth Patriarch -- 13. The Disciples under the Sixth Patriarch -- 14. Three Important Elements of Zen -- 15. Decline of Zen -- CHAPTER II HISTORY OF ZEN IN JAPAN -- 1. The Establishment of the Rin Zai School of Zen in Japan -- 2. The Introduction of the Sō Tō School of Zen -- 3. The Characteristics of Dō-gen, the Founder of the Japanese Sō Tō Sect -- 4. The Social State of Japan when Zen was Established by Ei-sai and Dō-gen -- 5. The Resemblance of the Zen Monk to the Samurai -- 6. The Honest Poverty of the Zen Monk and the Samurai -- 7. The Manliness of the Zen Monk and the Samurai -- 8. The Courage and Composure of Mind of the Zen Monk and the Samurai -- 9. Zen and the Regent Generals of the Hō-jō Period -- 10. Zen after the Downfall of the Hō-jō Regency -- 11. Zen in the Dark Age -- 12. Zen under the Toku-gawa Shōgunate -- 13. Zen after the Restoration -- CHAPTER III THE UNIVERSE IS THE SCRIPTURE OF ZEN -- 1. Scripture is no More than Waste Paper -- 2. No Need of the Scriptural Authority for Zen -- 3. The Usual Explanation of the Canon -- 4. Sūtras used by the Zen Masters -- 5. A Sūtra Equal in Size to the Whole World -- 6. Great Men and Nature.

7. The Absolute and Reality are but an Abstraction -- 8. The Sermon of the Inanimate -- CHAPTER IV BUDDHA, THE UNIVERSAL SPIRIT -- 1. The Ancient Buddhist Pantheon -- 2. Zen is Iconoclastic -- 3. Buddha is Unnamable -- 4. Buddha, the Universal Life -- 5. Life and Change -- 6. The Pessimistic View of Ancient Hindus -- 7. Hīnayānism and its Doctrine -- 8. Change as seen by Zen -- 9. Life and Change -- 10. Life, Change, and Hope -- 11. Everything is Living according to Zen -- 12. The Creative Force of Nature and Humanity -- 13. Universal Life is Universal Spirit -- 14. Poetical Intuition and Zen -- 15. Enlightened Consciousness -- 16. Buddha Dwelling in the Individual Mind -- 17. Enlightened Consciousness is not an Intellectual Insight -- 18. Our Conception of Buddha is not Final -- 19. How to Worship Buddha -- CHAPTER V THE NATURE OF MAN -- 1. Man is Good-natured according to Mencius -- 2. Man is Bad-natured according to Siün Tsz -- 3. Man is both Good-natured and Bad-natured according to Yan Hiung -- 4. Man is neither Good-natured nor Bad-natured according to Su Shih -- 5. There is no Mortal who is Purely Moral -- 6. There is no Mortal who is Non-moral or Purely Immoral -- 7. Where, then, does the Error Lie ? -- 8. Man is not Good-natured nor Bad-natured, but Buddha natured -- 9. The Parable of the Robber Kih -- 10. Wang Yang Ming and a Thief -- 11. The Bad are the Good in the Egg -- 12. The Great Person and the Small Person -- 13. The Theory of Buddha-Nature adequately explains the Ethical States of Man -- 14. Buddha-Nature is the Common Source of Morals -- 15. The Parable of a Drunkard -- 16. Shakya Muni and the Prodigal Son -- 17. The Parable of the Monk and the Stupid Woman -- 18. 'Each Smile a Hymn, each Kindly Word a Prayer' -- 19. The World is in the Making -- 20. The Progress and Hope of Life -- 21. The Betterment of Life.

22. The Buddha of Mercy -- CHAPTER VI ENLIGHTENMENT -- 1. Enlightenment is beyond Description and Analysis -- 2. Enlightenment Implies an Insight into the Nature of Self -- 3. The Irrationality of the Belief of Immortality -- 4. The Examination of the Notion of Self -- 5. Nature is the Mother of All Things -- 6. Real Self -- 7. The Awakening of the Innermost Wisdom -- 8. Zen is not Nihilistic -- 9. Zen and Idealism -- 10. Idealism is a Potent Medicine for Self-Created Mental Disease -- 11. Idealistic Scepticism concerning Objective Reality -- 12. Idealistic Scepticism concerning Religion and Morality -- 13. An Illusion concerning Appearance and Reality -- 14. Where does the Root of the Illusion Lie ? -- 15. Thing-in-Itself means Thing-Knowerless -- 16. The Four Alternatives and the Five Categories -- 17. Personalism of B. P. Bowne -- 18. All the Worlds in Ten Directions are Buddha's Holy Land -- CHAPTER VII LIFE -- 1. Epicureanism and Life -- 2. The Errors of Philosophical Pessimists and Religious Optimists -- 3. The Law of Balance -- 4. Life Consists in Conflict -- 5. The Mystery of Life -- 6. Nature favours Nothing in Particular -- 7. The Law of Balance in Life -- 8. The Application of the Law of Causation to Morals -- 9. The Retribution in the Past, the Present, and the Future Life -- 10. The Eternal Life as taught by Professor Münsterberg -- 11. Life in the Concrete -- 12. Difficulties are no Match for an Optimist -- 13. Do Thy Best and Leave the Rest to Providence -- CHAPTER VIII THE TRAINING OF THE MIND AND THE PRACTICE OF MEDITATION -- 1. The Method of Instruction adopted by Zen Masters -- 2. The First Step in the Mental Training -- 3. The Next Step in the Mental Training -- 4. The Third Step in the Mental Training -- 5. Zazen, or the Sitting in Meditation -- 6. The Breathing Exercise of the Yogi -- 7. Calmness of Mind.

8. Zazen and the Forgetting of Self -- 9. Zen and Supernatural Power -- 10. True Dhyāna -- 11. Let Go of Your Idle Thoughts -- 12. 'The Five Ranks of Merit' -- 13. 'The Ten Pictures of the Cowherd' -- 14. Zen and Nirvāna -- 15. Nature and Her Lesson -- 16. The Beatitude of Zen -- APPENDIX -- ORIGIN OF MAN -- Preface -- Introduction -- CHAPTER I Refutation of Delusive and Prejudiced (Doctrine) -- CHAPTER II Refutation of Incomplete and Superficial (Doctrine) -- 1. The Doctrine for Men and Devas -- 2. The Doctrine of the Hīnayānists -- 3. The Mahāyāna Doctrine of Dharmalakṣaṇa -- 4. Mahāyāna Doctrine of the Nihilists -- CHAPTER III The Direct Explanation of the Real Origin -- 5. The Ekayāna Doctrine that Teaches the Ultimate Reality -- CHAPTER IV Reconciliation of the Temporary with the Real Doctrine.

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