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4 R. H. Blyth in “Ikkyu’s Doka,” The Young East, vol. 2, no. 7. (Tokyo, 1953.)

5 An impression especially sickening to the poetic mood of the middle twentieth century. It comes, however, from a level of haiku and other art forms which corresponds to our own greeting-card verse and confectionery-box art. But consider the almost surrealistic imagery of the following from the Zenrin:

On Mount Wu-t’ai the clouds are steaming rice;

Before the ancient Buddha hall, dogs piss at heaven.

And there are many haiku such as this from Issa:

The mouth

That cracked a flea

Said, “Namu Amida Butsu!”

6 An influence combined with a native style which can still be seen at the ancient Shinto shrine of Ise–a style which strongly suggests the cultures of the southern Pacific islands.

7 Since it is frequently my pleasure to be invited for cha-no-yu by Sabro Hasegawa, who has a remarkable intuition for issuing these invitations at the most hectic moments, I can testify that I know no better form of psychotherapy.

8 Ts’ai-ken T’an, 291. Hung’s book of “vegetable-root talk” is a collection of wandering observations by a sixteenth-century poet whose philosophy was a blend of Taoism, Zen, and Confucianism.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

The Bibliography is divided into two parts: (1) The principal original sources consulted in the preparation of this book. The Japanese pronunciations are in round brackets. References are to the Japanese edition of the complete Chinese Tripitaka, the Taisho Daizokyo in 85 volumes (Tokyo, 1924–1932), and to Nanjio’s Catalogue of the Chinese Translation of the Buddhist Tripitaka (Oxford, 1883; repr., Tokyo, 1929). (2) A general bibliography of works on Zen in European languages, together with some other works on Indian and Chinese philosophy to which reference has been made in this book. To the best of my knowledge, this section includes every important book or scholarly article on Zen published until the present time, July, 1956.

1. PRINCIPAL SOURCES

Cheng-tao Ke (Shodoka)

Song of the Realization of the Way.

Yung-chia Hsüan-chüeh (Yoka Genkaku), 665–713.

Taisho 2014.

Trans. Suzuki (6), Senzaki & McCandless (1).

Ching-te Ch’uan-teng Lu (Keitoku Dento Roku)

Record of the Transmission of the Lamp.

Tao-yüan (Dogen), c. 1004.

Taisho 2076. Nanjio 1524.

Daiho Shogen Kokushi Hogo

Sermons of the National Teacher Daiho Shogen (i.e., Bankei).

Bankei Zenji, 1622–1693.

Ed. Suzuki and Furata. Daito Shuppansha, Tokyo, 1943.

Hsin-hsin Ming (Shinjinmei)

Treatise on Faith in the Mind.

Seng-ts’an (Sosan), d. 606.

Taisho 2010.

Trans. Suzuki (1), vol. 1, and (6), and Waley in Conze (2).

Ku-tsun-hsü Yü-lu (Kosonshuku Goroku)

Recorded Sayings of the Ancient Worthies.

Tse (Seki), Sung dynasty.

Fu-hsüeh Shu-chü, Shanghai, n.d. Also in Dainihon Zokuzokyo, Kyoto, 1905–1912.

Lin-chi Lu (Rinzai Roku)

Record of Lin-chi.

Lin-chi I-hsüan (Rinzai Gigen), d. 867.

Taisho 1985. Also in Ku-tsun-hsü Yü-lu, fasc. 1.

Liu-tsu T’an-ching (Rokuso Dangyo)

Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch.

Ta-chien Hui-neng (Daikan Eno), 638–713.

Taisho 2008. Nanjio 1525.

Trans. Wong Mou-lam (1) and Rousselle (1).

Pi-yen Lu (Hekigan Roku)

Record of the Green Rock.

Yuan-wu K’o-ch’in (Engo Kokugon), 1063–1135.

Taisho 2003.

Shen-hui Ho-chang I-chi (Jinne Osho Ishu)

Collected Traditions of Shen-hui.

Ho-tse Shen-hui (Kataku Jinne), 668–770.

Tun-huang MS, Pelliot 3047 and 3488.

Ed. Hu Shih. Oriental Book Co., Shanghai, 1930.

Trans. Gernet (1).

Shobo Genzo

The Eye Treasury of the True Dharma.

Dogen Zenji, 1200–1253.

Ed. Kunihiko Hashida. Sankibo Busshorin, Tokyo, 1939. Also in Dogen Zenji Zenshu, pp. 3–472. Shinjusha, Tokyo, 1940.

Wu-men Kuan (Mumon Kan)

The Barrier Without Gate.

Wu-men Hui-k’ai (Mumon Ekai), 1184–1260.

Taisho 2005.

Trans. Senzaki & Reps (1), Ogata (1), and Dumoulin (1).

2. WORKS IN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES