Acknowledgments ................................................ xi
Foreword: The Great Koan, Your Dog ........................... xiii
John Tarrant
Introduction .................................................... 1
James Ishmael Ford and Melissa Myozen Blacker
On the Transliteration of Names ................................ 17
The Koan Mu: Text, Commentary, and Verse ....................... 19
Wumen Huikai
Historical Perspective: The First Teachers of the Koan Way
Three Commentaries ............................................. 23
Dahui Zonggao
Two Commentaries ............................................... 29
Eihei Dogen
Great Doubt .................................................... 31
Hakuin Ekaku
Founding Teachers in the West
Teisho on Joshu's Dog .......................................... 35
Shaku Soen
Chao-chou's Dog ................................................ 45
Robert Aitken
Working with Mu ................................................ 55
Koryu Osaka
Joshu's Dog .................................................... 59
Nyogen Senzaki
Commentary on Joshu's Mu ....................................... 63
Yamamoto Gempo
Commentary on Joshu's Mu ....................................... 67
Harada Sogaku
Commentary on the Koan Mu ...................................... 71
Haku'un Yasutani
Joshu's Mu ..................................................... 83
Zenkei Shibayama
Encouragement Talk ............................................. 95
Philip Kapleau
Joshu's Dog .................................................... 99
Koun Yamada
First Gate: Joju's Dog ........................................ 103
Seung Sahn
Mu ............................................................ 109
Taizan Maezumi
Method of Practice ............................................ 115
Thick Thien-An
The Experience of Wu .......................................... 117
Sheng Yen
Modern Commentaries
Three Commentaries ............................................ 121
Shodo Harada
Joshu's Mu .................................................... 131
Eido Shimano
On the Utter, Complete, Total Ordinariness of Mu .............. 139
James Ishmael Ford
No Is Not the Opposite of Anything: Using Zhaozhou's "Mu" in
Zen Practice .................................................. 143
Melissa Myozen Blacker
Mu: Intimate and Simple ....................................... 157
David Dae An Rynick
It's Not What You Think ....................................... 161
Bodhin Kjolhede
Using Poison to Get Rid of Poison ............................. 165
John Daido Loori
Unromancing No ................................................ 175
Joan Sutherland
Practicing Mu, Arriving Home .................................. 185
Ruben L.F. Habito
Even a Dog ... ? .............................................. 199
Mitra Bishop
Always at Home ................................................ 203
Jan Chozen Bays
At Home in the World .......................................... 207
Rachel Mansfield-Howlett
Turn the Light ................................................ 215
Roko Sherry Chayat
The Power of Possibility in the Unknown ....................... 227
Dae Gak
A Thousand Miles the Same Mood ................................ 231
Susan Murphy
Mysterious and Subtle, Simple and Straightforward ............. 241
Elihu Genmyo Smith
Give Yourself Away to Mu ...................................... 247
Gerry Shishin Wick
The Baby and the Bath Water ................................... 253
Barry Magid
No. Nay. Never. Nyet. He. ..................................... 263
John Tarrant
Experiences with Joshu's Mu ................................... 273
Jules Shuzen Harris
Enjoying Mu ................................................... 277
Kurt Spellmeyer
Becoming Mu ................................................... 281
Grace Schireson
Joshu's Dog ................................................... 289
Elaine MacInnes
Afterword ..................................................... 307
Melissa Myozen Blacker and James Ishmael Ford
About the Contributors ........................................ 311
Reprint Credits ............................................... 317
Index ......................................................... 321
About the Editors
|