Lastly, in sending this humble work, not written in the author’s native tongue, out to the world, he cannot help thinking of his late teacher in Zen, Soyen Shaku, of Engakuji, Kamakura, with regret that his life had not been spared for several years yet, not only for the sake of Japanese Buddhism but for many of his lamenting friends. This is the seventh autumn for the maple-trees to scatter their crimson leaves over his grave at Matsu-ga-oka. Might his spirit not for once be awakened from deep meditation and criticise the book now before the reader! Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki _Kyoto, October,_ 1926 CONTENTS PAGE Preface v ESSAY I Introduction 1 ESSAY II Zen as the Chinese Interpretation of the Doctrine of Enlightenment 26 ESSAY III Enlightenment and Ignorance 105 ESSAY IV History of Zen Buddhism in China, from Bodhi-dharma to the Sixth Patriarch (Hui-nêng) 149 ESSAY V Satori 213 ESSAY VI Practical Methods of Zen Instruction 251 ESSAY VII The Meditation Hall and the Ideals of Zen Life 299 ESSAY VIII The Ten Cow-Herding Pictures 347 APPENDIX Chinese Notes 367 Index 413 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION[f2]