The Book of Calmness ( Chinese 從容 錄 ) is a collection of koans collected by Wansong Sinlu (1166–1246), published in 1224. The book consists of 100 stories from the life of Zen Buddhist teachers and verses by the teacher Huji Zengue (1091-1157) with Wansong's comments. Wansong's collection is the only surviving of all [1] [2] [3] [4] .
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Shokaku Okamura called it “a classic book that Zen students are still studying” [5] . Reb Anderson called it “an outstanding peak in the mountain range of Zen literature, a calm stream in the valley of learning, a treasure of the house (Zen), inspiring and directing to study Buddhist teachings” [6] . Harry Shinshin Vick, who published the translation of the book in 2005, said: “Although it was written by a Soto-shu master, cases from it are used as koans in the Rinzai line, but some schools in the Soto and Rinzai line read it simply as a good book, not used as koans ” [7] .
See also
- 101 Zen Stories
- Rivers from the Azure Cliff
Literature
- ↑ Buswell Jr., Robert E. The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism / Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr .. - Princeton University Press, 2013 .-- P. 197. - ISBN 9781400848058 .
- ↑ O'Brien, Barbara Introduction to Koans Neopr . About.com .
- ↑ Wick, Gerry Shishin. The Book Of Equanimity: Illuminating Classic Zen Koans. - Wisdom Publications. - P. 2. - ISBN 9780861713875 .
- ↑ Leighton, Taigen Dan. Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi. - Tuttle Publishing. - P. 5. - ISBN 9780804832403 .
- ↑ Okumura, Shohaku. Realizing Genjokoan. - Wisdom Publications. - P. 158. - ISBN 9780861716012 .
- ↑ Book of Serenity: One Hundred Zen Dialogues (link not available) . Shambhala Publications . Archived on March 5, 2013.
- ↑ BG 109: Koan Training and the Different Styles of Zen . Buddhist Geeks . Archived on April 15, 2013.
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- Book of calm. Word 97/2000 / XP / Word 6 (translation from English by Zaur Goshokov)