xii, 241 pages ; 23 cm; Introduction: Hongzhi, Dogen and the background of shikantaza / Taigen Dan Leighton -- Guidepost of silent illumination ; Cultivating the empty field / Hongzhi Zhengjue -- Zazengi: rules for zazen / Eihei Dogen -- Fukanzazengi: universal recommendations for zazen ; Zazenshin: lancet of seated meditation / Eihei Dogen -- Zazen Yojinki / Keizan Jokin -- Shikantaza / Hakuun Yasutani -- Ten Tenzo Kyokun and shikantaza ; Talk on wholehearted practice of the way / Kosho Uchiyama -- No dualism / Shunryu Suzuki -- Commentary on Fukanzazengi / Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi -- How to sit / P.T.N.H. Jiyu-Kennett -- To live is just to live / Dainin Katagiri -- To study the self / Shohaku Okumura -- On "silent illumination" / Sheng-yen -- Nanyue polishes a tile ; Yaoshan's non-thinking ; John Daido Loori -- Suzuki Roshi's practice of shikantaza / Sojun Mel Weitsman -- A coin lost in the river is found in the river / Zoketsu Norman Fischer -- Just sitting / Tenshin Reb Anderson -- Will you sit with me? / Bonnie Myotai Treace -- Yanshan's mind and environment / Geoffrey Shugen Arnold.; The practice of "just sitting" is central to all Zen practice. This comprehensive and unparalleled volume brings together a wealth of writings, from Bodhidharma and Dogen to the most prominent modern teachers, collecting the substantial core of centuries of Zen teachings.; 

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