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Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot

Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot

by Soyen SHAKU (1860 - 1919)

Look! it's the science of sitting, No! it's the science of meditating, No! it's Zen. If you wanted to know anything regarding Zen Buddhism and you did not have the opportunity then here is your chance to listen to the wisdom of a Zen Buddhist Abbot who toured the United States in 1905-6 and most of the sections in this book were lectures that were given to the American Audience, which is why this work is nicknamed as "Zen for Americans.""The Zen that can be explained is not the Zen" said the second patriarch to Bodhi Dharma but this book tries to explain the basic principles that can help you get started on the journey of experiencing Zen. Some of the essays in this book were used as a reference by Leo Tolstoy in one of his works. (Summary by sidhu177)


An Address Delivered at a Service Held in Memory of Those Who Died in the Russo-Japanese War

Assertions and Denials

At the Battle of Nan-Shan Hill

Buddhism and Oriental Culture

Buddhist Ethics

Buddhist Faith

Buddhist View of War

Ignorance and Enlightenment

Immortality

Kwannon Bosatz

Pratice of Dhyana

Reply to a Christian Critic

Spiritual Enlightenment

The God-Conception of Buddhism

The Middle Way

The Phenomenal and the Supraphenomenal

The Sacrifice for a Stanza

The Story of Deer Park

The Story of Gem-Hunting

The Sutra of Forty-two Chapters

The Wheel of the Good Law

Translator's Preface

What Is Buddhism?