The Book of Equanimity
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The Book of Equanimity

Illuminating Classic Zen Koans

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Book of Equanimity

Illuminating Classic Zen Koans

About this book

The Book of Equanimity contains the first-ever complete English language commentary on one of the most beloved classic collections of Zen teaching stories (koans), making them vividly relevant to spiritual seekers and Zen students in the twenty-first century. Continually emphasizing koans as effective tools to discover and experience the deepest truths of our being, Wick brings the art of the koan to life for those who want to practice wisdom in their daily lives.The koan collection Wick explores here is highly esteemed as both literature and training material in the Zen tradition, in which koan-study is one of two paths a practitioner might take. This collection is used for training in many Zen centers in the Americas and in Europe but has never before been available with commentary from a contemporary Zen master. Wick's Book of Equanimity includes new translations of the preface, main case and verse for each koan, and modern commentaries on the koans by Wick himself.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Foreword by Bernie Glassman
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. Case 1: The World-Honored One Ascends the Platform
  10. Case 2: Bodhidharma’s Vast Emptiness
  11. Case 3: An Invitation for the Patriarch
  12. Case 4: The World-Honored One Points to the Earth
  13. Case 5: Seigan’s Cost of Rice
  14. Case 6: Baso’s White and Black
  15. Case 7: Yakusan Takes the High Seat
  16. Case 8: Hyakujo’s Fox
  17. Case 9: Nansen Cuts a Cat
  18. Case 10: Joshu Sees Through the Old Woman
  19. Case 11: Ummon’s Two Sicknesses
  20. Case 12: Jizo Plants the Field
  21. Case 13: Rinzai’s Blind Donkey
  22. Case 14: Attendant Kaku Serves Tea
  23. Case 15: Kyozan Plants His Mattock
  24. Case 16: Mayoku Thumps His Staff
  25. Case 17: Hogen’s Hair’s-Breadth
  26. Case 18: Joshu’s Dog
  27. Case 19: Ummon’s Mount Sumeru
  28. Case 20: Jizo’s “Not Knowing Is the Most Intimate”
  29. Case 21: Ungan Sweeps the Ground
  30. Case 22: Ganto’s Bow and Shout
  31. Case 23: Roso Faces the Wall
  32. Case 24: Seppo’s Poison Snake
  33. Case 25: Enkan’s Rhinoceros-Horn Fan
  34. Case 26: Kyozan Points to Snow
  35. Case 27: Hogen Points to the Blind
  36. Case 28: Gokoku’s Three Shames
  37. Case 29: Fuketsu’s Iron Ox
  38. Case 30: Daizui’s Kalpa Fire
  39. Case 31: Ummon’s Free-Standing Pillar
  40. Case 32: Kyozan’s State of Mind
  41. Case 33: Sansho’s Golden Carp
  42. Case 34: Fuketsu’s Speck of Dust
  43. Case 35: Rakuho’s Acquiescence
  44. Case 36: Baso’s Illness
  45. Case 37: Isan’s Karmic Consciousness
  46. Case 38: Rinzai’s True Man
  47. Case 39: Joshu’s Bowl-Washing
  48. Case 40: Ummon’s White and Black
  49. Case 41: Rakuho’s Last Moments
  50. Case 42: Nanyo’s Washbasin
  51. Case 43: Razan’s Arising and Vanishing
  52. Case 44: Koyo’s Garuda Bird
  53. Case 45: The Sutra of Complete Awakening
  54. Case 46: Tokusan’s Completion of Study
  55. Case 47: Joshu’s Cypress Tree
  56. Case 48: Vimalakirti’s Nonduality
  57. Case 49: Tozan Offers to the Essence
  58. Case 50: Seppo’s “What’s This?”
  59. Case 51: Hogen’s “By Boat or Land”
  60. Case 52: Sozan’s Dharmakaya
  61. Case 53: Obaku’s Dregs
  62. Case 54: Ungan’s Great Compassionate One
  63. Case 55: Seppo the Rice Cook
  64. Case 56: Mishi’s White Rabbit
  65. Case 57: Genyo’s One Thing
  66. Case 58: The Diamond Sutra’s Reviling
  67. Case 59: Seirin’s Deadly Snake
  68. Case 60: Ryutetsuma’s Old Cow
  69. Case 61: Kempo’s One Stroke
  70. Case 62: Beiko’s No Enlightenment
  71. Case 63: Joshu Asks About Death
  72. Case 64: Shisho’s Transmission
  73. Case 65: Shuzan’s New Bride
  74. Case 66: Kyuho’s Head and Tail
  75. Case 67: The Avatamsaka Sutra’s Wisdom
  76. Case 68: Kassan’s Slashing Sword
  77. Case 69: Nansen’s Cats and Cows
  78. Case 70: Shinzan Questions the Nature of Life
  79. Case 71: Suigan’s Eyebrows
  80. Case 72: Chuyu’s Monkey
  81. Case 73: Sozan’s Requited Filial Piety
  82. Case 74: Hogen’s Substance and Name
  83. Case 75: Zuigan’s Permanent Principle
  84. Case 76: Shuzan’s Three Phrases
  85. Case 77: Kyozan Holds His Own
  86. Case 78: Ummon’s Farm Rice-Cake
  87. Case 79: Chosha Advances a Step
  88. Case 80: Ryuge Passes the Chin Rest
  89. Case 81: Gensha Comes to the Province
  90. Case 82: Ummon’s Sounds and Shapes
  91. Case 83: Dogo’s Nursing
  92. Case 84: Gutei’s One Finger
  93. Case 85: The National Teacher’s Seamless Tomb
  94. Case 86: Rinzai’s Great Enlightenment
  95. Case 87: Sozan’s With or Without
  96. Case 88: The Shurangama’s Unseen
  97. Case 89: Tozan’s No Grass
  98. Case 90: Kyozan Respectfully Declares It
  99. Case 91: Nansen’s Peony
  100. Case 92: Ummon’s One Treasure
  101. Case 93: Roso’s Not Understanding
  102. Case 94: Tozan’s Illness
  103. Case 95: Rinzai’s One Stroke
  104. Case 96: Kyuho’s Disapproval
  105. Case 97: Emperor Ko’s Cap
  106. Case 98: Tozan’s Heed
  107. Case 99: Ummon’s Bowl and Pail
  108. Case 100: Roya’s Mountains and Rivers
  109. Appendix: Masters Referenced in The Book of Equanimity
  110. Suggested Further Reading
  111. About Wisdom