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This guide to enlightened conduct for people in positions of authority is based on the teachings of several great Chinese Zen masters. Drawing on private records, letters, and long-lost documents of the Song dynasty (tenth to thirteenth centuries), Zen Lessons consists of short excerpts written in language that is accessible to the reader without any background in Eastern philosophy. This book serves as a guide to recognizing the qualities of a genuine Zen teacher; it also serves as a study of the character and conduct necessary for the mastery of any position of power and authority—whether religious, social, political, or organizational.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781570628832 |
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Publisher: | Shambhala |
Publication date: | 04/20/2004 |
Pages: | 168 |
Sales rank: | 926,662 |
Product dimensions: | 6.01(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.45(d) |
About the Author
Thomas Cleary holds a Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University. He is the translator of more than fifty volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts from Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Pali, and Arabic.
Table of Contents
Translator's Introduction | xiii | |
Notes on Sources | xxi | |
1. | Enlightened Virtue | 1 |
2. | Study and Learning | 1 |
3. | Great and Small Evil | 2 |
4. | Honesty | 2 |
5. | A Vessel of Enlightenment | 3 |
6. | Modesty | 4 |
7. | Rules | 4 |
8. | Worry and Trouble | 5 |
9. | A Swift Bird | 6 |
10. | Work and the Way | 6 |
11. | Hot and Cold | 7 |
12. | Safety and Danger | 7 |
13. | Three Essentials of Leadership | 8 |
14. | Incompatibility | 9 |
15. | Leadership and the Community | 10 |
16. | Vermilion Outhouses | 11 |
17. | Mastering Mind | 11 |
18. | Mistrust | 12 |
19. | The House of Homeleavers | 12 |
20. | Chan Adepts | 13 |
21. | Chan Communities | 14 |
22. | Knowing People | 14 |
23. | Virtue and Benevolence | 15 |
24. | Mastery in Both Worlds | 16 |
25. | An Inscrutable Buddha | 17 |
26. | Great Light | 17 |
27. | Essentials of Leadership | 18 |
28. | Worry | 18 |
29. | The Self-Pointer | 19 |
30. | Defeatism | 20 |
31. | Speech and Action | 20 |
32. | Seeing Through | 21 |
33. | Study without Turning Away from People | 22 |
34. | Acting Too Early | 23 |
35. | Continuing Education | 23 |
36. | Decisions | 24 |
37. | Personnel Problems | 25 |
38. | Graduate Studies | 25 |
39. | Sages and Ordinary People | 26 |
40. | Being in the World without Misery | 26 |
41. | Communication of Hearts | 27 |
42. | Make the Way Wide | 29 |
43. | No Deception | 29 |
44. | The Chief Elder | 30 |
45. | Passing the Test | 30 |
46. | Farther and Farther | 31 |
47. | Will | 31 |
48. | Adding Dirt to a Mountain | 31 |
49. | Loss of Integrity | 32 |
50. | Mind and Traces | 32 |
51. | Don't Rush | 33 |
52. | The Call of Duty | 33 |
53. | Hypocrisy | 34 |
54. | Genuine Care | 35 |
55. | The Use of Finery | 35 |
56. | Advice to a King | 36 |
57. | The Just | 36 |
58. | Adaptation | 37 |
59. | Selecting Associates | 37 |
60. | Knowing People | 38 |
61. | Insects | 38 |
62. | Loftiness of Spirit | 39 |
63. | Sincere Liking for Learning | 39 |
64. | Timing | 40 |
65. | Too Late | 40 |
66. | Back to Basics | 41 |
67. | Gradual Development | 41 |
68. | Narrowmindedness and Indulgence | 42 |
69. | Gain and Loss | 42 |
70. | Overreaching Oneself | 43 |
71. | Be Careful | 44 |
72. | Good Leadership | 45 |
73. | Two Winds | 46 |
74. | The Obvious and the Unknown | 47 |
75. | Beyond the Range of Arrows | 48 |
76. | Commitment | 49 |
77. | An Inimitable Teacher | 49 |
78. | Self-Examination | 50 |
79. | Storage and Development | 51 |
80. | Sincerity and Truthfulness | 51 |
81. | Correcting Faults | 52 |
82. | The Phoenix and the Wolf | 53 |
83. | Winning People | 53 |
84. | The Community Mind | 54 |
85. | Leadership and Pride | 54 |
86. | Beginning and End | 55 |
87. | Precedents | 55 |
88. | Election | 56 |
89. | The Best People | 57 |
90. | Mind and Environment | 57 |
91. | Frugality | 58 |
92. | Deep and Shallow | 58 |
93. | Lasting Peace | 59 |
94. | Conduct | 60 |
95. | The Air of the Ancients | 60 |
96. | Considered Action | 61 |
97. | Culture | 61 |
98. | Rules | 62 |
99. | Slogans | 63 |
100. | See Yourself | 63 |
101. | Recognizing a Teacher | 64 |
102. | Balance | 64 |
103. | Habit | 65 |
104. | The Bequest of Extravagance | 65 |
105. | The State of the Community | 65 |
106. | What Are You Doing? | 66 |
107. | The Influence of Conduct | 67 |
108. | Retirement Home | 68 |
109. | Education | 68 |
110. | Great Teaching | 69 |
111. | Expectations | 70 |
112. | Nothing to Be Ashamed Of | 70 |
113. | Beyond the Reach of Monks | 71 |
114. | Signs of Good Government | 72 |
115. | Insidious Destruction | 72 |
116. | Iron Face Bing | 73 |
117. | Inner Mastery, Outer Rectitude | 73 |
118. | Someone of Perception | 74 |
119. | Reflection | 74 |
120. | A Wearer of the Patchwork Robe | 75 |
121. | Energy and Will | 76 |
122. | Persecution | 76 |
123. | Human Figures | 77 |
124. | A Life of Freedom | 77 |
125. | Rich and Noble | 78 |
126. | Learners and Dilettantes | 79 |
127. | Self and Others | 79 |
128. | Not in the Forefront | 80 |
129. | The Quickest Shortcut | 80 |
130. | Sincerity and Trustworthiness | 81 |
131. | Materialism and the Way | 81 |
132. | Impartiality | 82 |
133. | Nature | 82 |
134. | Feelings | 83 |
135. | Discerning Feelings | 83 |
136. | Natural Selection | 84 |
137. | Controlling Bias | 85 |
138. | Objectivity | 86 |
139. | Heart-to-Heart Communication | 86 |
140. | Government | 87 |
141. | The Mean | 88 |
142. | Peace amid Violence | 88 |
143. | Whom to Elect | 89 |
144. | Impartiality | 89 |
145. | Examples | 90 |
146. | Nominees | 91 |
147. | Common Sense | 91 |
148. | Misrepresentation | 92 |
149. | A Memorial | 92 |
150. | The Quality of Candidates | 93 |
151. | Division of Responsibilities | 94 |
152. | Exile of a Master | 94 |
153. | Criticism | 96 |
154. | Safety in the Community | 96 |
155. | Making a Community Flourish | 97 |
156. | Troubles | 98 |
157. | Charades | 98 |
158. | Grandees and Chan Teachers | 99 |
159. | Authoritarianism | 100 |
160. | Chan History | 100 |
161. | Some Bad Habits | 102 |
162. | A False Teaching | 102 |
163. | Gifts of Teaching | 103 |
164. | A Chan Master | 104 |
165. | Buddhahood in This Life | 104 |
166. | Casual Attire | 105 |
167. | Showboats | 106 |
168. | Personal Responsibility | 106 |
169. | Uniforms | 106 |
170. | The Discipline of Awareness | 107 |
171. | Four Limbs of Leadership | 107 |
172. | Thinking of Trouble | 108 |
173. | A Direct Shortcut | 109 |
174. | Nipping in the Bud | 110 |
175. | A Thousand Days of Effort | 110 |
176. | Trading Off | 111 |
177. | Moving People | 111 |
178. | A Retirement | 112 |
179. | The Derelict Age | 113 |
180. | Watering Melons at Midday | 115 |
181. | A Testimonial | 116 |
182. | A Demonstration | 116 |
183. | A Diagnosis | 117 |
184. | The Blue Cliff Record | 118 |
185. | No Fixed Classes | 119 |
186. | Leadership Training | 119 |
187. | Penetrating Obstruction by Reason | 120 |
188. | Teaching Government Officials | 121 |
189. | The Peril of Leadership | 121 |
190. | Killed but Not Shamed | 122 |
191. | Choosing Assistants | 122 |
192. | Superficiality and Depth | 122 |
193. | The Mind of Saints and Sages | 123 |
194. | History Review | 123 |
195. | The Revival of the Linji School of Chan | 124 |
196. | Custom | 125 |
197. | The Good and the Corrupt | 126 |
198. | Three Don'ts | 126 |
199. | Wolves in Sheep's Clothing | 127 |
200. | The Revealing Mirror of Truth | 127 |
201. | Making Choices | 128 |
202. | Loss of Order | 128 |
203. | Making Distinctions | 129 |
204. | Selecting Buddhas | 130 |
205. | Recognition | 130 |
206. | Fulfillment of Conditions | 131 |
207. | An Impromptu Talk | 131 |
208. | Governing Wild Foxes | 132 |
209. | Balancing | 133 |
210. | Talent and Capacity | 133 |
211. | A Moment in History | 133 |
212. | Sharing | 134 |
213. | Growth | 135 |
214. | A Successor to the Ancients | 136 |
215. | The Ordinary Condition of Human Beings | 137 |
216. | A Chan Master | 138 |
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