Three Pillars Of Zen, The(ISBN=9780385260930)

　　The Three Pillars of Zen is still, in my opinion, the best book in English that has been written on Zen Buddhism.--Huston Smith, author of The Worlds' Religions and Forgotten Truth
　　"The Three Pillars of Zen heralded the end of armchair Buddhism.  With this practical guide to Zen meditation, Roshi Kapleau ushered in the first wave of American zazen practitioners.  It was extraordinarily inspiring.  It still is."--Helen Tworkov, founding editor of Tricycle:  The Buddhist Review and author of Zen in America
　　"For over thirty years Roshi Kapleau's Three Pillars of Zen has been the wellspring of Zen teachings for practitioners in the West, remaining as vital and fresh today as it was when it was originally published.  It truly ranks among the timeless classics of Zen Buddhism."--Roshi John Daido Loori, Abbot, Zen Mountain Monastery
　　"For anyone seriously interested in Zen--this book will be invaluable."--Times Literary Supplement (London)
. -- Review

　　World-renowned Buddhist teacher Roshi Kapleau brings a new introduction to his twenty-five-year-old classic. Useful to both initiates and long-term disciples alike, the comprehensive guide is an overview of the profundities of Buddha. (Philosophy)

　　Roshi Philip Kapleau, founder of the Rochester Zen Center, has studied and taught Zen for more than 50 years, after first encountering Zen Buddhism as a reporter at the war crimes trials in Japan in 1946. While there he met D.T. Suzuki and in 1950 began to study Buddhist philosophy, completing over sixteen years of study and practice in both Japan and America. Roshi Kapleau lives in Rochester.

Foreword, by Huston Smith
Editor's Preface
PART ONE " TEACHING AND PRACTICE
　Ⅰ  YASUTANI-ROSHI'S INTRODUCTORY LECTURES ON ZEN TRAINING
　　Editor's Introduction
　　A Biographical Note on Yasutani-roshi
　　The Lectures
　　　1 Theory and Practice of Zazen
　　　2 Precautions to Observe in Zazen
　　　3 Illusory Visions and Sensations
　　　4 The Five Varieties of Zen
　　　5 The ThreeAims of Zazen
　　　6 Individual Instruction
　　　7 Shikan-Taza
　　　8 The Parable of Enyadatta
　　　9 Cause and Effect are One
　　　10 Oneness and Manyness
　　　11 The Three Essentials of Zen Practice
　　　12 Aspiration
　Ⅱ YASUTANI-ROSHI'S COMMENTARY (TEISHO) ON THE KOAN MU
　　Editor's Introduction
　　The Commentary
　Ⅲ  YASUTANI-ROSHI'S PRIVATE ENCOUNTERS WITH TEN WESTERNERS
　　Editor's Introduction
　　The Encounters
　　　1 StudentA (Woman, Age 60)
　　　2 StudentB (Man, Age45)
　　　3 Student C (Man, Age 43)
　　　4 StudentD (Woman, Age4o)
　　　5 StudentE (Man, Age44)
　　　6 Student F (Woman, Age 45)
　　　7 StudentG (Man, Age25)
　　　8 StudentH(Woman, Age37)
　　　9 StudentI (Man, Age3o)
　　　10 Student] (Woman, Age33)
　Ⅳ  BASSUI'S DHARMA TALK ON ONE-MIND AND LETTERS TO HIS DISCIPLES
　　Editor's Introduction
　　The Talk
　　The Letters
　　　1 To a Man from Kumasaka
　　　2 To the Abbess of Shinryu-Ji
　　　3 To Lord Nakamura, Governor of Aki Province
　　　……
Index