The Eight Gates of Zen (English)

The essence of the Buddha's teaching is the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. John Daido Loori, a respected Zen teacher and director of the Zen Mountain Monastery, devised a training program specifically for the American temperament, based on the Eightfold Path. Rechristened the Eight Gates of Zen, the program consists of meditation, student-teacher dialogue, study of Zen literature, study of and participation in Zen rituals, study of the moral precepts, study of art as a Zen practice, study of martial arts and physical exercise as an expression of mind-body oneness, and work as a Zen practice. Loori also makes continual reference to Zen Master Dogen's Mountains and Rivers Sutra, an important Zen text that shimmers in the light of his explication. For the serious student of Zen, this book shows the way to go. minimize