Meditation is made easy in this celebration of a basic meditative art that reaches deep into Chinese and Japanese Buddhism for guidance on how to turn the act of simply sitting into a deeply spiritual act. Original. Editor's Preface vii John Daido Loori Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Hongzhi, Dogen, and the Background of Shikantaza 1(10) Taigen Dan Leighton Editor's Note 11(2) Guidepost of Silent Illumination 13(2) Hongzhi Zhengjue Cultivating the Empty Field 15(4) Hongzhi Zhengjue Zazengi: Rules for Zazen 19(2) Eihei Dogen Fukanzazengi: Universal Recommendations for Zazen 21(4) Eihei Dogen Zazenshin: Lancet of Seated Meditation 25(16) Eihei Dogen Zazen Yojinki: What To Be Aware of in Zazen 41(10) Keizan Jokin Shikantaza 51(4) Hakuun Yasutani The Tenzo Kyokun and Shikantaza 55(8) Kosho Uchiyama The Wholehearted Way 63(4) Eihei Dogen No Dualism 67(4) Shunryu Suzuki Commentary on Fukanzazengi 71(24) Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi How to Sit 95(6) P.T.N.H. Jiyu-Kennett To Live Is Just to Live 101(4) Dainin Katagiri To Study the Self 105(12) Shohaku Okumura On ``Silent Illumination'' 117(10) Sheng-yen Nanyue Polishes a Tile 127(8) John Daido Loori Yaoshan's Non-Thinking 135(10) John Daido Loori Suzuki Roshi's Practice of Shikantaza 145(4) Sojun Mel Weitsman A Coin Lost in the River Is Found in the River 149(6) Zoketsu Norman Fischer Just Sitting 155(6) Tenshin Reb Anderson Will You Sit with Me? 161(6) Bonnie Myotai Treace Yangshan's State of Mind 167(10) Geoffrey Shugen Arnold Appendix: Foundational Texts Satipatthana Sutta: The Foundations of Mindfulness 177(10) Shakyamuni Buddha Bloodstream Sermon 187(4) Bodhidharma The Fundamental Expedient Teachings for Calming the Mind That Attains Englightenment 191(14) Dayi Daoxin Treatise on the Essentials of Cultivating the Mind 205(14) Daman Hongren The Platform Sutra 219(4) Dajian Huineng Jewel Mirror of Samadhi 223(4) Dongshan Liangjie Who's Who 227(6) Permissions Credits 233(4) Index 237