Dream Conversations

On Buddhism and Zen

By: Muso Kokushi

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Paperback | 25 June 1996 | Edition Number 1

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Dream Conversations is a collection of a renowned Japanese master's written replies to questions about the true nature of Zen. In short, simply worded teachings, Muso Kokushi (1275-1351), also known as Muso Soseki, exposes common misconceptions with unprecedented clarity, offering psychological insights designed to lead the reader into the depths of authentic Zen experience. These incisive teachings will be especially valuable for today's Zen students, as they struggle with their own confusion and misunderstandings about the true path of Zen.

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Translator's Introduction	p. xi
Liberation	p. 1
Compassion	p. 1
Aim in Life	p. 2
Past, Present, and Future	p. 2
Causes	p. 3
Enlightenment and Feelings	p. 3
Contamination of Virtue	p. 3
The Inexhaustible Treasury of Potential	p. 4
Greed	p. 4
Help in Disguise	p. 4
Answer to Prayer	p. 5
Pity	p. 5
The Central Benefit of Zen	p. 5
Virtue without Wisdom	p. 6
Religious and Secular Institutions	p. 6
The Ground of Mind	p. 7
Demons	p. 7
Spiritual Malpractice	p. 8
Religious Practice Obstructing Enlightenment	p. 9
Possession	p. 9
Meditation and Madness	p. 10
Quelling Demons	p. 10
Passing Through the Death Experience	p. 11
Aversion and Attachment	p. 12
Inherent Knowledge	p. 12
Supersession	p. 13
Scholastic Learning	p. 13
Types of Knowledge	p. 13
Practices and Stages	p. 14
Wrong Approach	p. 15
Standard Misconceptions	p. 16
Means and End	p. 17
Understanding the Zen Koan	p. 18
The Fundamental	p. 19
Medicine and Disease	p. 19
Expert Advice	p. 20
Two Kinds of Knowledge	p. 21
The Priority of Fundamental Knowledge	p. 21
The Basis and the Outgrowths	p. 22
Self-Realization and Teaching Others	p. 22
Intent and Expression	p. 23
Maturation	p. 23
Living Zen	p. 24
Stabilization of the Basis	p. 24
Attainment and Preservation	p. 25
Zen Expression	p. 26
Studying Expression	p. 26
Studying Intent	p. 27
Outreach of Method	p. 27
Zen Techniques	p. 28
Hypocritical Scholars	p. 28
Practical Application	p. 29
Aspiration for Enlightenment	p. 31
Worldly Feelings	p. 34
Softening Worldly Feelings	p. 35
No Set Track	p. 36
Work on the Fundamental	p. 37
Not Forgetting	p. 37
Dreams and Illusions	p. 38
Setting Aside Is Also a Means	p. 39
Not Judging Others	p. 40
The Original Self	p. 41
Wrong Approaches	p. 43
Effects of Buddhism	p. 44
Orientation	p. 45
Zen Meditation	p. 46
Not Even Mind	p. 47
Mindless Mental Application	p. 48
Not Getting Away from the Subject	p. 48
Judging the Words of Adepts	p. 50
Wonder	p. 50
Koans	p. 51
Not in the Words	p. 52
The Origins of Koan Practice	p. 52
Activity and Meditation	p. 53
The Reason for Teaching Relinquishment	p. 54
Adjustment to the Individual	p. 55
Landscaping	p. 56
Zen, Tea, and the Arts	p. 58
Supranormal Powers of the Enlightened	p. 59
Letting Go	p. 60
The Fundamental Ground	p. 60
Buddha Nature	p. 61
Where Is It?	p. 61
Reaching the Fundamental Ground	p. 62
Mind and Self	p. 64
True and False Mind	p. 69
Two Bases	p. 70
The Conditioned Mind and the Natural Mind	p. 71
Mind and Essence	p. 73
Unreality and Reality in Things	p. 75
Ordinary and Spiritual Views	p. 77
Distinctions in Buddhist Teaching	p. 81
The Schools of Zen	p. 81
Praise and Censure in Zen	p. 83
Expedient Teachings	p. 83
Zen and Doctrine	p. 84
Pure Land Buddhism	p. 86
Specialization	p. 88
Zen Praise, Zen Blame	p. 89
Sharpness and Dullness	p. 90
Zen Meditation	p. 91
Judging Teachers and Teachings	p. 92
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