Just This Is It

Dongshan and the Practice of Suchness

Taigen Dan Leighton

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Shambhala Publications Inc
01 May 2015

Zen Buddhism

Teachings on the practice of things-as-they-are, through commentaries on a legendary Chinese Zen figure.

Teachings on the practice of things-as-they-are, through commentaries on a legendary Chinese Zen figure.

The joy of ""suchness""-the ultimate and true nature inherent in all appearance-shines through the teachings attributed to Dongshan Liangjie (807-869), the legendary founder of the Caodong lineage of Chan Buddhism (the predecessor of Soto Zen). Taigen Dan Leighton looks at the teachings attributed to Dongshan-in his Recorded Sayings and in the numerous koans in which he is featured as a character-to reveal the subtlety and depth of the teaching on the nature of reality that Dongshan expresses. Included are an analysis of the well-known teaching poem ""Jewel Mirror Samadhi,"" and of the understanding of particular and universal expressed in the teaching of the Five Degrees. ""The teachings embedded in the stories about Dongshan provide a rich legacy that has been sustained in practice traditions,"" says Taigen. ""Dongshan's subtle teachings about engagement with suchness remain vital today for Zen people and are available for all those who wish to find meaning amid the challenges to modern lives.""

By: Taigen Dan Leighton
Imprint: Shambhala Publications Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 352g
ISBN: 9781611802283
ISBN 10: 1611802288
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 May 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

TAIGEN DAN LEIGHTON is a Soto Zen priest and a dharma successor in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, having received transmission in 2000 from Tenshin Reb Anderson. He is the cotranslator and editor of several Zen texts, and he is the author of Zen Questions- Zazen, Dogen, and the Spirit of Creative Inquiry; Faces of Compassion- Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression; and Visions of Awakening Space and Time- Dogen and the Lotus Sutra. Leighton is now Dharma Teacher of the Ancient Dragon Zen Gate temple in Chicago.

Reviews for Just This Is It: Dongshan and the Practice of Suchness

"""What a delight! Readers conditioned to believe that Zen koans are mind-bending nonsense puzzles will read here with pleasure lucid and relevant commentaries.""—Norman Fischer, author of Training in Compassion ""Leighton is masterful in weaving together specific approaches evoked through stories about and sayings by Dongshan to create a powerful and inspiring religious vision that is useful for students and researchers as well as practitioners of Zen.""—Steven Heine, author of Did Dōgen Go to China? What He Wrote and When He Wrote It"