Ebook: Zen Masters of Japan: the Second Step East

Cover; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Prologue in China; CHAPTER ONE: The Pioneers; Kakua; Myoan Eisai; Ryonen Myozen; CHAPTER TWO: Dogen Kigen; CHAPTER THREE: Dogen's Successors; Koun Ejo; Tettsu Gikai; Gien; CHAPTER FOUR: Chinese Connections; Bukko Kokushi; Chiyono [Mugai Nyodai]; Enni Ben'en [Shoichi Kokushi]; Mukan Fumon [Daimin Kokushi]; Shinchi Kakushin; Nampo Jomyo [Daio Kokushi]; CHAPTER FIVE: Hanazono's Zen Masters; Shuho Myocho [Daito Kokushi]; Kanzan Egen; CHAPTER SIX: Temple Founders; Keizan Jokin; Muso Soseki; CHAPTER SEVEN: Bassui.;Zen Masters of Japan is the second book in a series that traces Zen's profoundly historic journey as it spread eastward from China and Japan, toward the United States. Following Zen Masters of China, this book concentrates on Zen's significant passage through Japan. More specifically, it describes the lineage of the great teachers, the Pioneers who set out to enlighten an island ready for an inner transformation based on compassionate awareness. While the existing Buddhist establishment in Japan met early Zen pioneers like Dogen and Eisai with fervent resistance, Zen Buddhism ultimately perserv.