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The Zen Canon: Understanding the Classic Texts STEVEN HEINE DALE S. WRIGHT, Editors OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS The Zen Canon This page intentionally left blank The Zen Canon Understanding the Classic Texts edited by steven heine and dale s. wright 1 2004 1 Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Sa˜o Paulo Shanghai Taipei Tokyo Toronto Copyright ᭧ 2004 by Oxford University Press, Inc. Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Zen canon :understanding the classic texts / edited by Steven Heine and Dale S. Wright. p. cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-19-515067-8; ISBN 0-19-515068-6 (pbk.) 1. Zen literature—History and criticism. 2. Zen Buddhism—Sacred books—Introductions. I. Heine, Steven. II. Wright, Dale S. BQ9264.2.Z45 2004 94.3'85—dc 12 2003049864 987654321 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper Acknowledgments The editors, Steven Heine of Florida International University and Dale S. Wright of Occidental College, thank Cynthia Read and Ox- ford University Press for their interest in the project and Theo Cald- erara and Heather Hartman for their skillful work on the book. They are also grateful for the support provided by their respective institutions in the preparation of the manuscript. Special thanks go to several assistants who worked on the manuscript, including Sandy Avila, Wendy Lo, Judy Squires, and Patricia Valencia. This page intentionally left blank Contents Abbreviations, ix Contributors, xi Transliteration and Terminology, xv Introduction: Canon and Canonicity in the History of the Zen Literary Tradition, 3 Steven Heine and Dale S. Wright 1. Tsung-mi’s Zen Prolegomenon: Introduction to an Exemplary Zen Canon, 11 Jeff Broughton 2. Mazu yulu and the Creation of the Chan Records of Sayings, 53 Mario Poceski 3. The Lidai fabao ji (Record of the Dharma-Jewel through the Ages), 81 Wendi Adamek 4. The Huang-po Literature, 107 Dale S. Wright 5. Lineage and Context in the Patriarch’s Hall Collection and the Transmission of the Lamp, 137 Albert Welter 6. The Record of Hongzhi and the Recorded Sayings Literature of Song-Dynasty Chan, 181 Morten Schlu¨tter viii contents 7. The Wu-men kuan (J. Mumonkan): The Formation, Propagation, and Characteristics of a Classic Zen Ko¯an Text, 207 Ishii Shu¯do¯ (Translated by Albert Welter) 8. The Eihei ko¯roku: The Record of Do¯gen’s Later Period at Eihei-ji Temple, 245 Steven Heine 9. Chanyuan qinggui and Other “Rules of Purity” in Chinese Buddhism, 275 T. Griffith Foulk Index, 313 Abbreviations HTC/XZJ Hsu¨ tsang ching/Xu zangjing, 150-volume reprint edition of ZZ (Taipei: Hsin-wen-feng, n.d.) T Taisho¯ shinshu¯ daizo¯kyo¯ (Tokyo: Taisho¯ issaikyo¯ kanko¯kai, 1924–1932). ZZ Dainippon zoku zo¯kyo¯ (Kyoto: Zo¯kyo¯ shoin, 1904–1912) [...]... canonical texts long recognized by the Zen tradition Chapter Summary The Zen Canon makes available learned yet accessible scholarly studies of some of the most important classical Zen texts, especially those that have yet to receive the attention they deserve The contributors focus on key examples of the many important but as yet lesser known and lesser studied examples of Zen literature; perhaps the. .. P’ei meant that the Zen Canon was nothing less than a wholly new section of the Buddhist canon, a Zen addition to the traditional three pitakas In doing this, Tsung-mi strove to bring Zen books into the Buddhist canon Although the Zen canon itself has been lost to us, his efforts did eventually come to fruition The standard modern scholarly edition of the Chinese Buddhist canon, the Taisho canon, includes... tsun tso xx The Zen Canon This page intentionally left blank Introduction: Canon and Canonicity in the History of the Zen Literary Tradition Steven Heine and Dale S Wright This volume is a sequel or companion volume to The Koan: Texts ¯ and Contexts in Zen Buddhism.1 It examines a rich variety of texts in various genres that are crucial to an understanding of the history and thought of the Zen (C Chan)... of these arenas, literature was the key to the vitality and dynamism of the Zen tradition, and the dimension of its cultural creativity that enabled it to face these historical challenges Indeed, today nothing is more emblematic of the Zen tradition than its impressive canon of texts Canon and Canonicity One of the main goals of this volume is to clarify and amplify the significance of canonicity in Zen. .. in Zen Buddhism Zen does not have a canon in the formal sense of the term, although many of its classic texts are included in the modern East Asian Buddhist canonical collections, the Taisho shinshu daizokyo and its sup¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ plement, the Hsu tsang ching (J Zoku zokyo) On the other hand, Zen tradition ¨ ¯ ¯ recognizes a core of writings in the various genres as seminal resources for the expression... literary 4 the zen canon culture, producing by far the most voluminous and important canon of sacred texts in East Asia Beginning in the late Tang dynasty and continuing for centuries in China, as well as in Kamakura through Tokugawa Japan, Zen writers have produced an unparalleled volume of texts in a wide variety of genres These sacred texts define the tradition of Zen in such a way that understanding them... the numerous Zen lineages of the day In this chapter, Broughton discusses and examines Tsung-mi’s life and the Zen Prolegomenon’s assertion that the “ideas” (yi) of eight Zen lineages can be classified into three “theses” (zong) In ascending order, the first Zen thesis is identical to the sutras and treatises of the Yogacara school; the second is identical to the sutras and treatises of the ¯ ¯ Madhyamika... apocryphal Zen sutras, sutra commentaries by Zen figures, and so on Within this entire Zen corpus, one text can fairly be described as unique: the Prolegomenon to the Collection of Expressions of the Zen Source (Ch’an-yuan chu-ch’uan-chi tu-hsu; abbreviated as ZP for Zen Prolegomenon) of the T’ang Dynasty Zen master and exegete Kuei- 12 the zen canon feng Tsung-mi (780–841).1 The ZP does not fit into any of the. .. Asia These texts form a major part of the Zen canon, the acknowledged core of Zen Buddhist sacred literature One theme that reappears throughout this literature is the Zen tendency to reject the Buddhist canon, showing disdain for sacred literature of any kind Zen is well known for the slogan claim, attributed to its founding patriarch, Bodhidharma, that it represents “a special transmission outside the. .. Heine, examines the textual history and structure of the Eihei koroku, one of the two main texts produced by Dogen, the founder of ¯ ¯ Soto Zen in thirteenth-century Japan It is the primary work that represents ¯¯ the later period of Dogen’s career and until recently has received far less at¯ tention than the other main Dogen text, the Shobogenzo Both the Shobogenzo ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ and the Eihei koroku . The Zen Canon: Understanding the Classic Texts STEVEN HEINE DALE S. WRIGHT, Editors OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS The Zen Canon This page intentionally left blank The Zen Canon Understanding the. photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Zen canon :understanding the classic texts / edited by. project and Theo Cald- erara and Heather Hartman for their skillful work on the book. They are also grateful for the support provided by their respective institutions in the preparation of the manuscript.