Buddhism and Women

Edited by Darcy Flynn

An important new study of the lives of some of the most

significant Buddhist women in recent history. These include
travellers, scholars, explorers and spiritualists, all of whose
pioneering work have helped to develop our understanding
of Buddhism today.

Buddhism and Women explores the fascinating stories

of around thirty key Buddhist women from the past two
centuries. These include Alexandra David-Neel, the
Belgian-French explorer and Buddhist; Carmen Blacker,
inspiring teacher and eminent scholar of Japanese culture,
and Beatrice Erskine Lane Suzuki, American traveller and
writer, who founded the periodical The Eastern Buddhist
with her husband D.T. Suzuki.

Also profiled are Li Gotami Govinda, artist, traveller,

photographer and unconventional trailblazer, and Isaline
Blew Horner, gifted Pali scholar and a major contributor
to the understanding and transmission of Buddhism to
the West.

All these tales are woven from the writings of The Middle
Way, the eminent and longstanding journal published
quarterly by the UK Buddhist Society. In addition to
providing the individual profiles, the archive of The Middle
Way also contributes a selection of poems by noted Buddhist
women from the last two hundred years.

Buddhism and Women therefore offers a synthesis of

biographical narrative and creative writing, animating
the stories of these influential but sometimes neglected
historical pioneers.

Hardback with jacket

368 pp
23.4 x 15.6 cm (9.21 x 6.14 in.)
£25.00 ($35.00)
Darcy Flynn is a writer and co-author with Desmond Biddulph
ISBN: 9780901032614 of Teachings of The Buddha, 1001 Pearls of Buddhist Wisdom
Publishing 2022 and 365 Ways to lead a Buddhist Life.

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 Shantideva’s A Guide to the Brian Riggs
& Hidemi Riggs
House of Silent Light: The Dawning
Bodhisattva’s Way of Life of Zen in Gilded Age America
His Excellency Ringu Tulku Rinpoche Brian Riggs and Hidemi Riggs

With commentary by James Whelan

on the Sanskrit translation
Zen is the most conspicuous form of Buddhism in the USA
Shantideva’s
A Guide to the today. It became an adopted religion of counter-culturalists
Bodhisattva’s Way of Life who founded Zen centres and monasteries that endure
The Bodhicaryavatara, often translated as A Guide to the throughout the country to this day. Yet exactly how Zen
His Excellency
Ringu Tulku Rinpoche Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, is an 8th-century masterpiece Buddhism first began to capture the American imagination
from Indian scholar and yogi Shantideva. It is regarded remains a half-remembered, poorly-understood chapter
as one of the most important Tibetan Buddhist texts, and in the history of religion.
is studied extensively by Tibetan Buddhist practitioners
everywhere. Previous chroniclers of Zen’s introduction to the West
rarely fail to invoke the name of Mrs. Ida Russell. She was
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The subjects of the Bodhicaryavatara’s ten chapters
are as follows:
The Excellence of Bodhicitta Patience
Confession Diligence
Taking Hold of Bodhicitta Meditation
Carefulness Wisdom
Vigilance Dedication
This commentary on the Bodhicaryavatara is by His
Excellency Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, the Tibetan Buddhist
Master. Working systematically through the ten chapters
of Shantideva’s renowned work, Rinpoche delivers his
understanding of the text in a way that makes it fully
accessible to anyone who is looking for support and
help in these times.
HE Ringu Tulku Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist Master of the Kagyu
Order. He was trained in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism under many
great masters such as HH the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa and HH Dilgo
Khyentse Rinpoche. He took his formal education at Namgyal
Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok and Sampurnananda Sanskrit
University, Varanasi, India and has served as Professor of Tibetology
in Sikkim for 17 years. His doctoral thesis was on the Ecumenical
Movement in Tibet.
Since 1990 he has been traveling and teaching Buddhism and
meditation at more than fifty universities, institutes and Buddhist
centres in Europe, USA, Canada, Australia and Asia. He also
participates in various interfaith dialogues. He authored several
books on Buddhism as well as some children’s books both in Tibetan
Paperback and European languages.
256 pp
19.5 x 130 cm (7.68 x 5.12 in.) James Whelan is a Cambridge graduate and a Buddhist scholar,
£16.95 ($22.50) translator and lawyer. He has practiced Buddhism since the 1960s
and is a founding member of The Zen Trust, London. He continues
ISBN 9780901032706 to teach Sanskrit and Pali and is a member of The Buddhist Society
Publishing 2022 in the UK.
the first Westerner to practice Zen meditation under the
direct guidance of a Japanese Zen master, and the first
Westerner to live for an extended period at a traditional
Zen monastery. It was in her mansion, located on a quiet
stretch of Californian beach and dubbed locally ‘The House
of Silent Light’, that Soen Shaku, the first Zen teacher to
actively engage in missionary activity in the West, first
spoke on Zen in America. Ida Russell’s monastic experience,
her interest in meditation, and Soen’s lectures at her home
are the starting-point from which Zen began making its
indelible mark on the American psyche. Yet Zen’s American
progenitor remains misunderstood, downplayed, or
completely overlooked.
House of Silent Light will show how Ida Russell’s
unconventional religious pursuits led to her friendship
with one of Japan’s most prominent Zen figures at the turn
of the twentieth century, and directly inspired his work
to establish Zen’s first foothold in the United States.
It is edited by Wayne Yokoyama, Buddhist scholar and
former editor of The Eastern Buddhist and contributor
to The Middle Way, journal of The Buddhist Society.
Hardback Brian Riggs was an independent researcher and Buddhist scholar.
216 pp His first-hand examination of little-known archives in America
23.4 x 15.6 cm (9.21 x 6.14 in.) and Japan made this work possible.
£25.00 ($35.00)
Hidemi Riggs, who has a PhD from UCLA, importantly assisted in
ISBN: 9780901032676 her late husband’s research by examining source materials in libraries
Publishing 2022 and special archives in Japan.

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 Mumonkan
(The Gateless Gate)
Mumon Ekai
Commentary by Soko Morinaga Roshi
Mumonkan
The Gateless Gate
Mumonkan, translated as The Gateless Gate, is a collection
of 48 Zen koans compiled in the early 13th century by the
by Mumon Ekai
Chinese Zen master Mumon Ekai (1183-1260). The Gateless
With Commentary by
Gate is a central work of the Rinzai School of Zen Buddhism.
Soko Morinaga Roshi
This new edition of Mumonkan features commentaries by
Soko Morinaga Roshi, the beloved Zen Master. Throughout
the 1980s and 1990s Soko Morinaga Roshi made annual
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visits to Shobo-an, the Zen Centre in London. During his
stay he would also lead the Zen class and hold lectures at the
Buddhist Society’s annual Summer School. It was during
these visits that he gave interpretations to all the 48 koan
cases of Mumonkan.
In this edition, Soko Morinaga Roshi gives extensive
background information to each koan case and draws
on his vast experience as a Zen Master for his analogies.
But the Roshi’s commentaries presented here are far more
comprehensive than just an interpretation of the koans; more
importantly, he brings out the deeper meaning of the koans
by making them relevant to our daily lives.
It is edited by Eifion Thomas and Michelle Bromley,
practitioners of Rinzai Zen Buddhism for over 40 years.
Soko Morinaga Roshi (1925–1995) began his training under Goto Zuigan
Roshi at Daitoku-ji and received Dharma transmission from Oda Sesso
Paperback Roshi. In 1965 he became the abbot of the temple of Daishu-in in Kyoto,
448 pp where he opened the Zen meditation hall to lay people in the area, and
19.5 x 13 cm (7.68 x 5.12 in.) to students not only from Japan but from Europe and North America. In
£18.95 ($25.00) keeping with the tradition of the teachers of his lineage, he was keen to
make the teachings of the Buddha available to a wider audience
ISBN 9780901032669 outside the temple walls. He travelled widely to lead meditation
Publishing 2022 retreats for monks and laypeople.
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Hardback with jacket
536 pp, illustrated
23.4 x 15.6 cm (9.21 x 6.14 in.)
£60.00 ($85.00)
ISBN: 9780901032539
Published 2019
Hardback with jacket
224 pp
23.4 x 15.6 cm (9.21 x 6.14 in.)
£45.00 ($60.00)
ISBN: 9780901032652
Published 2021
Living with Thanks: The Five
Fascicle Version of Rennyo
Shōnin’s Letters
The Gojō Ofumi translated and edited by Professor
Kemmyo Taira Sato
Rennyo (1415–1499) was the 8th Monshu, or head-priest, of
the Hongan-ji Temple of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism,
and a descendant of the founder Shinran. His most
influential written work is his collection of letters to various
Shinshu monto. These letters have the status of scriptural
texts and are traditionally used in Shinshu daily liturgy; the
most well-known letter is the Hakkotsu no Sho (“Letter on
White Ashes”) which is a reflection on the impermanence of
life and the importance of relying on Amida Buddha’s Vow.
This magisterial new translation of, and commentary upon,
Rennyo’s letters will be the definitive study of this work in
the Buddhist canon.
Professor Kemmyo Taira Sato is Director of the Three Wheels Shin
Buddhist Temple in London, and Visiting Professor at the University
of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.
Living in Nenbutsu: Commentary
on The Shōshinge by Shinran
Translation and Commentary by Professor Kemmyo
Taira Sato
The Shōshinge is a gātha of particular importance from The
Kyōgyōshinsō by Shinran (1173-1262). Living in Nenbutsu
is a translation of, and commentary on, the Shōshinge,
which means Hymn on the Right Faith in Nenbutsu. In
the teaching of Pure Land Buddhism, the term is usually
understood as a particular ‘practice’ by virtue of which we
attain birth in the Pure Land and ultimately the ‘realisation’
of Supreme Enlightenment. The Shin Buddhist notion of
Nenbutsu, however, is something entirely different. In Shin
Buddhism the Nenbutsu is actually seen as the working of
Amida Buddha’s great love and compassion, his call to all of
us sentient beings to come to him just as we are without any
reservation.
This new translation and commentary will explore the
Shōshinge in all its depth and meaning.

Hardback with jacket
360 pp with 18 full-colour plates
24.5 x 17 cm (9.65 x 6.69 in.)
£35.00 ($45.00)
ISBN: 9780901032546
Published 2019
Hardback with jacket
352 pp with 18 full-colour plates
24.5 x 17 cm (9.65 x 6.69 in.)
£35.00 ($45.00)
ISBN: 9780901032584
Published 2020
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The Haiku of Bashō
Selected and Translated by Professor John White
and Professor Kemmyo Taira Sato
Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694) was the most famous poet of
the Edo period in Japan. He is universally recognised as
the greatest master of haiku. His work is internationally
renowned, and in his native land, many of his poems are
reproduced on monuments and traditional sites.
This new translation of three hundred of Basho’s haiku
reflects the freestanding 5-7-5 form which most epitomizes
the poet’s subtle literary brilliance.
Professor John White is an art historian, former Vice-Provost
of University College London, and the author of a number of books
on Medieval and Renaissance art. He is also a poet, and Trustee
and Honorary Secretary of the Three Wheels Shin Buddhist Temple
in London.
Professor Kemmyo Taira Sato is Director of the Three Wheels Shin
Buddhist Temple in London, and Visiting Professor at the University
of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.
The Haiku of Issa
Selected and Translated by Professor John White
and Professor Kemmyo Taira Sato
Kabayashi Issa (1763–1828), was a lay Buddhist priest of the
Jodo Sinshu sect. He was renowned for his superb haiku
poems and his stimulating journals, and – with Basho and
Buson, is regarded as one of the three finest exponents of
haiku in Japanese history.
Born into a farming family, Issa loved to use plain and
simple words. His haiku are as attentive to the small
creatures of the world – mosquitoes, bats, cats – as they are
tinged with sorrow, and an awareness of the nuances of
human behaviour. In addition to haiku, Issa wrote pieces
that intertwined prose and poetry, including Journal of
My Father’s Last Days and The Year of My Life.
Hardback with jacket
348 pp with 18 full-colour plates
24.5 x 17 cm (9.65 x 6.69 in.)
£35.00 ($45.00)
ISBN: 9780901032591
Published 2020
Paperback
96 pp, 54 colour illustrations
30 x 22 cm (11.80 x 8.66in.)
£18.00 ($24.95)
ISBN: 9780901032447
Published 2017
The Haiku of Buson
Selected and Translated by Professor John White
and Professor Kemmyo Taira Sato
John White and Kemmyo Taira Sato’s trilogy of the great
haiku poets is completed by this new translation of the
works of Yosa Buson, one of the great figures of Japan’s
Edo period.
Buson was born in 1716 in Settsu Province (now Osaka).
Having moved to the city of Edo (Tokyo) at around the age
of twenty, he studied poetry with the haikai master Hayano
Hajin. Following in the footsteps of his idol, Matsuo Basho,
Buson then travelled widely in Japan, eventually settling
in Kyoto for the rest of his life. He died in 1784.
In addition to his peerless haiku, Buson was also a superb
landscape painter, and examples of his art will accompany
the translated poems in this collection.
Further Stories from
the Old Silk Road
Illustrated by Roberta Mansell, with text by
Eric Cheetham
In Further Stories From The Old Silk Road the reader is
transported to a world of flying monks and hidden jewels,
where a magical appears and then vanishes and where
heroes undertake extraordinary quests across ancient
empires.
These remarkable stories, retold her by Eric Cheetham
and illustrated by Roberta Mansell, contain within them
an extraordinary degree of warmth and humour and
provide a powerful insight into the Buddha’s teachings. This
publication brings together twenty-one stories with over fifty
colour illustrations, which are accompanied by a map of the
Old Silk Road and an extensive glossary.
Roberta Mansell taught art and illustration, and worked as a freelance
illustrator. She studied as a Zen trainee under Venerable Myokyo-ni
from 1980, and has continued her studies with Martin Goodson at
the Buddhist Society and Zen Centre in London.
Eric Cheetham (1924–2020) was an influential teacher and authority
on Buddhism for well over fifty years. He was the author of many
significant works, notably Fundamentals of Mainstream Buddhism.
 Zen and the Ways Published in
association A First Zen Reader
with the
Trevor Leggett Trevor Leggett
Adhyatma
Trevor Leggett
Yoga Trust

In Japanese Zen, every activity in life, including the martial First published in 1960, this anthology proposes an
arts, flower arrangement and serving tea, are considered a approach to answering the question ”What is Zen?”. The
field for practising inner control, meditation and inspiration, texts translated here represent a number of key readings
and can be termed the ‘Way’ when practiced in this manner. in Zen literature, making this anthology an invaluable
In this pioneering book, Trevor Leggett collects together Paperback introduction to Zen for general readers.
translations of texts relating to Zen and the Ways and 240 pp
provides alongside them his own writings on the subject. 19.5 x 13 cm (7.68 x 5.12 in.) Trevor Leggett’s great strength is to render Zen thought
£12.99 ($16.95) accessible to a wide readership through his translations
and commentaries. The essence of this collection is
ISBN: 9780901032508
represented principally by two contributions, Rinzai
‘Zen and the Ways is a book of profound Published 2018
Master Amakuki Sessan’s interpretations of Hakuin’s Song
importance.’ The Eastern Buddhist of Meditation, and the then Soto Head Takashina Rosen’s
essay on teaching and practice.
Paperback
344 pp
19.5 x 13 cm (7.68 x 5.12 in.)
£12.99 ($17.95) Trevor Leggett (1914–2000) was a British judo teacher, author,
Published in
association A Second Zen Reader
with the
translator, and head of the BBC’s Japanese Service for 24 years. He Trevor Leggett
Trevor Leggett
ISBN: 9780901032478 published over thirty books on topics including judo, Eastern Philosophy Adhyatma
Yoga Trust
Published 2017 and Zen Buddhism.

Every page of this profoundly erudite book is written with

compelling insight. Its five sections each reflect in depth a
different emphasis by a particular Master or School of Zen.
The first section features an inspired commentary on the
Paperback Heart Sutra, considered by some to be the very kernel of
Three Ages of Zen 208 pp Mahāyāna Buddhism.
19.5 x 13 cm (7.68 x 5.12 in.)
Trevor Leggett £12.99 ($16.95) Elsewhere Trevor Leggett explores, for example, the well-
known Tiger’s Cave, and a meditation on Zen by Takashina
ISBN: 9780901032515
Published 2018 Rosen, at the time Primate of the Soto Zen sect.
In Three Ages of Zen, Trevor Leggett presents three texts
translated from Japanese and compiled to illuminate
three ages of Zen in Japan: the warrior Zen of crisis in the
thirteenth century; feudal Zen for eighteenth-century
samurai officials and modern Zen found in twentieth-
Published in
association The Chapter of the Self
with the
century Japan. Trevor Leggett
Trevor Leggett
Adhyatma
Yoga Trust
Part One presents translations of koans from the secret
records of temples in Kamakura, Japan’s first samurai city. The Chapter of the Self forms part of Apastamba, an ancient
Part Two is an inspiring essay written for a samurai official Indian Law-book dated from around 500 bce . Its main
by abbot Torei and based on the analogy of the mind as a theme is yoga as the means to the realization of the universal
horse that is basically sound, but has become lazy, dull, Self.
and obstinate, and needs a touch of the spur to become
‘Buddha-natured’ again. Part Three contains extracts from The Chapter of the Self is the subject of a commentary
Paperback Paperback
the autobiography of Zen master Tsuji Somei, a roshi who by Shankara, the 8th century sage who founded major
288 pp 234 pp
19.5 x 13 cm (7.68 x 5.12 in.) trained under Furukawa Gyodo, one of the great Zen figures 19.5 x 13 cm (7.68 x 5.12 in.) monasteries in each of India’s four corners. The book’s first
£12.99 ($16.95) in twentieth-century Japan. £12.99 ($16.95) part comprises the translation of the Chapter of the Self,
and Shankara’s commentary. Trevor Leggett then explores
ISBN: 9780901032485 ISBN: 978901032522 Shankara’s yogic practices, and then provides the first
Published 2017 Published 2019
English translation of Shankara’s commentary on the
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.

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 Published with
the support of The Zen Way Look and See
The Zen Trust
The Venerable Myoyko-ni Buddhist Teaching Stories with Commentaries from
Look the Venerable Myokyo-ni
and See

Ven. Myokyo-ni first provides an overview of Buddhist Buddhist Teaching Stories

with Commentaries by the
Venerable Myokyo-ni

belief from the perspective of Zen. She next describes Look and See comprises over twenty Buddhist teaching
the daily rituals in a Rinzai Zen training monastery, and stories with commentaries by the Venerable Myokyo-ni.
then assesses Zen practice from a modern and European
perspective. The stories presented in this volume are collected from
Paperback with flaps Paperback
152 pp 288 pp
various Buddhist sources but have in common the Buddhist
19.5 x 13 cm (7.68 x 5.12 in.) The Venerable Myokyo-ni (1921–2007) was born in Austria and moved to 19.5 x 13 cm (7.68 x 5.12 in.) way of facing the ‘Trials of Life’. Stories from the Southern
£12.95 ($16.95) England in 1950. After becoming interested in Buddhism, she joined the £10.99 ($17.95) Scriptures, such as ‘The Parable of the Poisoned Arrow’
Zen class at the Buddhist Society. In 1960 she travelled to Japan to are included alongside Northern Training Stories such
ISBN: 9780901032607 undergo Zen training. She was ordained as a Zen Buddhist nun in 1984, ISBN: 9780901032461 as ‘The Taming of the Harp’ and ‘The Great Wave.’ Each
Published 2021 and later became head of London’s Zen Centre. Published 2017 story is followed by an accompanying text by the Venerable
Myokyo-ni.

Published with
the support of The Great Wisdom Gone Beyond
Towards Wholeness
The Zen Trust
Commentary by the Venerable Myokyo-ni
Translations and Commentary by the Venerable Myokyo-ni
Religion – and Buddhism is a religion – is not just a belief in
the head, but is to be lived. It expresses itself in observances
Towards Wholeness collects nineteen essays by Venerable
and devotional practices. Devotional chants are a key
Myokyo-ni which explore her thoughts on Zen Buddhism
practice throughout Zen Buddhism.
and its place in daily life. It includes her well-known
Paperback with flaps analysis of the Bull-Herding Series, as well as pieces on Jung,
This commentary on a selection of daily chants explores
112 pp meditation, Zen practice and study.
some of the core tenets of Buddhist thought and teaching. Paperback
19.5 x 13 cm (7.68 x 5.12 in.)
Ven. Myoko-ni surveys some of the key chants, including 288 pp
£9.95 ($16.95) Before her travels to Japan, Ven. Myokyo-ni had undergone
19.5 x 13 cm (7.68 x 5.12 in.)
The Repentance Sutra, The Heart Sutra, and The Four Great
£12.99 ($16.95) Jungian analysis, and spoke of Buddhist practice as a way
ISBN: 9780901032553 Vows, assessing their origins, and the meaning that lies
of transforming the psyche and bending the heart towards
Published 2021 behind their creation and interpretation. This invaluable ISBN: 9780901032492 compassion and wholeness.
guide to some of the key devotional chants of Zen Buddhism Published 2018
will appeal to a wide range of Zen adherents.

The Zen Teaching of Rinzai Yoka Daishi’s

Yoka Daishi’s Realizing the Way

Yoka Daishi’s Realizing the Way

The sixty-seven verses of Yoka Daishi’s Song
on the Realization of the Way lie at the heart
of Mahayana thought and symbolise the germ Realizing the Way
of the Buddha-nature inherent in all sentient
beings – hidden and dormant, but containing Translation and Commentary by the
Venerable Myokyo-ni

Translation and Foreword by the Venerable Myokyo-ni
The Venerable Myokyo-ni (1921–2007)
whose name means ‘mirror of the subtle
nun’, was born Irmgard Schloegl in
Leitersdorf, Austria. She received a PhD
Translation and Commentary by the Venerable Myokyo-ni
the potential and promise of liberation. With
vivid imagery and striking turns of phrase,
these verses weave in and out of the various
Mahayana doctrines. Each section of the Song,
which The Venerable Myokyo-ni describes as
‘a very carefully considered and expounded

in physical sciences from Graz University
and then came to England in 1950,
where she lectured in mineralogy at
Yoka Daishi’s
In this volume, The Buddhist Society
summary that has the whole of the teaching presents Yoka Daishi’s Song on the
in it’, is accompanied here by her extensive Realization of the Way, translated by The

Realizing the Way

Imperial College, London. After becoming and illuminating commentary. Venerable Myokyo-ni and accompanied
interested in Buddhism she joined the throughout by her commentary on this
Zen class at the Buddhist Society. In 1960 original twelfth-century text.
she travelled to Japan and at Daitokuji in
Kyoto underwent Zen training. She was
ordained as a Rinzai Zen Buddhist nun

Rinzai Gigen, father of the school of Rinzai Zen, died 866 Yoka Daishi’s Song on the Realization of the Way is here
in 1984. She later became head of the
Zen Centre in London and wrote several
books that describe Zen practice in a
straightforward way, as well as translating Translation and Commentary by the
a key Chinese text, The Zen Teaching of
Venerable Myokyo-ni

AD, though his date of birth is unknown. The Rinzai school translated by Ven. Myokyo-ni, and accompanied by her
Rinzai by Lin Ji.

The Buddhist Society was founded in 1924 by

Christmas Humphreys and is one of the oldest
Buddhist societies in Europe. The object of
the Society is to publish and make known
the principles of Buddhism and to encourage

was brought to Japan in the 13th century, and is one of the erudite commentary on this original twelfth-century text.
the study and practice of those principles.
www.thebuddhistsociety.org

five great schools of Zen. Rinzai is therefore one of the most

Yoka Daishi (665–713)was a Zen scholar and monk of the
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influential figures in the history of Zen thought and practice.

Paperback with flaps Paperback
96 pp 288 pp
early period of the Zen School. The sixty-seven verses of
19.5 x 13 cm (7.68 x 5.12 in.) This record of his life, written by his disciples, contains his 19.5 x 13 cm (7.68 x 5.12 in.) his Song on the Realization of the Way lie at the heart of
£9.95 ($14.95) teachings, episodes from his training, and moments from his £12.99 ($17.95) Mahayana thought and symbolise the germ of the Buddha-
teaching career. It shows why Rinzai’s rigorous and incisive nature inherent in all sentient beings. Each section of the
ISBN: 9780901032560 views remain relevant to the modern era. Rinzai demanded ISBN: 9780901032454 Song, described by the Venerable Myokyo-ni as ‘a very
Publishing 2021 of his students not lip-service, nor routine learning, but a Published 2017 carefully considered and expounded summary that has
genuine insight into the scriptures, and a life lived out of the whole of the teaching in it’, is accompanied here by her
this insight. extensive and illuminating commentary.

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 The Buddhist Society: A Publishing History

The Buddhist Society, established in 1924, has General and Educational Interest
been closely involved in publishing since its
inception. To supplement the list of forthcoming
Both Sides of The Circle, Christmas Humphreys
and recently-published books in the preceding
(Routledge Revivals)
pages of this catalogue, here is a selection of
Exploring Buddhism, Christmas Humphreys
scholarly, educational and general titles published,
(Routledge Revivals)
co-published and licensed by the Society over the
Karma and Rebirth, Christmas Humphreys
last hundred years. The publishers listed may not
(Taylor & Francis)
have been the Society’s exclusive partners for each
A Popular Dictionary of Buddhism, Christmas
title cited, but represent the range of the Society’s
Humphreys (Taylor & Francis)
collaborators over its rich publishing history.
Studies In The Middle Way, Christmas Humphreys
(Taylor & Francis)
The Wisdom of Buddhism, Christmas Humphreys
(Taylor & Francis)
Scholarly Interest Zen Comes West, Christmas Humphreys
(Taylor & Francis)
Buddhism, Christmas Humphreys (Penguin Books)
The Selected Writings of D.T. Suzuki
Living by Zen, Christmas Humphreys
(five volumes), edited by Prof. Richard Jaffe
(Random House)
(University of California Press)
Studies In Zen, edited by Christmas Humphreys
The Awakening of Zen, D.T. Suzuki, edited
(Random House)
by Christmas Humphreys (Shambhala)
The Ceasing of Notions, Soko Morinaga Roshi
Essays in Zen Buddhism, D.T. Suzuki,
(Wisdom Publications)
in three series (Rider Press)
Fundamentals of Mainstream Buddhism,
The Essentials of Zen Buddhism, D.T. Suzuki
Eric Cheetham (Charles Tuttle)
(Rider Press)
Buddhayana: Living Buddhism,
The Field of Zen, D.T. Suzuki (Harper & Row)
Anil Goonawardene (Continuum)
An Introduction To Zen Buddhism, D.T. Suzuki,
The Dhammapada, edited by Jack Austin
edited by Christmas Humphreys, with Foreword
(The Buddhist Society)
by Carl Jung (Rider Press)
The Practice of Recollection, Bhikkhu Mangalo
Manual of Zen Buddhism, D.T. Suzuki, edited
(The Buddhist Society)
by Chrtistmas Humphreys (Random House)
The Buddhist Dictionary (e-version, 2021)
Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist, D.T. Suzuki
How to Meditate, free online at
(Routledge Classics)
www.thebuddhistsociety.org
Zen and Japanese Culture, D.T. Suzuki
Emotional Exercises for Children, free online
(Princeton University Press)
at www.thebuddhistsociety.org
Zen Buddhism: Selected Writings, D.T. Suzuki
Sacre (Standing Advisory For Religious Education)
(Doubleday)
Reading List for Key Stages, free online at
The Zen Doctrine of No Mind, D.T. Suzuki,
www.thebuddhistsociety.org
edited by Christmas Humphreys (Rider Press)
A Guided Meditation for Older Children,
The Buddhist Schools of the Small Vehicle, A. Bareau,
free online at www.thebuddhistsociety.org
edited by Andrew Skilton, translated by Sara
Boin-Webb (Univ. of Hawaii Press)
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