Living Buddha Zen Contents Appreciation by Maezumi Roshi Foreword by Helen Tworkov Author's Introduction: What is this Book? Who Are These Living Buddhas? Shakyamuni Buddha's Enlightenment Wonderful Old Plum Tree Stands Deep in the Garden Transmissions One: Shakyamuni to Mahakashyapa Two Clear Mirrors Facing Each Other outside Time Two: Mahakashyapa to Ananda Knock Down the Flagpole before the Gate! Three: Ananda to Shanavasa Buddha is Alive! Buddha is Alive! Four: Shanavasa to Upagupta Space is Consumed by Flaming Space Five: Upagupta to Dhritaka Not One Conventional Coin in this Treasury Six: Dhritaka to Michaka Hazy Moon of Spring Seven: Michaka to Vasurnitra There is No Need for an Empty Cup Eight: Vasumitra to Buddhanandi Do Not Imagine You are Going to Become a Still Pond Nine: Buddhanandi to Buddhamitra How Sweet These Seven Steps! Ten: Buddhamitra to Parshva Curling White Like Perpetually Breaking Waves Eleven: Parshva to Punyayashas Patience! Small Birds are Speaking! Twelve: Punyayashas to Ashvaghosa The Uncommon Red of the Peach Blossoms Thirteen: Ashvaghosa to Kapimala Pale Blue Mirror Ocean Fourteen: Kapimala to Nagarjuna It Simply Shines, Shines, Shines! Fifteen: Nagarjuna to Aryadeva White Crane Standing Still in Bright Moonlight Sixteen: Aryadeva to Rahulata This Delicious Fungus Grows Everywhere Seventeen: Rahulata to Sanghanandi Come Out of the Cave to Taste the Sweetness Eighteen: Sanghanandi to Gayashata Both Bell and Wind are the Silence of Great Mind Nineteen: Gayashata to Kumarata Bright Blue River Rushing in a Circle Twenty: Kumarata to Jayata Plum Tree Deep in the Garden Blossoms Spontaneously Twenty-One: Jayata to Vasubandhu Laughable Old Scarecrows Twenty-Two: Vasubandhu to Manorhita Ocean is Merging with Ocean Twenty-Three: Manorhita to Haklenayashas Come Out of the Sky, You Five Hundred Cranes! Twenty-Four: Haklenayashas to Aryasinha Whatever Merits I Attain Do Not Belong to Me Twenty-Five: Aryasinha to Basiasita Ancient Springtime Mind Light Twenty-Six: Basiasita to Punyamitra Just a Seldom Flowering Cactus Twenty-Seven: Punyamitra to Prajnatara Moonlight Swallows Moon Twenty-Eight: Prajnatara to Bodhidharma Though the Planet is Broad, There is No Other Path Twenty-Nine: Bodhidharma to Hui-k'o Allow the Entire Mindscape to Become a Smooth Wall Thirty: Hui-k'o to Seng-ts'an Do Not Fall into Inert Meditation Thirty-One: Seng-ts'an to Tao-hsin Glistening Serpent Never Entangled in Its Own Coils Thirty-Two: Tao-hsin to Hung-jen Light Can Be Poured Only Into Light Thirty-Three: Hung-jen to Hui-neng Woodcutter Realizes Instantly He Is A Diamond Cutter Thirty-Four: Hui-neng to Ch'ing-yuan How Can One Sew If the Needle Remains Shut in the Case? Thirty-Five: Ch'ing-yuan to Shih-t'ou Riding Effortlessly on a Large Green Turtle Thirty-Six: Shih-t’ou to Yao-shan Planting Flowers on a Smooth River Stone Thirty-Seven: Yao-shan to Yun-yen Same Wind Blowing for a Thousand Miles Thirty-Eight: Yun-yen to Tung-shan Sound of Wood Preaching Deep Underwater Words Thirty-Nine: Tung-shan to Tao-ying Whole Body Pours with Perspiration Forty: Tao-ying to Tao-p'i Pregnant jade Rabbit Enters Purple Sky Forty-One: Tao-p'i to Kuan-chih All is Great Peace from the Very Beginning Forty-Two: Kuan-chih to Yuan-kuan Deep Intimacy and Even Deeper Intimacy Forty-Three: Yuan-kuan to Ta-yang The Vermilion Sail is So Beautiful! Forty-Four: Ta-yang to T'ou-tzu Zen Master Dreams of Raising a Green Hawk Forty-Five: T'ou-tzu to Tao-k'ai I Am Terribly Ashamed to Be Called the Head of this Monastery Forty-Six: Tao-k'ai to Tan-hsia Now Melt Away Like Wax before the Fire! Forty-Seven: Tan-hsia to Wu-k'ung You Have Taken a Stroll in the Realm of Self-luminosity Forty-Eight: Wu-k'ung to Tsung-chüeh Dark Side of Moon Infinitely Vaster than Bright Side Forty-Nine: Tsung-chüeh to Hsüeh-tou Why Have I Never Encountered this Mystery Before? Fifty: Hsüeh-tou to Ju-ching In the Last Few Hundred Years, No Spiritual Guide Like Me Has Appeared Fifty-One: Ju-ching to Dogen The Terrible Thunder of Great Compassion Fifty-Two: Dogen to Ejo Subtly Piercing Every Atom of Japan Lineage Chart of Buddha Ancestors from Shakyamuni Buddha to the Present