Zen : the authentic gate / KoÌun Yamada.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Forward / David R. Loy -- Preface to the English edition / Joan Rieck and Henry Shukman -- Second preface to the English edition / RyoÌun-ken Masamichi Yamada -- Author's preface to the Japanese edition / KoÌun Yamada -- Zen : The authentic gate. Suffering and modern-day humanity -- The Zen view -- The principle of salvation in Zen Buddhism -- The three great aims of Zen -- Types of Zen practice -- Koan practice and just sitting -- Finding an authentic teacher -- Depth of enlightenment -- Cause and effect as one -- Deceptive phenomena -- Belief, understanding, practice, realization, and personalization -- Eight great tenets of Mahayana Buddhism -- On private interview -- Three necessary conditions for Zen practice -- Zen practice for people of other religions -- The actual practice of Zen -- Practical matters -- Translator's afterword.