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A BUDDHIST BIBLE
p. 3

A
Buddhist
BIBLE
The Favorite Scriptures of the
Zen Sect
History of Early Zen Buddhism
Self-Realisation of Noble Wisdom
The Diamond Sutra
The Prajna Paramita Sutra
The Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
Edited, Interpreted & Published by
DWIGHT GODDARD
MDMXXXII
THETFORD, VERMONT
[1932]
[FIRST EDITION]
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COPYRIGHT 1932 BY DWIGHT GODDARD

Dedicated

TO MY HONORED TEACHERS

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
PROFESSOR, OTANI UNIVERSITY

Taiko Yamazaki
ROSHI, SO-KO-KU MONASTERY

BOOKS
Relating to Zen Buddhism
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By DWIGHT GODDARD
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Essays in Zen Buddhism First Series. 4.00

Translation of the Lankavatara Sutra 4.40

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
 9

HISTORY OF EARLY CH’AN BUDDHISM
 15

SELF-REALISATION OF NOBLE WISDOM
 37

 Preface
 39

 Introduction
 41

 Chapter I Discrimination
 45

 Chapter II False Imagination and Appearance Knowledge
 55

 Chapter III Right Knowledge, or Knowledge of Relations
 71

 Chapter IV Perfect Knowledge, or Knowledge of Reality
 81

 Chapter V The Mind-system
 87

 Chapter VI Transcendental Intelligence
 99

 Chapter VII Self-realisation
 109

 Chapter VIII The Attainment of Self-realisation
 121

 Chapter IX The Fruits of Self-realisation
 129

 Chapter X Discipleship: Lineage of the Arhats
 139

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 Chapter XI Bodhisattvahood and Its Stages
 147

 Chapter XII Noble Wisdom that is Tathagatahood
 157

 Chapter XIII Nirvana
 169

THE DIAMOND SUTRA. (Vajracchedika Sutra)
 177

 Introduction
 179

 The Diamond Scripture
 181

SUTRA OF TRANSCENDENTAL WISDOM. (Maha-prajna-paramita-hridaya)
 207

 Preface
 209

SUTRA OF THE SIXTH PATRIARCH
 215

 Preface
 217

 Chapter I Autobiography of Hui-Neng
 219

 Chapter II Discourse on Prajna
 235

 Chapter III Discourse on Dhyana and Samadhi
 249

 Chapter IV Discourse on Repentence
 257

 Chapter V Discourse on the Three-Bodies of Buddha
 267

 Chapter VI Dialogues
 275

 Chapter VII Sudden Enlightenment vs. Gradual Attainment
 297

 Chapter VIII Royal Patronage
 305

 Chapter IX Final Words and Death of the Patriarch
 311