Zen and the Bible: A Priest's Experience
Brought up within a Zen Buddhist tradition and later becoming a Jesuit priest, Kadowaki shows how Zen enriched his understanding of the Bible, and how Christianity gave substance to his practice of Zen.
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Kadowaki (philosophy, U. of Sophia, Tokyo) grew up in a Zen Buddhist tradition and later became a Jesuit. His reflections on how the two enlighten each other was published by Shunjusa, Tokyo in 1977 as Koan to Seisho no Shindoku; the English translation was first published by Routledge and Kegan in 1980. The CiP shows the subtitle A Priest's Experience. There is no index. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
PrefacevIntroductionixPart ILearning from Zen1Encounter with Zen32Learning through the Body103Religious Conversion194Purification of the 'Body'275What Is True Learning?35Part IIKoans and the Bible6Silence Speaks477A Thrust Home548When a Single Flower Blooms, It's Spring Everywhere639No-Mind and the Mind of a Child (1)7210No-Mind and the Mind of a Child (2)8311The Mystery of Words9412The Way You Live Is the Way You Die10313Doing Religious Reading with the 'Body'11114Towards a New Scriptural Hermeneutics119Part IIIThe Spiritual Exercises and a Zen Sesshin15To Die the Great Death and Be Born Again12716With a Distinguished Spirit of Chivalry13517The Super-Logic of the 'Fool'14218Taking Hold of the Mystery of the Cross15319Examine the Place Where You Stand16120The Cross Is the Resurrection171Glossary180
