1. To Watanabe Sukefusa Letter 1, 1714 -- 2. To Zen Monks Kin and Koku Letter 2. 1729 -- 3. To Layman Ishii Letter 3, 1734 -- 4. To the Priest of Ryotan-ji Letter 4, 1742 -- 5. To Attendant Ko Letter 5, c.173-47 -- 6. To the Roshi at Ryosen-ji Letter 6, c.1746-56 -- 7. To a Certain Layman Letter 7, 1748 -- 8. To Senior Monk Gin Letter 8, c.1752 -- 9. To Murabayashi Letter 9, 1755 -- 10. To Yoda Letter 10, 1755 -- 11. Two Letters to Sakai Kantahaku Sensei Letters 11-12, c. 1755 -- 12 Six Letters to Senior Priest Zenjo Letters 13-18, 1757-58 -- 13. The Hakuin-Torei Letters Letters 19-24, 1757-60 -- 14. To Daimyo Matsudaira Sudataka Letter 25, 1760 -- 15. Two Letters to Katayama Shunnan Letters 26-27, 1761 -- 16. To a Donor Letter 28, 1762-63.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Contains letters from a Zen master to both monks and lay believers; the letters illustrate the Zen master's compassion, knowledge, and generosity.
UNIFORM TITLE
General Material Designation
Correspondence.
Form Subheading
Selections.
Language (when part of a heading)
English
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Buddhism-- Japan-- Discipline.
Monastic and religious life (Zen Buddhism)-- Japan.
Buddhism-- Discipline.
Buddhism-- Japan.
Monastic and religious life (Zen Buddhism)
Monasticism and religious orders-- Japan.
PHILOSOPHY-- Zen.
RELIGION-- Buddhism-- Zen (see also PHILOSOPHY-- Zen)