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THE SPIRIT OF ZEN

A Way of Life, Work and Art

In the Far East

By Alan W. Watts

FOREWORD

A short time ago Zen Buddhism was almost enterely unknown to the west, with the exception of a fer Orientalists whole interest in the subject was primarily academic. Just before the War there was only one work on Zen in any European language – Kaiten Nukariya’s Reigion of the Samurai – and a few scatered references in books on Buddhism in general. It was not until professor D. T. Suzuki of Kyoto publish the first volume of his Essays in Zen Buddhishm in 1927 that there was any work presented so as to excite the interest of the West with any effect, and at the same time to convey something of the real spirit of Zen. Subsequently Professor Suzuki published two more volumes of Essays, and it is largely owning to his work that we known anything of the subject at all. The result of his labours has been a swiftly increasing interest in Zen, not confined only to professed students of Oriental philosophy. Zen is so markedly different from any other form of religion, that it has roused the curiosity of many who would not ordinarily look to the “unpractical” East for practical wisdom.

One that curiosity is aroused it not easily set at rest, for Zen has a peculiar fascination for minds weary of conventional religion and philosophy

CONTENTS

Preface to Second Edition

Foreword

I           The origin of Zen

II          The secret of Zen

III        The Technique of Zen

IV        Life in a Zen Community

V         Zen and the Civilization of the Far East

Conclusions

Appendices

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