"This is the single most comprehensive treasury of writings in English on the practice of shikantaza, and it is likely to remain the most important collection for many years to come. This volume, spanning the centuries since Shakyamuni Buddha to the present day, will prove indispensable to meditators and scholars alike. Roshi John Daido Loori has given us a rare treasure."-John Daishin Buksbazen, author of Zen Meditation in Plain English.

"At last a book that brings together writings on the subtlest and most fundamental Zen practice. Zen Master John Daido Loori has gathered the true meditation into this jewel of a book. We should not miss it."-Joan Halifax Roshi, Head Teacher, Upaya Zen Center.

Art of Just Sitting: Essential Writings on the Zen Practice of Shikantaza, John Daido Loori, Wisdom Publications, 241 pp, $18.95

John Daido Loori (1931�2009) was one of the West's leading Zen masters. He was the founder and spiritual leader of the Mountains and Rivers Order and abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery. His work has been most noted for its unique adaptation of traditional Asian Buddhism into an American context, particularly with regard to the arts, the environment, social action, and the use of modern media as a vehicle of spiritual training and social change. Loori was an award-winning photographer and videographer. His art and wildlife photography formed the core of a unique teaching program that integrated art and wilderness training by cultivating a deep appreciation of the relationship of Zen to our natural environment. He was a dharma heir of the influential Japanese Zen master Taizan Maezumi Roshi and he authored many books.

	Editor's Preface by John Daido Loori	vii
	Acknowledgments	xi
	Introduction: Hongzhi, Dogen, and the Background of Shikantaza by Taigen Dan Leighton	1
	Editor's Note	11
	Guidepost of Silent Illumination by Hongzhi Zhengjue	13
	Cultivating the Empty Field by Hongzhi Zhengjue	15
	Zazengi: Rules for Zazen by Eihei Dogen	19
	Fukanzazengi: Universal Recommendations for Zazen by Eihei Dogen	21
	Zazenshin: Lancet of Seated Meditation by Eihei Dogen	25
	Zazen Yojinki: What To Be Aware of in Zazen by Keizan Jokin	41
	Shikantaza by Hakuun Yasutani	51
	The Tenzo Kyokun and Shikantaza by Kosho Uchiyama	55
	The Wholehearted Way by Eihei Dogen	63
	No Dualism by Shunryu Suzuki	67
	Commentary on Fukanzazengi by Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi	71
	How to Sit by P.T.N.H. Jiyu-Kennett	95
	To Live Is Just to Live by Dainin Katagiri	101
	To Study the Self by Shohaku Okumura	105
	On "Silent Illumination" by Sheng-yen	117
	Nanyue Polishes a Tile by John Daido Loori	127
	Yaoshan's Non-Thinking by John Daido Loori	135
	Suzuki Roshi's Practice of Shikantaza by Sojun Mel Weitsman	145
	A Coin Lost in the River Is Found in the River by Zoketsu Norman Fischer	149
	Just Sitting by Tenshin Reb Anderson	155
	Will You Sit with Me? by Bonnie Myotai Treace	161
	Yangshan's State of Mind by Geoffrey Shugen Arnold	167
Appendix	Foundational Texts
	Satipatthana Sutta: The Foundations of Mindfulness by Shakyamuni Buddha	177
	Bloodstream Sermon by Bodhidharma	187
	The Fundamental Expedient Teachings for Calming the Mind That Attains Enlightenment by Dayi Daoxin	191
	Treatise on the Essentials of Cultivating the Mind by Daman Hongren	205
	The Platform Sutra by Dajian Huineng	219
	Jewel Mirror of Samadhi by Dongshan Liangjie	223
	Who's Who	227
	Permissions Credits	233
	Index	237