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by James Green

ISBN: 1590306309
ISBN13: 978-1590306307
Language: English
Publisher: Shambhala; First Edition edition (March 10, 2009)
Pages: 176
Category: Buddhism
Subategory: Religion

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James Green is a longtime Zen student and former monk who is a disciple of the renowned Japanese Zen . A fine translation with no clever tampering. If Pang speaks to you then how fortunate you are to have such a companion. He will go wherever you go. Look, there he goes now!

James Green is a longtime Zen student and former monk who is a disciple of the renowned Japanese Zen master and artist Keido Fukushima Roshi. He is also the translator of The Recorded Sayings of Zen Master Joshu. Look, there he goes now!

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The Layman pointed to the snow in the air and said, "Good snow - flake by flake doesn't fall in any other place. At the time one of the Chan travellers named Chuan said, "Where do they fall?" The Layman slapped him once. Chuan said, "Even a layman shouldn't be so coarse. The Sayings of Layman P’ang: A Zen Classic of China. Mitchell, Stephen, ed. 1989. The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry. New York: Harper Perennial.

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Layman P’ang (740–808) was a merchant and family man who one day put all his money and possessions in a boat and sunk it in a river, so that he could devote his life to the study of the dharma. His wife, son, and daughter joined him enthusiastically on his new path, taking up a joyfully itinerant life together as they traveled from temple to monastery across southern China. This collection of anecdotes and verses about the enlightened layman and his family has become an enduring Zen classic.

A Zen Classic of China. Translated by James Green. Foreword by Dennis Genpo Merzel Roshi Preface by Keido Fukushima Roshi Introduction by Jeff Shore Illustrations by Michael Hofmann. N o part o f this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval. system, without permission in writing from the publisher. T he sayings o f layman P ’ang: a Z en classic o f China, translated by James Green; foreword by Dennis Genpo Merzel; preface by Keido Fukushima; illustrations by Michael Hofmann

Layman P'ang (740-808) was a merchant and family man who one day put all his money and possessions in a boat and sunk it in a river, so that he could devote his life to the study of the dharma.

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James Green is a longtime Zen student and former monk who is a disciple of the renowned Japanese Zen master and artist Keido Fukushima Roshi

James Green is a longtime Zen student and former monk who is a disciple of the renowned Japanese Zen master and artist Keido Fukushima Roshi.

These wise and funny stories have been an inspiration to spiritual practice for more than twelve centuries, particularly for all those who follow the Buddhist path as laypeople. Layman P’ang (740–808) was a merchant and family man who one day put all his money and possessions in a boat and sunk it in a river, so that he could devote his life to the study of the dharma. His wife, son, and daughter joined him enthusiastically on his new path, taking up a joyfully itinerant life together as they traveled from temple to monastery across southern China. This collection of anecdotes and verses about the enlightened layman and his family has become an enduring Zen classic.

Comments:

Glei

Pang is my guy. He's my go to. I dig Pang.

Hudora

A fine translation with no clever tampering. If Pang speaks to you then how fortunate you are to have such a companion. He will go wherever you go. Look, there he goes now!

Pruster

This is a nice book and an excellent text. I'm not satisfied with lack of comment to the stories. One could say that these texts do not need it being Zen koans but this is not so. Those who have read Charles Luk and his "Ch'an and Zen Teaching" series know this. These are the best books about Zen from a traditional standpoint shedding light to the exchanges between these masters but are more for people who have more knowledge and experience of Buddhism and Zen. For those who have not suffice to say that these stories can be used as a a meditation subject but they also posses certain meaning on the relative level because these teachers simply used everyday words as symbols for certain buddhist terms. This is especially so for the chinese Zen since it was very connected with the understanding of the sutras. All of these masters where experts in this except for Hui-neng who was still an expert but of a different sort.

Gathris

When the mind is at peace,
The world too is at peace. -Laymen P'ang

Layman P'ang was a Chan/Zen Buddhist during the Tang Dynasty. He serves as an exemplary figure to those Buddhists practicing outside of monasticism. He studied and practiced Buddhism with his whole family and from his stories about them and his writings come the most famous of the Buddhist sayings.

In an age where it was common for those spiritually-minded individuals to give up their possessions and families and go off to live in a monastery, old Mr. Pang chose not to take that route. Instead, he and his family made a living selling baskets and studying with many traveling masters through the years. This book is a collection of nearly 60 stories of Mr. P'ang and his family, and his dialogues with these masters. In these discussions, sometimes the Master would teach Layman P'ang something, but just as often the reverse would happen.

Most of the stories are fairly cryptic to the modern reader, and are essentially koans. One reads the story and asks, "what just went on there?" There are extensive footnotes after each story, but rather than explain the meaning, most of the footnotes explain more about the characters or put the story in some kind of context. It's usually up to the reader to find the meaning.

There is a lot of introductory material in this book before the stories actually start, and much of this introduction is valuable in itself. It explains the significance of being a layman compared to being a monk, and why P'ang is looked at as a traditional hero. It gives a bit ofhistory about the various masters and monks mentioned in the stories and what they are best known for.

The book is short, at 144 pages with largish type and lots of white space. You could read it in an evening if you wanted to make the attempt, but as with most books of this type, it would probably be better to read one or two of the single-page-long stories per day and give them time to make sense.

If you enjoy koans, pick this book up. It's got the usual koan-style stories in it, but there is enough help in the footnotes to understand what was really going on. Even if you don't enjoy the "riddle" aspect of koans, Layman P'ang's thoughtful, mysterious, and funny insights are worth a look.

Ffel

This book gives a really good insight into zen use or zen function as opposed to the body or essence of zen. to those who have no knowledge of the body of zen as tathata/things just as they are then it will not make much sense. Pang is free, but in my opinion his responses and challenges though brilliant are a little too complicated. when asked "what is this?" "it is a computer". will suffice. he's very clever, but perhaps a little too clever, brilliant, but so brilliant that no one can challenge him, except the brightest master. i just wish he could have been a little simpler. not confounding so many people. I think that Shunryu Suzuki in his book 'not necessarily so', embodies simplicity a little clearer. but why are all these zen masters making life so complicated. life is just life. if its difficult its difficult and if its easy its easy. when you come just come, when you need to go, just go. and when youve got to die, then die.

for me a teaching that helps is "going back into the market place". you are free to buy and sell if you have money. you can buy whatever you want. drink, meat, spices, vegetables. you are free. free to be liberated or not liberated. no worries. it doesnt matter. you have concerns of course, but really no need for worries. "no worries" you say.

is the ultimate tathata, or emptiness or God? no worries. if its God, then God will take care of everything. if its emptiness, then you have no self... no one to worry about. if its tathata, then everything is just as its meant to be. or just so. you may have reached the utter reality of tathata. you no longer see emptiness unless you want to. now all is real. real or illusory? no worries.

are you still not liberated? or are you liberated? i say no worries. who is there to worry about. but of course we still have concerns. in theistic religions people say trust in God, no worries... worry is a sin. not one hair shall fall from your head without Gods concern and knowledge. so... no worries.

no worries is faith. faith in yourself and faith in God and faith in the universe. if we can have utter confidence in God, and faith tells us we can: then we can have utter faith in ourselves. despite our mistakes. all is perfect just as it is. so, no worries.

am i worried that i cant practice without worry?! no worries.

faith itself says that everything is perfect, it says that God is utterly reliable and always knows what is best for us. hence so too does the universe. it's painful, but then this universe is a reflection of heaven if you can see it as such. Faith tells us us that things are as perfect as they can be in a compounded universe.

will i die tomorrow? no worries.
am i liberated? no worries.
am i deluded? no worries.
but i worry... no worries.
all will be well and all will be well and all manner of things will be well. so, no worries!

i hope to be concerned, but not worried. but you know something?! it doesn't really matter. no worries!

no worries.