The Eight Gates of Zen: A Program of Zen Training

This
accessible introduction to the philosophy and practice of Zen Buddhism includes
a program of study that encompasses practically every aspect of life. The
American Zen teacher John Daido Loori shows us that Zen practice should include
not only meditation, the study of Zen literature and liturgy, and moral and
ethical action, but should also manifest in work, artistic, and everyday
activities. The Eight Gates are:

1. Zazen,
   a type of meditation described as "sitting Zen"
   
2. Face-to-face
   meetings between teacher and student
   
3. Academic
   study of the sutras related to Zen training, other schools of Buddhism,
   Buddhist history, psychology, and philosophy
   
4. Zen
   rites and rituals and their meaning
   
5. The
   moral and ethical requirements set in the Buddhist Precepts
   
6. Art
   practice as an extension of Zen practice
   
7. Body
   practice as an extension of Zen practice
   
8. Work
   as an active function of zazen
   

Beautifully
illustrated with Loori's own photographs, this edition also includes a new
introduction and an updated reading list.