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Recent German Books on Zen
German Books on Zen (1985-1990)
By Dieter Schwaller and Urs App
- Aitken, Robert, Zen als Lebenspraxis [Zen as Life Practice]. München: Eugen Diederichs Verlag, 1988.
Translation of Aitken's Taking the Path of Zen.
- Brun, Pierre (tr.), Meister Linji - Begegnungen und Reden [Master Linji - Encounters and Talks], Zürich: Ammann Verlag, 1986.
First German translation of the Records of Linji (Rinzai).
- Blofeld, John (tr.), Der Geist des Zen. Die Zen-Lehre des chinesischen Meisters Huang-po [The Spirit of Zen. The Zen Teaching of the Chinese Master Huang-po]. München: O. W. Barth Verlag, 1988.
"Completely revised and in major parts newly translated new edition" of Blofeld's English translation of the Huangbo records.
- Dumoulin, Heinrich, Geschichte des Zen-Buddhismus; Band I: Indien und China [History of Zen Buddhism, Volume I: India and China]. Bern/München: Francke Verlag, 1985.
English edition: Zen Buddhism: A History. New York: Macmillan / London: Collier-Macmillan, 1988 (India & China) and 1990 (Japan). The English translation contains various revisions and corrections and is thus to be preferred by readers of English; see entry above.
- Dumoulin, Heinrich, Geschichte des Zen-Buddhismus; Band II: Japan [History of Zen Buddhism, Volume II: Japan ]. Bern/München: Francke Verlag, 1986.
- Dürckheim, Karlfried Graf, Zen und wir [Zen and Us]. München: O. W. Barth Verlag, 1988.
Revised and augmented new edition
- Eggert, Jochen (tr.), Meister Bankei - Die Zen-Lehre vom Ungeborenen [Master Bankei - The Zen Teaching of the Unborn]. München: O. W. Barth Verlag, 1988.
German translation of Norman Waddell's The Unborn. The Life and Teaching of Zen Master Bankei. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1984.
- Ehmke, Franziska, Der Zen-Meister Hakuin Ekaku [The Zen Master Hakuin Ekaku]. Köln: DuMont Buchverlag, 1989.
Translation of Tanahashi Kazuaki's Penetrating Laughter. Hakuin's Zen and Art.
- Enomiya-Lassalle, Hugo M., Kurz-Information über Zen [Short Information about Zen]. Aschaffenburg: Kaffke-Verlag, 1987.
- Enomiya-Lassalle, Hugo M., Zen und christliche Spiritualität [Zen and Christian Spirituality]. München: Kösel Verlag, 1987.
- Fabian, Ludwigis and Lengsfeld, Peter, Die torlose Schranke - Mumonkan - Zen-Meister Mumons Koan-Sammlung[The Gateless Gate - Mumonkan - Zen Master Mumon's Koan Collection]. München: Kösel-Verlag, 1989
Translation of Kôun Yamada's Gateless Gate.
- Fischer, Johanna, Tagebuch eines Zen-Lehrlings [Diary of a Zen Apprentice]. Pfullingen: Verlag G¶uuml;nther Neske, 1988. [Translation of Diary of a Zen Monk]
- Habito, Ruben, Barmherzigkeit aus der Stille. Zen und soziales Engagement [Compassion out of Quietude. Zen and Social Engagement]. Kösel Verlag, 1990.
- Jarand, Ursula (tr.), Dialog über das Auslöschen der Anschauung [Dialogue about the Extinction of Contemplation]. Frankfurt am Main: R. G. Fischer Verlag, 1987.
German translation of the Jueguanlun (Zekkanron) and Morinaga Sôkô roshi's commentary on this text.
- Jarand, Ursula (tr.), Hui-neng, Das Sutra des Sechsten Patriarchen [Hui-neng: The Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch]. München: O. W. Barth Verlag, 1989.
German translation of the Platform sutra and Morinaga Sôkô roshi's commentary on this text
- Möth, Robert Christian, Das Lin-chi lu des Ch'an-Meisters Lin-chi Yi-hsüan (gest. 866): Der Versuch einer Systematisierung des Lin-chi-lu [The Lin-chi-lu of Ch'an Master Lin-chi Yi-hsüan (died 866): Attempt of a Systematization of the Lin-chi-lu ]. Hamburg: Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Natur- und Völkerkunde Ostasiens 106, 1987.
Rearrangement and translation of the Records of Linji (Rinzai) according to the translator's interpretat
ion ("systematization").
- Oshima, Yoshiko, Zen - anders denken? Zugleich ein Versuch über Zen und Heidegger [Zen - Different Thinking? Simultaneously an Essay about Zen and Heidegger]. Heidelberg: Verlag Lambert Schneider, 1985.
- Schwaller, Dieter, Der japanische Obaku-Mönch Tetsugen Dôkô Leben, Denken, Schriften [The Japanese Obaku Monk Tetsugen Dôkô Life, Thought, Writings]. Bern: Peter Lang Verlag, 1989.
- Seidl, Achim, Das Weisheitsbuch des Zen: Koans aus dem Bi-Yän-Lu. [The Book of Wisdom of Zen: Koan from the Bi-yen lu]. München/Wien: Carl Hanser Verlag, 1988.
Claims to "make the Zen spirit denser and clearer" by reducing Gundert's German translation of the Blue Cliff Record to about one-fourth of its original volume.
- Shibayama, Zenkei, Eine Blume lehrt ohne Worte. Zen in Gleichnis und Bild [A Flower Teaches Without Words. Zen in Simile and Pictures]. München: O. W. Barth Verlag, 1989.
New edition of Ursula von Mangoldt's German translation of Shibayama's classic "A Flower Does Not Talk".
- Sôtetsu Yûzen (alias Zernickow, Klaus), Der Mond schwebt durch die Leere [The Moon Floats Through Emptiness]. Wien: Octopus Verlag, 1988.
By the founder of the Mumon-kai community which is active in Germany, Austria, and Poland.
- Suzuki, Daisetz T., Koan. Der Sprung ins Grenzenlose [Koan. The Leap into the Boundless]. München: O.W. Barth Verlag, 1988.
First Essay of Suzuki's Second Series of Essays in Zen Buddhism.
- Suzuki, Daisetz T.,, Satori. Der Zen-Weg zur Befreiung [Satori. The Zen-Way to Liberation. München: O.W. Barth Verlag, 1989.
Essays 1, 2, 3, and 5 of Suzuki's First Series of Essays in Zen Buddhism.
- Suzuki, Daisetz T., Zazen. Die Übung des Zen [Zazen. The Practice of Zen]. München: O.W. Barth Verlag, 1988.
Essays 4, 6, 7, and 8 of Suzuki's First Series of Essays in Zen Buddhism.
- Viallet, François-Albert, Einladung zum Zen [Invitation to Zen]. Düsseldorf: Econ Taschenbuch Verlag, 1988.
New edition of the 1975 book.
- Wydler, Agatha, Der 6. Patriarch kommt nach Manhattan: Sokei-ans Kommentar zum Plattform Sutra des Zen-Meisters Hui-neng [The Sixth Patriarch Comes to Manhattan: Sokei-an's Commentary to the Platform Sutra of Zen Master Hui-neng]. Küsnacht: Theseus Verlag, 1988.
- Wydler, Agatha, Henry B. Platov, Der Eremit und andere Zen Erzälungen [Henry B. Platov: The Hermit and other Zen Stories. Küsnacht: Theseus Verlag, 1989.
Author:Urs APP
Last updated: 4/20/95