Illustrations by Sato Zenchu
D. T. Suzuki
THE TRAINING OF THE ZEN BUDDHIST MONK
The Eastern Buddhist Society, Kyoto, 1934

Szato Zencsú (Tókeidzsi kolostor, Kamakura) tusfestményei

I. INITIATION

1. Monk Starting on Pilgrimage
[When travelling, Zen monks have two bags. One hangs around the neck and rests on the chest; the other is on the back like a knapsack.]

2. Asking for Admittance

3. Admittance Refused


4. Night in the Lodging Room

5. Initiated to the Zendo

6. Introduced to Roshi

II. LIFE OF HUMILITY

7. Takuhatsu-ing in the Streets

8. Monthly Collection of Rice

9. Takuhatsu-ing for Daikon

III. LIFE OF LABOUR

10. Wood-gathering

11. Sweeping

12. Gardening

13. Wrestling

IV. LIFE OF SERVICE

14. Cooking

15. Dining Room

16. Nursing the Sick

17. Sewing and Moxa-burning

18. Shaving

19. Washing

20. Bath-room

21. Work of Service

V. LIFE OF PRAYER AND GRATITUDE

22. The Revolving of the Prajnaparamita Sutra

23. The Feeding of the Hungry Ghosts

VI. LIFE OF MEDITATION

24. The Front Door of the Zendo

25. The Rear Door of the Zendo

26. Kinhin (Walking Exercise)

27. Bedding Put up

28. Good Night to the Holy Monk

29. Morning Wash

30. Monks Filing up

31. Roshi Ready for a Koza

32. Meditation Posture

33. Ready for a Zen Interview

34. Interview with Roshi

35. Deeds of the Utmost Kindness

36. The Warning Staff

37. Deeply Absorbed in Meditation

38. Monks Looking for Zen Passages

39. Seeing Off a Senior Monk

40. Zen Monks on Pilgrimage

41. Tea-ceremony with Roshi

42. Term-end Examination

43. Monk Striking the Large Bell