Table of Contents
Editor’s preface
THE TEXT
Shobogenzo Bodaisatta Shishobo
The Bodhisattva’s Four Embracing Actions / Shohaku Okumura
GIVING
Bäume und Menschen / Kyoku Lutz
Trees and Human Beings / Kyoku Lutz
Takuhatsu in Daily Life / Eido Reinhart
The Generosity of the Dead Little Mouse / Doryu Cappelli
La Generosità del Topolino Morto / Doryu Cappelli
Dana (Offering) / Shoju Mahler
LOVING SPEECH
Morada de Amor Benevolente / Jakushō Pignatiello
Abode of Benevolent Love / Jakushō Pignatiello
Árboles que Cantan / Reigen Sanjuán
Singing Trees / Reigen Sanjuán
Silencio amoroso / Eishō Amaya
Loving Silence / Eishō Amaya
Seeing Buddha, Speaking Buddha / Esho Morimoto
BENEFICIAL ACTION
How Can We Fulfill our Bodhisattva Vows? / Shinko Hagn
Aliviar el sufrimiento mediante acciones bondadosas / Densho Quintero
Alleviating Suffering through Kind Actions / Densho Quintero
Beneficial Action in Real Time / Onryu Kennedy
Practice for its Own Sake / Shōryū Bradley
Is “Beneficial Action” A Means of Attracting Followers or Non-dualistic Altruism?
An Etymological Exploration / Dōju Layton
IDENTITY ACTION
Total Functioning / Myoho Kendall
Living Together, Dying Together / Issan Koyama
No Identity-Action Without Identity-Action Towards Myself / Jisho Takahashi
Afterword: Embracing the Community, Sanshin Style / Hoko Karnegis