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Newly reprinted by Dharma Communications Press. Heart of Being is the most comprehensive book available on the moral and ethical teachings of Zen Buddhism. A standard training guide for Zen students approaching jukai, the ceremony of formally taking the precepts as ones life, this book is a rich offering for a morally ailing planet. These teachings accent the relationship between practicing the Buddhist precepts and cultivating the enlightened mind. Daido Roshi explores how the precepts serve as a compass to navigate the difficult and often overwhelming dilemmas of our lives.

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The Heart of Being
Moral and Ethical Teachings of Zen Buddhism
by John Daido Loori
Edited by Bonnie Myotai Treace
and Konrad Ryushin Marchaj
Foreword by Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi
Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc.
Boston Rutland, Vermont Tokyo
Page iv
Published by Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc. of Rutland, Vermont, and Tokyo, Japan with editorial offices at 153 Milk Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
Copyright 1996 Dharma Communications
Cover photos and all interior photos by John Daido Loori, copyright
1996.
Portions of this work have been previously published in the quarterly journal Mountain Record.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission from Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Loori, John Daido.
The heart of being : moral and ethical teachings of Zen Buddhism /
John Daido Loori ; edited by Bonnie Myotai Treace and Konrad
Ryushin Marchaj.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-8048-3078-9
1. Religious lifeZen Buddhism. 2. Buddhist precepts. 3. Zen
BuddhismDiscipline. 4. Buddhist ethics. I. Treace, Bonnie
Myotai. II. Marchaj, Konrad Ryushin. III. Title.
BQ9286.L66 1996
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First edition
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05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98
Cover design by Frances Kay
Printed in the United States of America
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Nine Bows in deep gratitude
to my late teacher
Master Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi
for revealing to me
the Heart of Being
Page vii
CONTENTS
Foreword by Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi
ix
Preface by Bonnie Myotai Treace
xiv
Acknowledgments
xvii
Part I Jukai: The Ceremony of Precepts
1
Introduction Right Action: Giving Life to the Buddha
2
Chapter 1 Sacred Space: The Heart of Being
11
Chapter 2 Kyojukaimon: Commentary on Master Dogen's Teachings on the Precepts
18
Chapter 3 Invocation: Practicing Buddha
27
Chapter 4 Atonement: Taking Responsibility
35
Chapter 5 Taking Refuge in the Three Treasures: Waking Up
42
Chapter 6 The First Pure Precept: Not Creating Evil
50
Chapter 7 The Second Pure Precept: Practicing Good
63
Chapter 8 The Third Pure Precept: Actualizing Good for Others
75
Chapter 9 The Ten Grave Precepts: Wisdom Mind
82

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Chapter 10 The Precepts and the Environment: Teachings of Mountains and Rivers
108
Chapter 11 Verse of the Kesa: The Robe of Liberation
117
Chapter 12 Lineage of the Ancestors: Endless Circle
124
Chapter 13 Dharma Name: Spiritual Identity
128
Chapter 14 The Four Great Bodhisattva Vows: Meticulous Effort
132
Chapter 15 Jukai: Opening Our Eyes
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