In recent years, much has been written about Zen for Western audiences. In this comprehensive volume, D.T. Suzuki has compiled an anthology from Zen Buddhism's most important original sources. Here are the famous sutras or sermons of the Buddha; the gathas or hymns; the intriguing philosophical puzzles known as koan; and the dharanis, or invocations to expel evil spirits. And here also are recorded conversations of the great Buddhist monks intimate dialogues on subjects of momentous importance. In addition to the written selections, all of them translated by Dr Suzuki, there are reproductions of many Buddhist drawings and paintings, including religious statues found in Zen temples, each with an explanation of its significance, and the great series of allegorical paintings, the Ten Oxherding Pictures.