To meet the real dragon - gudo nishijima

Buddhist masters of the past have explained the relationship between Buddhist theory and the Truth by way of a simple metaphor.

The Truth, they say, is like the distant moon.

Ideas, theories, and explanations are merely fingers pointing at that far-away goal.

They are not, and can never be, the moon itself.

So this book is one such finger, a finger pointing at the moon, but the moon itself can be touched by you alone.

The Buddhism which emerges from To Meet the Real Dragon is Buddhism for real people: ordinary human beings with ordinary human problems.

It is humanistic Zen--Zen for human beings.

Here are a few of the topics covered by this very readable book: What is Religion, Meeting a True Master, Master Dogen, Science and Buddhism, Idealism and Materialism, Gautama Buddha, The Four Noble Truths, The Transmission of the Truth, Cause and Effect, Not Doing Wrong, Action: The Center of Buddhism, Zazen, The Four Philosophies.