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The Benefits of Walking Meditation
Mindfulness on Breathe – Anapanasati Sutta Anapana Sati: Meditation on Breathing Anapana Sati: Meditation on Breathing Anapanasati Sutta– Mindfulness of Breathing The Anapanasati Sutta – A Practical Guide to Midfulness of Breathing and Tranquil Wisdom Meditation Buddha Dhamma Sangha Refuge An Introduction to the Buddha, Dhamma, & Sangha Sangha: The Ideal World Community Going for Refuge & Taking the Precepts Precepts The Five Precepts - panca-sila Taking the Precepts The Healing Power of the Precepts The Four Noble Truths Four Noble Truths Understanding Dukkha The Nobility of the Truths The Four Noble Truths
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No-self or Not-self? Meditating on No-Self The Not-self Strategy Self and Self-Naughting Anatta (Non-Self)
The Ten Perfections: A Study Guide A Treatise on the Paramis Generosity First Dana: The Practice of Giving Discernment Paramis: The Heart of Buddha's Teaching and Our Own Practice
The Five Spiritual Faculties
The Way of Wisdom: The Five Spiritual Faculties The Spiritual Faculties The Five Faculties
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: Satipatthana Sutta The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Summary Satipatthana Vipassana Satipatthana Sutta – The Foundations of Mindfulness Satipatthana – The Fourfold Focus of Mindfulness
The Five Hindrances The Five Mental Hindrances and Their Conquest Concentration: Abandoning the Hindrances The Five Hindrances (Nivarana) The Five Aggregates The Five Aggregates: A Study Guide
The Seven Factors of Enlightenment The Seven Factors of Enlightenment
Bodhipakkhiya-Dipani, A Manual of The Factors Leading to Enlightenment The Seven Factors of Enlightenment
The Four Sublime States – Contemplations on Love, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy and Equanimity Mudita Lovingkindness, or metta as it is known in Pali, is a universal, unselfish and all-embracing love that protects, supports and heals both oneself and others. Meditation on Loving-Kindness (Metta) Universal Loving Kindness Reflecting on kindness The Practice of Loving-Kindness (Metta) As Taught by the Buddha in the Pali Canon Facets of Metta
Befriending the Suttas: Tips on Reading the Pali Discourses Wings to Awakening: An Anthology from the Pali Canon
Suffering on the Road The Problem of Personality Dhamma Nature
Turning The Mind Toward The Dharma Opening the Dhamma Eye
"Not Sure!" - The Standard of the Noble Ones The Peace Beyond The Things We Cling To & Aves Grasping and Clinging
Knower Of The Worlds Web sites with extensive teachings Forest Sangha Buddhist Society of Western Australia
Dharma Seed and Dharma Stream Sutta Readings Audio Dharma Audio Dharma Dhamma Talks Audio at Seattle Insight Meditation Society Satipanya Association Sutta Readings |
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Coming soon: Ashoka online course Bodhisattvas of Compassion
Taigen Dan Leighton
The Way of the Bodhisattva
Peter Della Santina
Eight Bodhisattvas
www.khandro.net
The Bodhisattva Ideal - Buddhism and the Aesthetics of Selflessness
Nitin Kumar
Bodhisattva Vows
Gelong Tsewang Samdrub and Geshe Tashi
The Heart of the Bodhisattva
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
The Thirty Seven Practices of the Path of the Bodhisattva
H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama
37 Practices of a Bodhisatta
Ken McLeod
A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life
Shantideva
The Bodhicaryavatara (Shantideva)
H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama
Compassion: The Key to Great Awakening: Thought Training and the Bodhisattva Practices
Geshe Gyeltsen
Uniting Wisdom & Compassion: Illuminating The Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva
Chokyi Dragpa
Avalokiteshvara (Kuan-Yin) (Chenrezig)
The Enlightenment Of Bodhisattva Kuan-Yin (Avalokiteshvara)
Dr. C.T. Shen
Chenrezig (Avalokiteshvara) – Embodiment of Compassion in Tibetan Buddhism
The Creation of a Goddess of Mercy from Avolokiteshara
Bagyalakshmi
Bodhisattva of Compassion: The Mystical Tradition of Kuan Yin
John Blofeld
Manjushri
Manjushri: The Young Prince of Wisdom
Taigen Dan Leighton
Bodhicitta
Bodhicitta is a mind (including thought, action, feeling and speech) totally dedicated to others and to achieving full enlightenment in order to benefit all sentient beings as fully as possible. Bodhicitta is often called the "Wish Fulfilling Jewel," because like a magic jewel it brings true happiness.
Generating Bodhicitta Mind-Stream
The Teaching on Aspirational Bodhicitta
H.H. the 14th the Dalai Lama
The Eight Verses of Thought Transformation
H.H. The Dalai Lama
The Seven Points of Mind Training of Atisha
Shamar Rinpoche
Loving Kindness
Mingyur Rinpoche
How to Generate Bodhicitta
Ribur Rinpoche
Bodhicitta: the Perfection of Dharma
Lama Thubten Yeshe
Bodhicitta
Tai Situ Rinpoche
Compassion
Living the Compassionate Life
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Compassion and the Individual
H.H Dalai Lama
Awakening Compassion
Ken McLeod
The Practice of Compassion
Pema Chodron
An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life
H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama
Compassion: The Key to Great Awakening: Thought Training and the Bodhisattva Practices
Geshe Gyeltsen
Emptiness (shunyata)
Causality and Emptiness: The Wisdom of Nagarjuna
Peter Della Santina
The Experience of Shunyata: Recognizing the True Nature of the Mind
Kenpo Karthar Rinpoche
Emptiness
Stephen Batchelor
Being and Emptiness: Buddhist Perspectives on Compassion
Ruben L.F. Habito
The paramitas (the perfections)
The Practice of the Perfections
Peter Della Santina
The Practice of Perfection: The Paramitas from a Zen Buddhist Perspective
Robert Aitken (out of print but highly recommended)
The Six Perfections
Geshe Sonam Rinchen
The H. H. Dalai Lama: The Six Paramitas
H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama
Bodhisattva vow
Bodhisattva Vows
Taitaku Pat Phelan
Mahayana sutras
See DharmaNet Learning Centers Sutras section >>>
The Middle Way
The Development of Mahayana Philosophy
Peter Della Santina
Background
Introductory Comparison of the Five Tibetan Traditions of Buddhism and Bon
Alex Berzin
The Five Principal Spiritual Traditions of Tibet
The Government of Tibet in Exile web site
Advice on Spiritual Practice
H.H. Rangjung Rigpae Dorje, 16th Gyalwa Karmapa
What Is the Mind?
H.H The Dalai Lama
A Survey of the Paths of Tibetan Buddhism
H.H. The Dalai Lama
Understanding the Need for Spiritual Practice
Kalu Rinpoche
An Outline of the Path to Enlightenment
Dr. Nick Ribush
Basic Buddhist Topics: Mind, Rebirth, Cyclic Existence and Enlightenment
Thubten Chodron
The Kagyu Tradition
Traleg Rinpoche
Lama-The Source of Blessings
Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche
Four thoughts that turn the mind
The Four Ordinary Foundations
Kenpo Karthar Rinpoche
Ashoka online course Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind
Robert Thurman
What is Refuge
Aenpo Kyabgon
The Four Noble Truths
H.H. The Dalai Lama
Death, Intermediate State, and Rebirth
H.H. The Dalai Lama
Interdependent Origination
Aenpo Kyabgon
Sending and Receiving
Kenpo Karthar Rinpoche
The Eight Verses of Thought Transformation
H.H. The Dalai Lama
The Benefits of Cherishing Others
Lama Zopa Rinpoche
The Seven Points of Mind Training of Atisha
Shamar Rinpoche
Loving Kindness
Mingyur Rinpoche
How to Generate Bodhicitta
Ribur Rinpoche
The Practice of Compassion
Pema Chodron
The Four Immeasurable States
Traleg Rinpoche
The Six Paramitas
Jigme Rinpoche
The Heart of Mindfulness
Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche
The Significance of Meditation in Tibetan Buddhism
Khenpo Migmar Tsering
Meditation
Lama Yeshe
Seven Points On Meditation
Shamar Rinpoche
Essential Advice on Meditation
Sogyal Rinpoche
Questions and Answers on Meditation
Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche
Mastering the Mind
Shamar Rinpoche
Meditation
The Dalai Lama
The Essental Two Wings: Concentration and Insight
Sakya Trizin
Calm Abiding and Insight Meditation Wisdom
Shamar Rinpoche
Ashoka online course Taming the Mind
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche & William McKeever
How to Meditate
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
A Guide to Shamatha Meditation
Thrangu Rinpoche
Calm Abiding Meditation
Shamar Rinpoche
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
The Foundational Practice Of Tranquility Meditation
Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche
An Introduction to Sitting Meditation
Dagom Rinpoche
Calm Abiding Meditation
Geshe Dagpa Togyal
Shamatha Meditation 1
Shamatha Meditation 2
Shamatha Meditation3
Vipashyana Meditation
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
Shamar Rinpoche
introduction to Mahamudra Meditation
Alex Berzin
The Gelug-Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra
Tai Situpa
Introduction to Mahamudra
Brief History of Dzogchen & Introduction to Dzogchen
Alex Berzin
The Experience of Shunyata: Recognizing the True Nature of the Mind
Kenpo Karthar Rinpoche
Realization of the Nature of the Mind
Dezhung Rinpoche
The Essence of One's Heart: How to Recognise the Nature of Mind
Tai Situpa Rinpoche
Nature of the Mind
H.H. Sakya Trizin
Emptiness
Tai Situpa Rinpoche
Introduction to Voidness and Mental Labeling
Alex Berzin
Emptiness
Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Meditation on Emptiness - Jeffrey Hopkins
In Search of the Self
Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey
Correct View
Denma Locho Rinpoche
Introduction to Tantra
Dr. Alex Berzin
Web sites with extensive teachings
Ven. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche web site
Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche web site
Buddhist Information of North America
Web sites with audio teachings
Ven. Khechen Thrangu Rinpoche web site
The teachings of the masters
Bodhidharma
His devotion to meditation
was his legacy to China. He was later honored as father of the Chinese
Dhyana—or "Meditation"—school
of Buddhism, called Chan.
The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
Red Pine, translator (Wisdom Publications - 2003)
Daruma-ki
Bodhidharma and his teachings
From SotoZenNet's Zen Friends Zen quarterly
Bodhidharma.com
An introduction to Bodhidharma, his journey and his legacy
The Bodhidharma Anthology: The Earliest Records of Zen
In question-and-answer style Bodhidharma fields
questions from his students on dharma, the mind, and reality.
Jeffrey Broughton (U. California Press - 1999)
Sengsan's Hsin Hsin Ming
Sengsan,
the third ancestor, is best know for his beloved poem, the Hsin
Hsin Ming ("The
great way is not difficult for those who do not pick and choose...").
Master Sheng Yen's teaching on the Hsin-hsin ming
Trust in Mind
Mu Soeng (Wisdom Publications - 2003)
A page about the poem and Sengsan
The Eye Never Sleeps
Dennis Genpo Merzel (Shambhala - 1991)
Faith in Mind: A Guide to Chan Practice
Master Sheng Yen (Dharma Publishing - 1987)
Huineng and The Platform Sutra
The Sixth Patriarch's Dharma Jewel Platform Sutra: With the Commentary
of Venerable Master Hsuan Hua
Buddhist Text Translation Society
How Huineng Became the Sixth Patriarch
Philip Yampolsky's translation of The Platform Sutra
The Platform Sutra - translated by The Buddhist Text Translation Society
The Platform Sutra
With the commentary of
Tripitaka Master Hua
Carl
Bielefeldt and Lewis Lancaster on the Platform Sutra
The Dharma of Mind Transmission: Zen Teachings of Huang-po and dharmaweb
- no source
The
Sutra of Hui Neng old translation
Mazu
Mazu Daoyi (Ma-tsu Tao-i) (709-788), is
celebrated for being the source of what was to become, through his famous
descendent Linji, Rinzai Zen. Mazu's uncompromising methods foreshadowed
those of Linji.
From the Ashoka online course The Story of Zen
Dogen
Zenji
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The Soto master and founder Dogen (1200-1253) is probably the most revered
figure in all Japanese Zen. It was Dogen who first insisted on intensive
meditation, who produced the first Japanese writings explaining Zen practice,
and who constructed the first real Zen monastery in Japan, establishing
a set of monastic rules still observed. Moreover, the strength of his
character has inspired many Zen masters to follow.
Understanding Dogen
When students approach the work of Dogen Zenji, they
find enigma and obscurity, as well as blinding clarity. Taigen Dan Leighton,
Bonnie Myotai Treace, Steven Heine and Norman Fischer help us penetrate Dogen's
teachings. With an introduction by Carl Bielefeldt.
Are There Any Who Are Not Beginners?
Teachings by Dogen from a new collection of translations focusing on his advice
to practitioners.
Excerpts from Beyond Thinking: A Guide to Zen Meditation, edited by
Kazuaki Tanahashi (Shambhala Pub - 2004)
Norman
Fisher's talks on Fukazazengi, Bendowa, and Genjo
Koan
Treasury of the Eye of the True Dharma,
Book 29 -
Mountains and Waters Sutra - translation by Prof. Carl Bielefeldt
Treasury
of the Eye of the True Dharma, Book 28 - Getting
the Marrow by Doing Obeisance - translation by Stanley
Weinstein
Treasury of the Eye of the True Dharma, Book 13 - Ocean
Seal Samadhi -translation by Carl Bielefeldt with Michael Radich
Treasury of the Eye of the True Dharma, Book 11 - Principles
of Zazen -translation
by Carl Bielefeldt with Michael Radich
Treasury of the Eye of the True Dharma,
Book 31 - Not
Doing Evils - translation by William Bodiford
Ashoka course on the Genjo Koan
Taught by Michael Weanger, San Francisco Zen Center
Genjo Koan - translated by Kaz Tanahashi and Robert Aitken
Shohaku
Okumura wonderful lectures on Genjo Koan #7
#8 #9 #10 #11
Guidelines for Studying the Way. The first half - from Moon
in a Dewdrop.
Reflections on Translating Dogen
Rev. Taigen Leighton
Moon
in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen
The True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Three Hundred Koans
Beyond Thinking: A Guide to Zen Meditation
Linji
As the founder of the Linji school (in Japanese, Rinzai), Linji plays
a key role in the history of Zen.
The Zen Teachings of Rinzai
Irmgard Schloegl's 1975 translation,
now out of print
The Zen Teachings of Master Lin-Chi
Thomas Burtom, translator
From the Ashoka online course The Story of Zen
Hakuin Ekaku (1685-1768)
Hakuin Ekaku possessed an unusual ability to convey the meaning
of Zen to large numbers of people from all classes and religions. Though
he chose to work at a small temple in the countryside, he was frequently
invited to lecture, and his writings were published, eventually bringing
him fame. His writings could be rough, humorous, or sometimes even
shocking, intended to rouse his followers from their complacency into
a deeper contemplation of religion and spiritual life. His copious
writings continue to maintain pivotal importance within the Rinzai
Zen sect. His work, both as spiritual leader and as painter, had a
profound effect on all subsequent Zen study and Zen painting.
A
selection of Hakuin's writings
Song of Zazen
Norman Waddell translation
Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin
Song of Zazen
Zen Buddhist Order of Hsu Yun translation
Hakuin's
Letter in Answer to an Old Nun of the Hokke Sect Actually, two letters.
In the first, Hakuin talks about the Lotus Sutra. In the second he
discusses his own experiences. translated by Philip Yampolsky
The Ten Ox-Herding Pictures
Paintings by Master Jikihara, verses by Master K'uo-an
The Five, Ranks of The Apparent and the Real
The
Orally Transmitted Secret Teachings
of the [Monk] Who Lived on Mount To
What Is the Sound of One Hand Clapping?
Zen Master Hakuin: Selected Writings
Translated by Philip Yampolsky
Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin
Translated by Norman Waddell
Ikkyu (1394-1481)
Ikkyu Sojun was perhaps the most celebrated of the iconoclastic throwbacks
to authentic Zen. A breath of fresh air in the stifling, hypocritical
world of an institutionalized Zen, he seemed almost a reincarnation
of the early Chan masters of the Tang.
Zen
Rebel Ikkyu: Ikkyu was a Zen monk of Muromachi
Crow With No Mouth : Ikkyu–Fifteenth Century Zen Master
Ikkyu and Koans
Alexander Kabanoff
Bankei (1622-1693)
Bankei has long been an underground hero in the world of
Zen. At a time when Zen in Japan had become overly formalized,
the eccentric master Bankei stressed natural spontaneity and Zen's
relevance to everyday life. Bankei is best known for his talks
on what he called "the Unborn."
Excerpts from the Ashoka course The Story of Zen
The Unborn: The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei
Norman Waddell (North Point Press - 2000)
Bankei Zen: Translations from the Record of Bankei
Peter Haskel, translator (Grove - 1997)
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Taizan Maezumi
Roshi
Maezumi Roshi received Dharma transmission from Hakujun Kuroda, Roshi
in 1955. He also received approval as a teacher (Inka) from both Koryu
Osaka, Roshi, and Hakuun Yasutani, Roshi, thus becoming a Dharma successor
in three lines of Zen.
Maezumi Roshi devoted his
life to laying a firm foundation for the growth of Zen Buddhism in
the West. In 1967, he established the Zen Center of Los Angeles and
later established six temples in the United States and Europe. He
founded the White Plum Asanga and transmitted the Dharma to twelve
successors: Bernie Glassman, Dennis Genpo Merzel, Charlotte Joko Beck,
Jan Chozen Bays, John Daido Loori, Gerry Shishin Wick, John Tesshin
Sanderson, Alfred Jitsudo Ancheta, Charles Tenshin Fletcher, Susan
Myoyu Andersen, Nicolee Jikyo Miller, and William Nyogen Yeo. These
twelve successors have further transmitted the Dharma to a number of "second-generation" successors.
In America, Maezumi Roshi ordained 68 Zen priests and gave the lay
Buddhist precepts to over 500 people.
Your Zazen Is The Zazen Of The Buddhas
What
Are We Ignoring About Breathing?
Five teishos on breathing,
energy and the practice of qi gong.
Appreciate
Your Life: The Essence of Zen Practice
On Zen Practice: Body, Breath, Mind
Zen Center of Los Angeles
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Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
Shunryu Suzuki, a Japanese Zen priest belonging to the Soto lineage,
came to San Francisco in 1959 at the age of fifty-five. He was impressed
by the seriousness and quality of "beginner's mind" among
Americans he met who were interested in Zen and decided to settle here.
As more and more people joined him in meditation, Zen Center came into
being and he was its first abbot. Although an obscure figure
on the Japanese Zen landscape, he is one of principle founders of Buddhism
in America. Some of his edited talks have been collected in the books Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, Branching
Streams Flow in the Darkness: Zen Talks on the Sandokai and Not
Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen.
Buddha Is Right Here
Two talks by Suzuki Roshi addressing
the fundamental koan-the life we lead at this moment.
The Lamp of Zazen
The point of zazen, says Suzuki Roshi, is to live each moment in complete
combustion, like a clean-burning kerosene lamp.
Another talk on Buddha nature
The importance
of accepting that we have buddhanature, beyond the realm of good
and bad.
A few quotes from Shunryu Suzuki Lectures
Norman Fischer on Suzuki Roshi's Way
Crooked Cucumber -
an archival site on the life and world of Shunryu Suzuki and those
who knew him
Branching
Streams Flow in the Darkness: Zen Talks on the Sandokai
Hakuun Yasutani Roshi
Yasutani Hakunn Roshi (1885-1973) studies under
the great Zen master of both Soto and Rinzai linage, Harada Daiun Sogaku
Roshi. Starting in the summer of 1962 Yasutani Roshi made the first
of six trips to the United States, continuing to do so basically yearly
up through 1969. Yasutani Roshi had a fervent drive
to synthesize what he considered the strengths and best of the Soto
and Rinzai sects, in the process creating a new linage of Zen called
Sanbo Kyodan, 'The Fellowship of the Three Treasures,' emphasizing
both the Koan andKensho backed by Zazan and Shikantaza.
Yasutani's initial hard core 'Three Treasures' converts have gone on
to establish and promote many highly successful Zen centers and Zendos
throughout the U.S. and the world under the Diamond Sangha banner.
Why do we recite Sutras?
A biographical note
Nyogen Senzaki
Kosho Uchiyama Roshi
Kosho Uchiyama Roshi (1912 - 1998), one of the most highly
respected modern Japanese Zen Masters, was ordained as a Soto Zen priest
in 1941 under Kodo Sawaki Roshi. Upon Sawaki Roshi's death in 1965,
Uchiyama Roshi became the abbot of Antaiji, a monastery and temple
then located in Kyoto, Japan.
On Zazen
Laughter Throught the Tears: Life as a Zen Beggar
Buddhadharma Magazine
Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations
of Zen Buddhist Practice
Wisdom Publications – 2004
How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment
Shambhala 2005
Master Seung Sahn
The founding teacher of our School is Zen Master Seung Sahn, the 78th
Patriarch in his line of transmission in the Chogye order of Korean
Buddhism. In 1972 he came to the United States and started the Providence
Zen Center, the first center in what is now the Kwan Um School. He
and his students have founded over a hundred temples, centers, and
groups around the world. His books include Ten
Gates, The Compass of
Zen, Dropping Ashes on the Buddha, Only
Don't Know and The Whole World
is a Single Flower -- 365 Kong-ans for Everyday Life.
What
is Zen?
Dropping
Ashes on the Buddha
Teaching Letters of Zen Master Seung Sahn
Over
100 talks by Seung Sahn - The Kwan Um School of Zen
Robert Aitken Roshi
Aitken Roshi established, with his wife Anne, the Diamond Sangha in 1959,
which has zendos in Hawaii, California, and Australia. Aitken's introduction
to Zen came in a Japanese prison camp during WWII. He was friends
with D.T. Suzuki and studied with Nagakawa Soen Roshi and Yasutani
Hakuun Roshi. In 1974 Aitken was given the title "Roshi" and
authorized to teach by Yamada Koun Roshi. He is the author of The
Mind of Clover, Taking
the Path of Zen, The Gateless Barrier, The
Practice of Perfection: The Paramitas from a Zen Buddhist Perspective,
A Zen Wave and other books.
What's
the Meaning of This?
Aitken Roshi on "The Meaning of the
Ancestor's Coming from the West."
Some
Words About Sesshin For Newcomers To Zen Practice
The
Future of Zen Buddhism in the West
A
Zen Wave
Shodo Harada Roshi
Shodo Harada Roshi (born 1940) is abbot of Sogenji monastery in Okayama,
Japan, where he has taught since 1982. Harada Roshi
is heir to the teachings of Rinzai sect Zen Buddhism as passed down
in Japan from Hakuin and his successors and his teaching
includes the traditional Rinzai practices. Harada Roshi now teaches
part-time at Tahoma One Drop Zen Monastery on Whidbey Island, Washington.
The Way of Zazen
Freshly Fallen Snow in a Newly Made Silver Bowl
The Key to Zen
A series of short teachings by SekkeiHarada Roshi
Zoketsu
Norman Fisher
Norman Fischer, a Zen priest and abbot,is a poet and teacher with wide-ranging
interests and passions. During almost 30 years at San Francisco Zen Center,
he served as director, tenzo, tanto, operations manager and other positions.
Norman retired as abbot of Zen Center in 2000 to take his teaching out
into the world. Norman believes in the possibility of "engaged renunciation":
living a fully committed religious life that does not exclude family,
work, and a passionate interest in the world. Norman is also active
in interreligious dialog.
There’s No Such Thing as American Zen
Many talks at Everyday Zen
Roshi Bernie Glassman
Zen Master (Roshi) Bernie Glassman is a world-renowned pioneer in the American
Zen Movement. He is a spiritual leader, published author, accomplished academic
and successful businessman with a PhD in Applied Mathematics. Bernie
currently teaches and travels, giving talks and workshops on spiritual practice,
socially responsible business and international peacemaking. He is the founder
and co-spiritual director of the Zen Peacemakers.
Interview
Bearing
Witness: A Zen Master's Lessons in Making Peace
Instructions
to the Cook: Living a Life That Matters
On
Zen Practice: Body, Breath, Mind
with Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi
John Daido Loori
Daido
Loori is the abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery in Mt. Tremper, NY,
and the founder/director of the Mountains and Rivers Order. Dharma
heir of Hakuyu Taizen Maezumi Roshi, he is author of The
Eight Gates of Zen, The Heart of Being, and Two
Arrows Meeting in Mid Air.
Mountains
Meeting Mountains: Teaching of Mountains and Rivers
All-Pervasive Spiritual Knowledge
Thinking Non-Thinking
On the meaning of non-thinking and why Dogen said it "must
become the eye through which you view phenomena."
Zen Art as Practice: Painting Spring
Dharma talks from Zen Mountain Monastery
Dennis Genpo Merzel
Dennis Genpo Merzel Roshi leads Kanzeon Sangha, an international
group he named centered in Salt Lake City,
Utah, with affiliates througout Europe. Genpo trained
at the Zen Center of Los Angeles under Maezumi Roshi and became Maezumi
Roshi’s second Dharma Successor in 1980. Genpo combines Zen tradition
with the insights of such visionary western figures as Carl Jung,
Fritz Perls, and Hal Stone, enabling virtually anyone to realize
their true nature, a realization they can further deepen through
meditation. He is the author of four books, The
Eye Never Sleeps, Beyond Sanity and Madness, 24/7
Dharma, and The Path
of The Human Being.
Big Mind: An Introduction
Facilitation of Ying-Yang Big Heart
An excerpt from a Big Mind workshop.
Sojun Mel Weitzman
Sojun Mel Weitsman began to practice at San Francisco Zen Center ,
and in 1969 was ordained by Suzuki Roshi as resident priest at the
Berkeley Zendo. Sojun received Dharma Transmission from Suzuki Roshi's
son, Gyugaku Hoitsu, at Rinso-in temple in Japan in 1984, and was
officially installed as abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center in 1985.
Currently abbot of Berkeley Zen Center,
Sojun continues a long involvement with the San Francisco Zen Center
and Tassajara, having served as co-abbot at these practice centers
for nine years.
Zazen
Is Vast Openness
The Form of Our Life
Other contemporary teachers
Talks by Kobun
Chino
Talks by Taigen
Dan Leighton
James
Ford, Western
Zen
Talks
by Roshi
Wendy Egyoku Nakao
Being
Upright: Zen Meditation and the Bodhisattva Precepts
Reb Anderson
Enter
Zen From There
Gerry Shishin Wick
The
Buddha We Are
Taitaku Pat Phelan
Thinking
Mind and Correct View
Ven. Hyunoon Sunim
For talks by contemporary
Zen teachers see Talks
On Zen Pracrice
Talks on Zen
Practice - various (N Carolina)
Refuge
Peaceful
Life
Dainin Katagiri
Precepts
The
Ethical Precepts and Philosophical Tenets
of Zen Buddhism
The
Five Wonderful Mindfulness Trainings
Thich Nhat Hanh
The
Bodhisattva Precepts in Soto Zen Buddhism
Rev. Shohaku Okumura
The
Second Precept: Generosity
Thich Nhat Hanh
Zazen
Ashoka
course on the Zen
Meditation: Entering the Path
Taught by John daishin Buksbazen, Zen Center of Los Angeles
My
Zazen Sankyu Notebook #6 #7 #8 #9 #10
#11 #12
#13 #!4
Rev. Issho Fujita
The Practice
of Zazen
A brief illustrated guide.
Texts and Sutras
Faith Mind Inscription (Hsin-hsin Ming)
See Sengsan above
The
Heart Sutra
Compare
42 translations of the Heart Sutra
Robert Aitken Roshi and Diamond Sangha's version
Talks
on by Sojun Mel Weitzman
Translated and chanted by Allen Ginsberg
The Lotus Sutra
Zen And the Lotus Sutra
A Series of Seminars at the Berkeley Zen Center ~ 1999
Diamond Sangha
Sesshin Sutra Book
Lankavatara Sutra
Introduction
to the Lankavatara Sutra, D.T. Suzuki
The Lankavatara Sutra
These sites have extensive sutra translations:
Mahayana Buddhist Sutras
in English
Koans
Working with Koans
John Tarrant, Roshi
Norman Fischer
Talks and essays on koans at
Everyday
Zen
An Introduction to Zen with Stories and Riddles Told by the Zen Masters
The
Gateless Gate
Ekai, called Mumon
The Gateless Gate
Translated by Eiichi Shimomisse
Is There a Zen Person Around Here?
John Daido Loori comments on koans from Dogen's Treasury of the True Dharma Eye.From The
True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen’s Three Hundred
Koans,
translated by Kazuaki Tanahashi (Shambhala Pub.)
Quick! Who Can Save This Cat?
"Nanchuan Cuts the Cat," that most controversial of koans
Zoketsu Norman
Fischer
Practice
Notes on Gassho and Bowing
Taizan Maezumi Roshi with John Daishin Buksbazen (On Zen Practice)
Schools
Rinzai Zen
The
Rinzai Roku by Zen Master Rinzai The Sayings of Master Rinzai
(A Selection)
D.T. Suzuki
Soto Zen
History
of the Soto Zen School
T. Griffith Fouke
Harada-Yasutani School of Zen Buddhism
Art
The
Face of Buddhism and Shintoism in Japanese Art
Poetry
A
Zen Wave: Basho's Haiku and Zen
Robert Aitken
Zen
Poems of China and Japan: The Crane's Bill
Lucien Stryk, translator
Misc
Coming Down
from the Zen Clouds: A Critique of the Current State of American
Zen
Stuart Lachs
Liturgy Project - On Creating American Zen
By John Tarrant and Joan Sutherland source?
Purifying the Mind
By Nonin Chowaney
The Dharma of "Homeless
Kodo"
Sawaki Kodo with commentaries by Uchiyama Kosho
Web sites with extensive teachings
Web
sites with audio teachings
Learning Center ->Study -> Zen -> Masters and teachers Topics - - - Learning Center ->Study -> Zen -> Teachings Web sites with extensive teachings The teachings of the masters Bodhidharma
Daruma-ki Bodhidharma and his teachings Bodhidharma.com
Sengsan's Hsin Hsin Ming Master Sheng Yen's teaching on the Hsin-hsin ming
A page about the poem and Sengsan
Huineng and The Platform Sutra
How Huineng Became the Sixth Patriarch Philip Yampolsky's translation of The Platform Sutra The Platform Sutra - translated by The Buddhist Text Translation Society The Platform Sutra Carl Bielefeldt and Lewis Lancaster on the Platform Sutra The Dharma of Mind Transmission: Zen Teachings of Huang-po and dharmaweb - no source The Sutra of Hui Neng old translation Mazu
The Soto master and founder Dogen (1200-1253) is probably the most revered figure in all Japanese Zen. It was Dogen who first insisted on intensive meditation, who produced the first Japanese writings explaining Zen practice, and who constructed the first real Zen monastery in Japan, establishing a set of monastic rules still observed. Moreover, the strength of his character has inspired many Zen masters to follow. Understanding Dogen Are There Any Who Are Not Beginners?
Treasury of the Eye of the True Dharma, Book 29 - Mountains and Waters Sutra - translation by Prof. Carl Bielefeldt Treasury of the Eye of the True Dharma, Book 28 - Getting the Marrow by Doing Obeisance - translation by Stanley Weinstein Treasury of the Eye of the True Dharma, Book 13 - Ocean Seal Samadhi -translation by Carl Bielefeldt with Michael Radich Treasury of the Eye of the True Dharma, Book 11 - Principles of Zazen -translation by Carl Bielefeldt with Michael Radich Treasury of the Eye of the True Dharma, Book 31 - Not Doing Evils - translation by William Bodiford
Genjo Koan - translated by Kaz Tanahashi and Robert Aitken Shohaku Okumura wonderful lectures on Genjo Koan #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 Guidelines for Studying the Way. The first half - from Moon in a Dewdrop. Reflections on Translating Dogen
Linji The Zen Teachings of Rinzai The Zen Teachings of Master Lin-Chi From the Ashoka online course The Story of Zen Hakuin Ekaku (1685-1768)
Song of Zazen
Song of Zazen Hakuin's Letter in Answer to an Old Nun of the Hokke Sect Actually, two letters. In the first, Hakuin talks about the Lotus Sutra. In the second he discusses his own experiences. translated by Philip Yampolsky The Ten Ox-Herding Pictures The Five, Ranks of The Apparent and the Real What Is the Sound of One Hand Clapping?
Ikkyu (1394-1481) Zen Rebel Ikkyu: Ikkyu was a Zen monk of Muromachi
Bankei (1622-1693)
Taizan Maezumi Roshi Maezumi Roshi devoted his life to laying a firm foundation for the growth of Zen Buddhism in the West. In 1967, he established the Zen Center of Los Angeles and later established six temples in the United States and Europe. He founded the White Plum Asanga and transmitted the Dharma to twelve successors: Bernie Glassman, Dennis Genpo Merzel, Charlotte Joko Beck, Jan Chozen Bays, John Daido Loori, Gerry Shishin Wick, John Tesshin Sanderson, Alfred Jitsudo Ancheta, Charles Tenshin Fletcher, Susan Myoyu Andersen, Nicolee Jikyo Miller, and William Nyogen Yeo. These twelve successors have further transmitted the Dharma to a number of "second-generation" successors. In America, Maezumi Roshi ordained 68 Zen priests and gave the lay Buddhist precepts to over 500 people. Your Zazen Is The Zazen Of The Buddhas What Are We Ignoring About Breathing?
Zen Center of Los Angeles
Shunryu Suzuki Roshi Buddha Is Right Here The Lamp of Zazen Another talk on Buddha nature A few quotes from Shunryu Suzuki Lectures Norman Fischer on Suzuki Roshi's Way Crooked Cucumber - an archival site on the life and world of Shunryu Suzuki and those who knew him
Hakuun Yasutani RoshiShunryu Suzuki Roshi Kosho Uchiyama Roshi Master Seung Sahn
Teaching Letters of Zen Master Seung Sahn Over 100 talks by Seung Sahn - The Kwan Um School of Zen Robert Aitken Roshi What's the Meaning of This? Some Words About Sesshin For Newcomers To Zen Practice The Future of Zen Buddhism in the West Shodo Harada Roshi Freshly Fallen Snow in a Newly Made Silver Bowl The Key to Zen Zoketsu Norman Fisher There’s No Such Thing as American Zen Roshi Bernie Glassman Bearing Witness: A Zen Master's Lessons in Making Peace
Daido Loori is the abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery in Mt. Tremper, NY, and the founder/director of the Mountains and Rivers Order. Dharma heir of Hakuyu Taizen Maezumi Roshi, he is author of The Eight Gates of Zen, The Heart of Being, and Two Arrows Meeting in Mid Air. Mountains Meeting Mountains: Teaching of Mountains and Rivers All-Pervasive Spiritual Knowledge Thinking Non-Thinking Zen Art as Practice: Painting Spring Dharma talks from Zen Mountain Monastery Dennis Genpo Merzel Facilitation of Ying-Yang Big Heart Sojun Mel Weitzman Talks by Kobun Chino Talks by Taigen Dam Leighton James Ford, Western Zen Talks by Roshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao
Enter Zen From There The Buddha We Are Thinking Mind and Correct View For talks by contemporary Zen teachers see Talks On Zen Pracrice Talks on Zen Practice - various (N Carolina) Refuge Peaceful Life Precepts The Ethical Precepts and Philosophical Tenets of Zen Buddhism The Five Wonderful Mindfulness Trainings The Bodhisattva Precepts in Soto Zen Buddhism The Second Precept: Generosity Zazen
My Zazen Sankyu Notebook #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #!4 The Practice of Zazen Texts and Sutras Faith Mind Inscription (Hsin-hsin Ming) The Heart Sutra Compare 42 translations of the Heart Sutra Robert Aitken Roshi and Diamond Sangha's version Talks on by Sojun Mel Weitzman Translated and chanted by Allen Ginsberg The Lotus Sutra Zen And the Lotus Sutra Diamond Sangha Sesshin Sutra Book Lankavatara Sutra Introduction to the Lankavatara Sutra, D.T. Suzuki These sites have extensive sutra translations: Mahayana Buddhist Sutras in English Koans Working with Koans Norman Fischer An Introduction to Zen with Stories and Riddles Told by the Zen Masters The Gateless Gate The Gateless Gate Is There a Zen Person Around Here? Quick! Who Can Save This Cat? Practice Notes on Gassho and Bowing Schools Rinzai Zen The Rinzai Roku by Zen Master Rinzai The Sayings of Master Rinzai (A Selection) Soto Zen History of the Soto Zen School Harada-Yasutani School of Zen Buddhism Art The Face of Buddhism and Shintoism in Japanese Art Poetry A Zen Wave: Basho's Haiku and Zen Zen Poems of China and Japan: The Crane's Bill Misc Coming Down from the Zen Clouds: A Critique of the Current State of American Zen Liturgy Project - On Creating American Zen Purifying the Mind The Dharma of "Homeless Kodo" Web sites with extensive teachings
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A selection of Hakuin's writings
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A Primer of Shin Buddhism
Journal of Shin Buddhism
Essential and Pure: Core Principles in Shin Buddhism
Jeff Wilson
What is Shin Buddhism?
Professor Takamaro Shigaraki
Shin Buddhism
Taitetsu and Mark Unno
The Buddha of Infinite Light and Life
An interview with Mark and Taitetsu Unno
The Collected Works of Shinran
White Lotus Center
What is Shin Buddhism
Dr. Nobuo Haneda
Shin Buddhism: Bits of Rubble Turn Into Gold (excerpt)
Taitetsu Unno
Shin Sutras to Live By
Shin Dharma Net
Ordinary Struggles
An interview with Bishop Socho Koshin Ogui
Beyond Religion
An interview with Dr. Alfred Bloom
The Importance of Self Effort
Reverend Joren MacDonald
Florin Buddhist Temple
Amida's Dharma in the Modern World
John Paraskevopoulos
The Shin Buddhist Way
Rev. Jack Austin
Pure Land Notes
Jishin Kyoninshin – Sharing Our Faith with The World
Alfred Bloom
Shinjin: The Center of Experience
Jerry Bolick
The Tannisho
The Tannisho
Dr. Taitetsu Unno (translation)
Reading the Tannisho is perhaps the most meaningful way for today's Shin Buddhists to touch the thought of Shinran Shonin.
The Foundation of Shinran's Faith: Supremacy of the Vow in the Tannisho
Dr. Alfred Bloom
The Tannisho
Dennis Hirota (translation)
White Lotus Center for Shin Buddhism
The Tannisho Today
Rev Tairyu Furukawa
Pure Land Notes
Reference
Glossary of Shin Buddhism Terms
Dr. Aldred Bloom
Glossary of Shin Buddhist Terms
The Living Dharma Library
Sermons and essays on Shin Buddhism by ministers and lay people. A valuable resource for insights and information on Shin Buddhism, presented by the West Covina (California) Buddhist Temple.
Buddhist databases & input projects
General
Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project
Study, editing, and publication of what may be the oldest surviving Buddhist texts–a unique collection of fifty-seven fragments of Buddhist manuscripts on birch bark scrolls, written in the Kharosthi script and the Gandhari (Prakrit) language in the first century A.D.
Electronic Buddhadharma Society (EBS)
Electronic Buddhist Text Initiative (EBTI)
Buddhist Canon Translation Project (Numata Center)
Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library
Pali and Pali Canon
Access to Insight
Many excellent translations of the Pali Canon
Buddhist Scripture Information Retrieval (BUDSIR)
Digial Tipitaka and Atthakatha. The Siamratha version of the Pali Tipitaka.
Dhammakaya Foundation - Pali Tipitaka
International Buddhist Research & Information Center (IBRIC)
Pali Language Sources & Resources
Vipassana Research Institute – Tipitaka search engine
The Pali Tipitaka: The Teachings of the Buddha
Tibetan
The Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center
TBRC's Digital Library is comprised of a vast archive of digital images from the scanning operations, totaling approximately 4 million pages of texts to date. Their Knowledge Base provides access.
Institute of Tibetan Classics
A non-profit educational organization dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of classical Tibetan thought and culture.
The Kangyur Text Input Project
Buddhist Studies Academic Resources
Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library [AU].
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies [Barre MA].
Buddhist Studies at UC Berkeley.
Buddhapia Network [Korea] - Korean Buddhism, in English and Korean.
Buddhism in the National Capital of Canada [Ottawa ON].
Buddhist Association at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Buddhist Library [Singapore].
Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library [AU].
Buddhist Worlds in the USA [Hamilton College].
Center for Buddhist Studies [National Taiwan University].
Centre for Buddhist Studies [University of Bristol].
Centre of Buddhist Studies [University of Hong Kong].
Dharma Realm Buddhist University [Sagely City of 10,000 Buddhas, CA].
Digital Dictionary of Buddhist Terms, by Charles Muller.
Dr. Ron Epstein's Resources for the Study of Buddhism
European Buddhist University [Paris, France] - founded in 1995 by French Buddhists to promote Buddhist studies in France and Europe.
Links of Interest to Resources for Buddhist Studies [UCLA International Institute]
Graduate Programs in Asian Philosophy and Religion
International Association of Buddhist Studies [U. North Carolina, Wilmington NC] - a non-profit international professional organization devoted to the academic study of Buddhism in all its manifestations and from any disciplinary perspective.
International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism (IRIZ) [Hanazono U - Kyoto Japan] - an academic research institution devoted to the study of Zen Buddhism serving the needs of researchers, students, teachers, and practitioners of Buddhism, plus electronic tools -- such as a 48,000 character Chinese character database.
Kalavinka Dharma Jewels Buddhist Translation Archive [Portland OR] - Original translations & links to other translations on the Web.
Naropa University [Boulder CO] - started by Ven. Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche. It offers Bachelors and Masters Degrees including a Bachelors Degree in Religion, and a Master's in Buddhist Studies.
National Taiwan University Digital Library & Museum of Buddhist Studies
Numata Center for Buddhist Translation & Research (Berkeley CA).
Resources for the Study of Buddhism [San Francisco State University].
South Asia Resource Access on the Internet (SARAI).
Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library [AU].
UK Association for Buddhist Studies [UK] - lists members' postal addresses, telephone/fax numbers, E-mail addresses, research interests, and publications. It also gives details of UK courses relating to Buddhism, contains links to other web-sites and gives information on useful discussion lists.
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