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ZEN TEACHINGS

ZEN TEACHINGS, KOANS AND ZAZEN - MAIN PAGE

TALKS BY ZEN MASTER HAKUIN

FROM HUI-NENG'S TAN-CHING

THE ESSENCE OF THE TEACHING OF HUINENG

ESSENTIALS OF PRACTICE AND ENLIGHTENMENT BY MASTER HAN-SHAN TE-CHING

ZEN TEACHINGS OF MASTER LIN-CHI

THE ZEN TEACHINGS OF THE GREAT MASTER MAZU

THE ZEN TEACHING OF INSTANTANEOUS AWAKENING BY CH'AN MASTER HUI HAI

THE TSUN CHING RECORD OF ZEN MASTER HUI HAI (THE GREAT PEARL)

SERMONS BY CHINESE ZEN MASTER FO-YEN CHING-YUAN

THE CHUNG-LING RECORD - ZEN TEACHINGS OF HUANG-PO

THE WAN-LING RECORD - ZEN TEACHINGS OF HUANG-PO

BASO (MA-TSU) AND SEKITO (SHIH-T'OU), TWO GREAT MASTERS OF THE T'ANG DYNASTY

SEVENTY-EIGHT MAXIMS OF ZEN MASTER HAN-SHAN TE-CHING

TREATISE ON THE SUPREME VEHICLE BY HUNG YEN (JAP. HONGREN), THE 5TH PATRIARCH

ZEN TEACHINGS OF HONGZHI ZHENJUE OF MT. TIANTONG IN MING PROVINCE

QUOTATIONS OF THREE GREAT ZEN MASTERS - DOGEN, HUI-NENG AND SENG-TSAN

THE ESSENTIALS OF CH'AN PRACTICE BY ZEN MASTER XUYUN

KOANS AND THE NON-LOGICAL CHARACTER OF ZEN

PRACTICE AND ATTAIN SUDDEN ENLIGHTENMENT BY MASTER CH'AN YUAN

THE TEACHING AND THE VEHICLE ARE DIFFERENT BY MASTER CH'AN YUAN

PRACTICE AND ATTAIN ENLIGHTENMENT AFTER UNDERSTANDING THE PRINCIPLES BY MASTER CH'AN YUAN

T'ANG CH'AN AND THE MYTH OF BODHIDHARMA

CHINESE ZEN: THE ESSENCE OF ALL BUDDHAS

DISCOURSE ON SUDDEN ENLIGHTENMENT BY ZEN MASTER SHEN HUI

THE FOUR PROCESSES OF LIBERATION FROM SUBJECTIVITY AND OBJECTIVITY

AN ELEMENTARY TALK ON ZEN BY THIRD PATRIARCH MAN-AN

THE ULTIMATE REALITY TRANSCENDS WHAT CAN BE EXPRESSED IN WORDS

DAILY LECTURES AT TWO CH'AN WEEKS BY MASTER HSU YUN

TOZAN RYOKAI - FOUNDER OF SOTO ZEN

HAN-SHAN - INSTRUCTIONS IN THE CRITICAL ESSENTIALS OF CULTIVATING DHYANA MEDITATION

SECRETS ON CULTIVATING MIND BY SON (ZEN) MASTER CHINUL

ON KOANS

ZEN TEACHINGS - TYPES OF SPIRITUAL INQUIRY IN BUDDHISM

A COLLECTION OF KOANS FROM THE BLUE CLIFF RECORD

A COLLECTION OF ZEN STORIES AND KOANS

THREE LANGUAGE-RELATED METHODS IN EARLY CHINESE CHAN BUDDHISM

KOANS OF THE WAY OF REALITY: CHANGSHA'S ILLUSORY THINKING

KOAN ZEN - TA-HUI TSUNG-KAO AND KUNG-AN CH'AN

GENJO KOAN: ACTUALIZING THE FUNDAMENTAL POINT BY DOGEN ZENJI

A SELECTION OF ZEN POEMS, KOANS AND QUOTES

DOGEN'S 300 KOANS AND KANA SHOBOGENZO

THE ZEN KOAN JOSHU'S DOG - MU AND ITS IMPLICATIONS

THE GO-I KOANS - TOZAN RYOKAI'S FIVE RANKS OF THE APPARENT AND THE REAL

THE GREAT ZEN MASTER ZHAOZHOU (JOSHU)

ZEN PHILOSOPHY

ZEN PRINCIPLES AND PHILOSPHY - MAIN PAGE

IS ZEN BUDDHISM A PHILOSOPHY?

THE MIND AS THE BUDDHA-NATURE: THE CONCEPT OF THE ABSOLUTE IN CH'AN BUDDHISM

THE NATURE OF CH'AN (ZEN) BUDDHISM

THE MEANING OF "MIND-ONLY" (WEI-HSIN)

UNDERSTANDING THE SHOBOGENZO

THE HSIE TSUNG CHI (ILLUMINATING THE ESSENTIAL DOCTRINE)

THE ROOTS OF ZEN BUDDHISM

THE ZEN TEACHINGS OF BODHIDHARMA

WHAT IS BUDDHIST NOTION OF EMPTINESS?

ZEN - MYSTICISM WITHOUT TRANSCENDENCE: REFLECTIONS ON LIBERATION AND EMPTINESS

CH'AN METAPHORS: WAVES, WATER, MIRROR, LAMP

ZEN AND THE CONCEPT OF KARMAn

DAISETZ T. SUZUKI - THE ZEN WAY OF VIEWING REALITY

ZEN AND THE ART OF TEACHING: THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM

NONDUAL THINKING

BUDDHA - THE UNIVERSAL SPIRIT - CHAPTER IV

SATORI - ENLIGHTENMENT IN ZEN BUDDHISM

THE COMPARATIVE PHENOMENOLOGY OF JAPANESE PAINTING AND ZEN BUDDHISM

CH'AN BUDDHISM AND THE PROPHETIC POEMS OF WILLIAM BLAKE

ALAN WATTS: LECTURE ON ZEN

DEREIFICATION IN ZEN BUDDHISM

NOW AND ZEN - WESTERN PHYSICS AND ZEN

THE TRAINING OF THE MIND AND THE PRACTICE OF MEDITATION IN ZEN BUDDHISM - CHAPTER VIII

ZEN AND THE SWORD - IS ZEN BUDDHISM?

THE UNDERSTANDING OF MIND IN THE NORTHERN LINE OF CHAN (ZEN)

KENSHO IN ZEN BUDDHISM

SATORI IN ZEN BUDDHISM

ZEN BUDDHISM ACCORDING TO DAISETZ TEITARO SUZUKI

THICH NHAT HANH ON IMPERMANENCE

ZEN AND BUDDHISM

THE UNDERSTANDING OF KARMA IN EARLY CH'AN BUDDHISM

THE NATURE AND STATUS OF MORAL BEHAVIOR IN ZEN BUDDHIST TRADITION

DOGEN

DOGEN ZEN AND ITS RELEVANCE FOR OUR TIME

GENJO KOAN: ACTUALIZING THE FUNDAMENTAL POINT BY DOGEN ZENJI

THE SELF IN MEDIEVAL JAPANESE BUDDHISM: FOCUSING ON DOGEN

ZEN AND ETHICS: DOGEN'S SYNTHESIS

DOGEN'S "CEASELESS PRACTICE"

DOCTRINE AND THE CONCEPT OF TRUTH IN DōGEN'S SHōBōGENZō

NANSEN KILLS THE CAT - MORAL ACTION AND ENLIGHTENMENT ACCORDING TO DōGEN

DOGEN'S ZENKI - THE WHOLE WORKS

QUOTES BY DOGEN ZENJI

POEMS BY ZEN MASTER EIHEI DOGEN

HELPFUL ADVICE FROM DOGEN

DIALOG ON THE PATH OF DEVOTION - A TRANSLATION OF DōGEN ZENJI'S BENDōW

DOGEN'S 300 KOANS AND KANA SHOBOGENZO

DOGEN ON BIRTH AND DEATH - SHOJI (1)

EIHEI DOGEN'S GUIDELINES FOR STUDYING THE WAY [GAKUDO YOJIN-SHU]

A RECOMMENDED WAY OF SITTING MEDITATION BY DOGEN ZENJI

DOGEN'S ZEN VIEW OF INTERDEPENDENCE

ZEN POEMS AND QUOTATIONS

COLLECTION OF ZEN POEMS - MAIN PAGE

SONG OF PRECIOUS MIRROR SAMADHI BY CH'AN MASTER TUNG-SHAN LIANG-CHIEH

ZEN POETRY AND SAYINGS - SELECTED QUOTATIONS

THE ESSENTIAL ZEN POEM HSIN-HSIN-MING

ZEN SAYINGS BY THE GREAT MASTERS

POEMS BY SOTO ZEN MASTERS

ZEN POEMS, SAYINGS AND QUOTATIONS

ZEN POETRY, QUOTATIONS AND SAYINGS BY GREAT MASTERS

SONG OF ORIGINAL MIND - BY BANKEI YōTAKU, ZEN MASTER OF THE UNBORN ZEN VERSES AND QUOTES - SELECTED QUOTATIONS

CHENG-TAO-KO - SONG OF ENLIGHTENMENT BY YUNG-CHIA HSUAN-CHUEH

VERSES OF IKKYU (1394-1481)

THE POETICS OF CHAN:UPAAYIC POETRY AND ITS TAOSIST ENRICHMENT (PART I)

THE POETICS OF CHAN:UPAAYIC POETRY AND ITS TAOSIST ENRICHMENT (PART II)

THE POETICS OF CHAN:UPAAYIC POETRY AND ITS TAOSIST ENRICHMENT (PART III)

THE POETICS OF CHAN:UPAAYIC POETRY AND ITS TAOSIST ENRICHMENT (PART IV)

THE SONG OF THE SKIN BAG WRITTEN BY MASTER XU-YUN

SAYINGS OF TANG DYNASTY CH'AN MASTERS

HAN SHAN TE-CH'ING MOUNTAIN LIVING: TWENTY POEMS

RINZAI ZEN- ADMONITIONS AND POEMS BY THE GREAT MASTERS

POEMS OF HAN SHAN (COLD MOUNTAIN)

ZEN BUDDHIST SAYINGS, POEMS AND QUOTES

SELECTED QUOTATIONS AND ZEN POEMS OF THE GREAT MASTERS

CHINESE AND JAPANESE ZEN POEMS

ZEN POETRY - A COLLECTION

HARMONY OF DIFFERENCE AND SAMENESS - BY CH'AN MASTER SHIH-T'OU HSI-CH'IEN

A COLLECTION OF POEMS BY ZEN MONK AND POET RYOKAN

A COLLECTION OF ZEN POEMS BY MASTER HSU YUN

ZEN MASTER HAKUIN'S "SONG OF MEDITATION"

THE ENLIGHTENMENT POEM "MIND INSCRIPTION" (HSIN MING)

ZEN POEMS OF RYOKAN (1758-1831)

ZEN BUDDHISM - A COMPILATION OF POEMS, SAYINGS AND QUOTES

TAOISM AND ZEN BUDDHISM

TAOISM AND ZEN - MAIN PAGE

HAN-SHAN TE-CH'ING: A BUDDHIST INTERPRETATION OF TAOISM

TAO TE CHING BY LAO TZU

ZEN AND TAOISM - COMMON AND UNCOMMON GROUNDS OF DISCOURSE

THE CLASSIC OF PURITY - ONE OF THE GREAT TAOIST CLASSICS

QINGJING JING - PURITY AND TRANQUILLITY SCRIPTURES

QUOTATIONS FROM CHUANG TZU

CHUANG-TZU OR ZHUANG-ZI SELECTIONS

HUA HU CHING BY LAO TZU

THE HISTORY OF GREAT LIGHT (ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS IN TAO)

CHUANG-TZU AND THE CHINESE ANCESTRY OF CH'AN BUDDHISM

ON CHINESE CH'AN IN RELATION TO TAOISM

T'AO YUAN-MING'S NATURE POETRY - THE ATTAINMENT OF THE TAO

TAO THE GREAT LUMINANT

THE NONDUALIST ETHICS OF TAOISM, BUDDHISM AND DEEP ECOLOGY

HAIKU

HAIKU POEMS - MAIN PAGE

A COLLECTION OF HAIKU OF MATSUO BASHO

MU' IN THE ART OF HAIKU - SOME AESTHETIC REMARKS ON NOTHING

A COLLECTION OF YOSA BUSON'S POETRY

ZEN AND HAIKU - THE DOOR TO INFINITY

HAIKU OF MATSUO BASHO

HAIKU OF KOBAYASHI ISSA

ISSA HAIKU - A COLLECTION OF MOON POEMS

HAIKU POEMS OF KOBAYASHI ISSA - ON DEWDROPS

HAIKU POEMS ON THE BUDDHA BY KOBAYASHI ISSA

A COLLECTION OF FIFTY-TWO HAIKUS BY MATSUO BASHO

HAIKU MASTER YOSA BUSON - A COLLECTION OF POEMS

HAIKU AND POEMS OF YOSA BUSON (1716 ~ 1783)

KRISHNAMURTI

KRISHNAMURTI MAIN PAGE

THE ESSENCE OF THE TEACHING OF JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI

THE FALSE MEANING SYSTEMS OF SOCIETY ENCAGE YOUR MIND

FREEDOM FROM ALL BELIEF BY J.KRISHNAMURTI

J. KRISHNAMURTI - TWO POEMS ON ENLIGHTENMENT AND LOVE

THE URGENCY OF CHANGE - 'CONDITIONING'

KRISHNAMURTI - UNITIVE MYSTICISM VERSUS TRADITIONS

JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI - QUOTATIONS ON MEDITATION

JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI - MIND AND THE ROOT CAUSE OF CONFUSION

KRISHNAMURTI ON MIND - CONFLICT, DUALITY AND OBSERVATION

JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI - FACTORS OF DISORDER

JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI ON SUFFERING, DEATH AND REINCARNATION

KRISHNAMURTI ON THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF ILLUSIONS

MAHAYANA PHILOSOPHY

MAHAYANA PHILOSOPHY - MAIN PAGE

SELECTED VERSES FROM NAGARJUNA:SIXTY STANZAS OF REASONINGS

THIRTY STANZAS ON COGNITIVE-REPRESENTATION-ONLY BY VASUBANDHU

SEVENTY VERSES ON SUNYATA: SHUNYATASAPTATI BY NAGARJUNA

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SAMSARA AND NIRVANA

ENTRANCE TO THE MIDDLE WAY - (SELECTED VERSES) BY CHANDRAKIRTI

THE THREEFOLD SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MAHAYANA EXPLAINED

THE SOUL AS SUCHNESS

THE SOUL AS BIRTH-AND-DEATH (SAMSARA)

MAHAYANAVIMSKA OF NAGARJUNA - ADORATION TO THE THREE TREASURES

SECOND BUDDHA: NAGARJUNA - BUDDHISM'S GREATEST PHILOSOPHER

THE LOGIC OF THE MAHAYANA ONE-MIND DOCTRINE

THE ZEN TEACHINGS OF NAGARJUNA (PART I) - AN OUTLINE OF NAGARJUNA"S TEACHINGS

THE ZEN TEACHINGS OF NAGARJUNA (PART II) - NAGARJUNA AND ZEN

NAGARJUNA AND THE DOCTRINE OF SKILLFUL MEANS

ENLIGHTENMENT AND TIME: AN EXAMINATION OF NAGARJUNA'S CONCEPT OF TIME

NAGARJUNA'S DEVASTATING CRITIQUE OF THEORY AND LANGUAGE

THE AWAKENING OF FAITH (MAHAYANA-SRADDHOTPADA SHASTRA)

ASPECTS OF THE "BODHISATTVA" IDEAL IN THE MAHAYANA BUDDHISM

SCRIPTURES AND SUTRAS

SCRIPTURES AND SUTRAS - MAIN PAGE

THE DIAMOND PERFECTION OF WISDOM SUTRA

THE PLATFORM SUTRA BY HUI-NENG

VIMALAKIRTI SUTRA - THE DHARMA-DOOR OF NONDUALITY

THE LAṇKāVATāRA SūTRA - THE CORNERSTONE OF CHINESE CHAN AND ITS JAPANESE VERSION, ZEN

THE RYOGONKYO, OR SURANGAMA SUTRA

THE HEART SUTRA OR ESSENCE OF WISDOM SUTRA (THE SHINGYO)

THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE INCONCEIVABLE STATE OF BUDDHAHOOD SUTRA

THE UNIVERSE IS THE SCRIPTURE OF ZEN - CHAPTER III

THE HEART OF PERFECT WISDOM (THE HEART SUTRA) WITH COMMENTARY BY HAKUIN

PLATFORM SUTRA OF HUIN-NENG - CHAPTER II - ON PRAJNA

A COMMENTARY ON THE HEART SUTRA BY ZEN MASTER HAN-SHAN

MY BLOG POSTS

ZEN AND SUCHNESS - THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, THE WHITE CLOUDS

KOANS - RIDDLES OR COMMON SENSE? - TWO KOANS ON EMPTINESS

SEEING A FLAG AND BODHIDHARMA WITH ZEN MIND

ZEN MASTER JOSHU ON RELATIVITY

ZEN KOAN ON WISDOM - JOSHU INVESTIGATES AN OLD WOMAN

A ZEN STORY - BUDDHA'S ZEN

THE ZEN POEM SANDOKAI - AN INTERPRETATION

THE ESSENCE OF ZEN - THREE BARRIERS BY CHAN MASTER HUANG-LUNG

WHAT IS THE SOUND OF ONE HAND CLAPPING?

KOANS, SAYINGS AND ZEN POEMS ON EMPTINESS

LAYMAN PANG STORIES ON ZEN MIND

ZEN KOAN ON EMPTINESS AND MIND - SOZANS DHARMA-BODY

UNDERSTANDING EVERYDAY ZEN - FOUR LIN-CHI STORIES

FUXI'S BRIDGE - FOUR LINES OF POETRY POINTING TO THE CORE OF ZEN

THE NO MEANING OF BASHO`S FROG HAIKU

ZEN AND THE PROFOUND TEACHING OF BOILING TEA

NEGATION - A ZEN TOOL OF LIBERATION FROM WORDS

UMMONS DRIED DUNG - ZEN KOAN ON EMPTINESS

EMPTINESS AND FUNCTION, THE KEY CONCEPTS OF ZEN

ZEN MASTER JOSHU ON LIFE AND DEATH

IS ZEN NIHILISM?

BUDDHA-MIND AND THE SPIRITUALITY OF ZEN

A COMMENTARY ON THE ZEN KOAN "NANSEN CUTS THE CAT IN TWO"

VIDEO - JAZZ SOUNDS EXPRESSING THE TRUTH OF ZEN

ZEN STORY ON DEPENDENCY VERSUS LIBERATION

THE KOAN TOZAN'S THREE POUNDS OF FLAX - ZEN AND WORDS

PRAJNA AS THE FOUNDATION OF ZEN TEACHING

THE FAMOUS SAYING OF CH'ING-YUAN WEI-HSIN - THREE STEPS TO SATORI

ZEN MASTER HUI-NENG - WHAT IS YOUR ORIGINAL FACE?

JOSHU'S MU AS POINTER TO THE ULTIMATE PRINCIPLE OF ZEN

THE MATTER OF ZEN CONVEYED IN ONE SECOND

ZEN KOAN – NIRVANA IS ALWAYS HERE

THE WORDLESS DHARMA OF ZEN BUDDHISM

KARMA, DEATH AND SALVATION IN ZEN

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