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The World-Wide Web Virtual Library Zen Buddhism WWW Virtual Library The Internet Guide to Zen (Ch'an, Son, Thien) Online Resources Created: 5 Sep 1994. Last updated: 03 Jul 2002. Edited by Dr T.Matthew Ciolek This document is a part of the Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library Please notify tmciolek@ciolek.com about relevant new/changed online resources. Your feed-back will be gratefully ...

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What is Zen | The Newsletter of The Zen Studies Society | Related Zen Centers New York Zendo Shobo-ji | Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji About this Site | Japanese Language The Zen Studies Society was established in 1956 to assist the Buddhist scholar D.T. Suzuki in his efforts to introduce Zen to the West. In 1965 it came under the leadership of a Japanese Zen monk, Eido Tai Shimano, who shifted the ...

BUDDHISM JOAN HALIFAX JOAN HALIFAX ROSHI ROSHI ROSHI SANTA FE SANTA FE RETREAT CENTER RETREAT CENTER SANTA FE RETREAT CENTER Upaya, Sanskrit for skillful means or the craft of compassion, is a Buddhist study center nestled in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, just minutes from the plaza of Santa Fe. We offer courses and retreats on engaged spirituality and on contemplative ...

The middle way Ego Karma Illusions, Attachement Helping Other Good and Evil Death Modern Civilization Everyday Life Zen and Christianity Consciousness Impermanence Satori Zazen Posture Tradition (Down) Up The middle way Your expression, Zen is beyond religion, could be taken to mean that Zen is supposed to take the place of all religions, to supplant them. What do you really mean At what point ...

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Abandoning worldliness, I often come to this tranquil place- The spirit here is the spirit of Zen. RYOKAN (c 1758 - 1831) **New - Nelson and Dunedin retreat details Zafus and Zabatons for sale -email Jan. Maitai Zendo is a Zen organisation in Nelson. South Island. New Zealand..... Please BROWSE our site or try taking the TOUR..... back tour ...

Zen Mountain Center is a Zen Buddhist training and retreat center located on 160 acres of wilderness in the wild and beautiful San Jacinto Mountains of Southern California. Founded in 1981 by Taizan Maezumi, Roshi as a summer retreat center for the Zen Center of Los Angeles, it is now a year-round Zen training center for resident and non-resident trainees under the direction of Charles Tenshin ...

This site takes a highly personal andpractical approach towards Buddhism.

Village Zendo, Dotoku-ji (Temple of true expresion) is a New York City based Zen Buddhist Meditation Group in SoHo NYC. We do zazen (Zen Meditation), chanting services, retreats (Sesshin), workshops, Zen ritual meals (oryoki), Dharma Talks (Teisho) and private interview (dokusan) with Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara who is the Abbot, Resident Teacher and Head Priest in the White Plum Lineage of Taizan Maezumi Roshi

Mt. Baldy Zen Center is a training facility for students of Japanese Rinzai Zen. During the spring and fall the center is available for seminars, retreats, group conferences. The teacher at MBZC is Joshu Sasaki Roshi ...

The Community of Mindful Living (CML) supports the practice and teachings of mindfulness and mindful living offered by Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. To be mindful means to dwell deeply in the present moment, to be aware of what is going on within and around us. Practicing mindfulness cultivates understanding, love, compassion, and joy. This practice helps us to take care of and ...

A training center for Zen Buddhist Meditation (zazen)in the tradition of Koun Taizan Maezumi Roshi.

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The World-Wide Web Virtual Library Zen Buddhism Koan Study Pages Edited by Dr T.Matthew Ciolek The purpose of this document, which is a part of the Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library and of the Zen Buddhism WWW Virtual Library, is to provide comprehensive and factual information about the koans (J.) as used in the Zen training. Any updated information, corrections or comments will be ...

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The World-Wide Web Virtual Library Schools of Zen Buddhism Est.: 8th Apr 1995. Last revised: 15 May 1998. This document is a part of the Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library and of the Zen Buddhism WWW Virtual Library This document provides an overview of schools and lineages belonging to the Zen Buddhism tradition. Corrections and comments will be appreciated. Please send email to Dr T.Matthew ...

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1931 Russell Street Berkeley, CA 94703 510-845-2403 bzc@berkeleyzencenter.org Directions, map, parking Free zazen instruction and orientation for beginners: Saturdays 9:20-10:00 a.m. in Community Room. Saturday morning talk: 10:10-11:00 a.m. in zendo. BZC About BZC Schedule/news Lectures Texts Links Find About Berkeley Zen Center The Berkeley Zen Center is a place where people practice zazen ...

Prairie Zen Center is located in Champaign, IL; Elihu Genmyo Smith, dharma heir of Joko Beck, is the resident teacher. PZC practices zen as ...

Thich Nhat Hanh Thich Nhat Hanh (pronounced Tick-Naught-Han) is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk. During the war in Vietnam, he worked tirelessly for reconciliation between North and South Vietnam. His lifelong efforts to generate peace moved Martin Luther King, Jr. to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967. He lives in exile in a small community in France where he teaches, writes, gardens, ...

ZEN ENLIGHTENMENT THE PATH UNFOLDS ...the Wanderling The following quote is by W. Somerset Maugham and relates to one man's search and attainment of spiritual Enlightenment: The man I am writing about is not famous. It may be that he never will be. It may be that when his life at last comes to an end he will leave no more trace of his sojourn on earth than a stone thrown into a river leaves on ...

The World-Wide Web Virtual Library 20th-21st Century Zen People and their Teachings Part 1 (A-L) Created: 5 Sep 1994. Last updated: 25 Oct 2001. Edited by Dr T.Matthew Ciolek This document is a part of the Zen Buddhism WWW Virtual Library Please notify tmciolek@ciolek.com about relevant new/changed online resources. Your feed-back will be gratefully appreciated. This page is optimised for ...

The World-Wide Web Virtual Library Hakuin School of Zen Buddhism Est.: 1 Jan 1997. Last updated: 6 Aug 2002. This document is a part of the Zen Buddhism section of the Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library. Edited by Dr T.Matthew Ciolek The purpose of this document is to provide comprehensive, factual and up-to-date information about the Hakuin school of Rinzai Zen Buddhism. Any updated ...

Zen Meditation Clothing Meditation Robes & Accessories! In the last 30 years our clothing has been custom-made for each individual with care and special thoughts that their practice be continuing and strong. I have been a student of the venerable Eido Roshi for 30 years. He and the sangha of the Zen Studies Society have been my influence, and the Buddha, Dharma my inspiration. In Gassho, Myojo ...

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ABZenD : This site contains the expression of the living zen transmitted in the western world by Master Deshimaru to his disciple Kosen ...

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Japanese Calligraphy, shodo, its beauty and spiritual power. Woman artist shows contemporary Dharma art inspired on Buddhism and Zen at shodo artgallery. Experience the world of Japanese Calligraphy..

Tenkei Coppens Sensei Anton Tenkei Coppens, leader of Zen River, was born in the Netherlands in 1949, studied art and art history, and worked for almost fifteen years as a painter and a teacher. He started Zen practice in 1976 in the UK and went to the Zen Center of Los Angeles in 1980 where he met Taizan Maezumi Roshi and Genpo Merzel Roshi. He became a close student of Genpo Roshi and followed ...

The Bay Zen Center, which is a member of the Ordinary Mind Zen School founded by Joko Beck, offers a full schedule of services, sittings, and treats.

THE ZEN HAPPY PAGES ABOUT THE COD-MASTER | ZEN-COD WISDOM | OUR CHURCH | FUN LINKS | CONTACT WANG DUNG | THE JOKE BUFFET PAGE Welcome to the homepage of Canada's only Zen Cod-Master This is R Sole Fishtank, the Cod-Master, practising an African-American spiritual before a revival meeting in Bare Rear-End Newfoundland. Once a month, the Cod-Master gives a free seminar at Hotel California in ...

Reb Anderson, Tenshin Roshi, is a lineage-holder in the Soto Zen tradition. .

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Tenshin Reb Anderson is Senior Dharma teacher at San Francisco Zen Center.

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Meet Pat Phelan The Chapel Hill Zen Center, in the Spring of 1991, asked the Abbots of the S.F. Zen Center to send Taitaku Patricia Phelan to lead the group. Pat was ordained in 1977 by the former Abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center, Zentatsu Richard Baker, who was Suzuki Roshi's successor. She has also studied with two of Suzuki Roshi's other disciples, Sojun Mel Weitsman and Tenshin Reb ...

About Zen About WWZC Zen Master Anzan Hoshin Practice Council Centres Entering the Gates of Practice Long Distance Training Program Online Publications Great Matter Publications Words, Pictures, Sounds Tasting Zen WWZC Resources Contact Zen Master Anzan Hoshin The sole purpose and function of a Zen Teacher is to help students to realize their own true natures. This true nature has nothing to do ...

The Mountain Moon Sangha is a group of Zen practitioners guided by Sei'un An Roselyn Stone, an authorized Zen master in the Sanbo Kyodan lineage. The Mountain Moon Sangha has zendos in Brisbane, Australia, and Toronto Canada. CONTENTS. 1. The Teacher - Roselyn Stone, Sei un An Roshi 2. Mountain Moon Sangha Zen Practice 3. But I Am Not A Buddhist! 4. How Do I Get Started 1. The Teacher - Roselyn ...

A meditation site consisting of education and training in the cognitive and behavioral skills of applied meditation therapy for the purpose of enhancing personal health care, longevity, wellness, stress reduction, pain management, character development, life style transformation, business productivity and creativity, sports proficiency, personality refinement, interpersonal growth, ...

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Welcome to An Exploration, Daniel Trent Dillon's personal homepage. Read, reflect, and explore with me as I study and work.

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WAiB Pages Female Teachers in Buddhism ZEN / CH'AN NEW Coen Souza de Murayama Sensei is the Brazilian spiritual leader of the Comunidade Budista Soto Zenshu da America do Sul in S o Paulo, representing the Soto Zen tradition as official missionary. She was ordained by Hakuyu Maezumi Roshi (Zen Center of Los Angeles) and studied 12 years in Japan (Aichi Senmon Nisodo under Aoyama Shundo Roshi, ...

Clothes, cushions, and accessories forthe meditation. Celebrating twelve years of service. Zafus, benches, layrobes, kimonos, Buddhist vestments, incense, bells, precepts calligraphy, and books.

Zen Koans Transcending Duality Every Day Is a Good Day Unmon said: I do not ask you about fifteen days ago. But what about fifteen days hence Come, say a word about this! Since none of the monks answered, he answered for them: Every day is a good day. No Cold and Heat A monk asked Tozan, How can we escape the cold and heat Tozan replied, Why not go where there is no cold and heat Is ...

Lecture On Zen by Alan Watts Once upon a time, there was a Zen student who quoted an old Buddhist poem to his teacher, which says: The voices of torrents are from one great tongue, the lions of the hills are the pure body of Buddha. 'Isn't that right ' he said to the teacher. 'It is, ' said the teacher, 'but it's a pity to say so.' It would be, of course, much better, if this occasion were ...

Image of the traditional document given to the zen monks on the day of their ordination (katsumyaku), showing the entire lineage of the patriarchs from Buddha Shakyamuni.

ZEN The Tao of Physics Fritjof Capra When the Chinese mind came in contact with Indian thought in the form of Buddhism, around the first century A.D., two parallel developments took place. On the one hand, the translation of the Buddhist sutras stimulated Chinese thinkers and led them to interpret the teachings of the Indian Buddha in the light of their own philosophies. Thus arose an immensely ...

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2002.4.19 Update Hawaii North America South America Europe Asia Oceania Name Address tel / fax / e-mail Soto Zen Administrative Office of Hawaii General Director Rev. Jiho Machida Counselor Rev. Shugen Komagata Rev. Ryuji Tamiya Administrative Secretary Rev. Kotoku Yoshida 1708 Nuuanu Avenue, Honolulu, HI, 96817 USA tel: 808-537-9409 fax: 808-537-6320 soto-hi@aloha.net Soto Mission of Hawaii ...

Bodhidharma These are some excerpts from The Zen Teachings of Bodhidharma, translated by Red Pine (North Point Press, 1987). I highly recommend the book. First some background. Bodhidharma was born in Kanchi in the Southern Indian kingdom of Pallava around year 440. At the instruction of Prajnatara he travelled to China by ship and arrived around 475. He is associated with the Shaolin temple, ...

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Q: Why don't Buddhists vacuum in the corners A: Because they have no attachments. (Contributed by Randy Jewett) Q: What did a Buddhist say to the hot dog vendor A: Make me one with everything. (Contributed by Kevin Allen) Q: What is the name of the best Zen teacher A: M.T. Ness (Contributed by Geichle) Q: How many Zen buddhists does it take to change a light bulb A: None, they are the light ...

Email furnace mountain retreat schedule photo gallery zen master dae gak home All beings cry out ... Listen All mistakes point the Way ... Listen Everything is Truth ... Listen Put aside self interest and help others. ...

To The Kwan Um School of Zen home page Zen Master Seung Sahn's Temple Rules As Used In Our Zen Centers 1. On Keeping the Bodhi Mind You must first make a firm decision to attain Enlightenment and help others. You already have the five or ten precepts. Know when to keep them and when to break them, when they are open and when they are closed. Let go of your small self and become your true self.

WELCOME Want to know more about Buddhism Then this site is for you! No previous knowledge is necessary. Even if you're a seasoned practitioner there's a lot for you too. Table of Contents By Buddhism we mean the teaching of the Lord Buddha. Our approach is that of the Chan (Zen) school, the objective being to help you on the way to realize your full potential by becoming a Buddha in this life.

What is Zen: A Brief Explanation by Eido Tai Shimano Roshi Abbot of The Zen Studies Society A special transmission outside the scriptures; No dependence on words and letters; Direct pointing to the mind of man; Seeing into one's nature and attaining Buddhahood. Bodhidharma The special transmission of Zen is the realization of the Buddha's enlightenment itself, in one's own life, in one's own ...

The website of the Dharma Drum Mountain, founded by Ven. Master Sheng-yen. You will find information about our programs, teachers and reading materials.

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ABZenD : Ce site contient l'expression du zen vivant transmis au monde occidental par Maitre Deshimaru et son disciple Kosen ...

ABOUT MASTER SHENG-YEN Background Master Sheng-yen is both the founder and current president of the Institute of Chung-Hwa Buddhist Culture, as well as the resident teacher at the Ch'an Meditation Center. Born on a farm outside Shanghai in 1930, he became a monk at the age of thirteen. In 1949, during the Communist takeover, he moved to Taiwan to continue his study and practice. After ten years ...

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Tenzo kyokun: Instructions for the Tenzo by Eihei Dogen zenji translated by Yasuda Joshu roshi and Anzan Hoshin sensei (published in Cooking Zen, Great Matter Publications 1996) From ancient times communities of the practice of the Way of Awake Awareness have had six office holders1 who, as disciples of the Buddha, guide the activities of Awakening2 the community. Amongst these, the tenzo bears ...

Is Zen A Religion By Kubota Jiun (Translated by Paul Shepherd) Let me state my conclusion regarding the above question at the outset. I believe that Zen is not a religion in the ordinary sense. There are several reasons I can give for this. First of all, that which is usually referred to as religion begins and ends with the element of faith. That is, religion conventionally starts with belief ...

Welcome to BUDDHIST WOODWORKING We are Buddhist craftsmen dedicated to providing the finest quality products for your meditation practice. These items were developed at the request and guidance of monks of our order, and are now in daily use by them and members of the Sangha. We offer them out of our meditation practice for the furtherance of anyone's practice, be it religious or just for peace ...

List of the dojos of the kosen sangha. addresses, schedules, etc in the whole world ...

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DharmaNet's Guide to Zen/Ch'an Dharma Teachers: An Online Who's Who This page is intended as a resource to help individuals who are unfamiliar with certain teachers to find thumbnail sketches of their background and teaching approach, and ultimately, some reference as to where they teach or how to contact them. Any teacher who would care to have their e-mail address listed, or revise the ...

RY KI a 4 szoto ev csesze ( ry ki) The S t 4 bowls set az 5 rinzai ev csesze (jihatsu) The standard Rinzai 5 bowls set talalas Expressing gratitude for the food reggeli, ebed, vacsora The meals of monks in training: morning meal, noon meal, evening meal RY KI The practice of the Eating Bowl INDEX BACKGROUND DESCRIPTION USING OORYOOKI Taking care of OORYOOKI Before Meal Background The eating ...

On Finding a Zen Teacher It is often said that when you truly need a teacher, one will appear. This may due to some inexplicable serendipity. It may be due to the fact that the seeker has searched deeply within himself or herself and determined what sort of instruction seems to be required. It could be a spiritual desperation on the part of the seeker, or a successful sales pitch by a teacher ...

If I hold a sake cup my friend is there I think of Deiryu. (By Isamu Yoshii. in Deiryu Iho p. 130) Deiryu...Deiryu...Deiryu...', the thunderous voice of the Zen Buddhist master Yamamoto Gempo (1866-1961) called out as tears flowed down his face. Gempo was conducting the funeral service for Kanshu Sojun, better known as Deiryu, on the morning of 7 March 1954 at the temple Empukuji, just outside ...

Book Review Written for Tricycle Magazine. A shortened version of this piece will appear in the May 1998 issue of the magazine Zen Holy War A book review by Josh Baran Zen at War, Brian Victoria, Weatherhill, 228 pages, 1997, paperback, $19.95 Order here at The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II, Iris Chang, Basic Books, 290 pages, 1997, hardcover, $25.00 If ordered to ...

About the Teacher: Danan Henry, Sensei Zen is the practice of seeing into Self-nature and realizing one's True-mind, which is to realize one's innate wisdom, love, and compassion. Wisdom is the experience of the indivisibility of all existence. Love is the feeling of great intimacy arising when separation comes to an end. Compassion is the action spontaneously unfolding from wisdom and love.

Coming Down from the Zen Clouds A Critique of the Current State of American Zen by Stuart Lachs slachs@postoffice.worldnet.att.net Web Address: http://www.human.toyogakuen-u.ac.jp/~acmuller/articles/USZEN3.htm Zen Buddhism became widely known in America through D. T. Suzuki's writings, which promoted a non-traditional, modernist interpretation of Zen. Suzuki was a Japanese writer and ...

From a Zazen Journal The author, Neil Myers, describes From a Zazen Journal as: A two year daily meditative record of morning meditations, & attendance at extended sesshins, by an American Soto Zen practitioner. The journal I have in mind here can be phrased in ways that are sometimes derivative, irritatingly hermetic, even banal. The people I've heard speak strongly from a Zen perspective -- my ...

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THE KYOSAKU Many persons have asked that the Zen custom of the Kyosaku be explained, The Kyosaku is a blow on the shoulder with the light stick carried by a Zen priest during meditation. The blow is given during the meditation sessions when one feels himself becoming drowsy or is having difficulty concentrating. The Kyosaku is given only to those who request it, is not painful, and is very ...

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ALL THINGS ZEN AN OPEN WINDOW INTO THE UNDERSTANDING OF ZEN I The following discourse is attributed to the Chinese Zen master Ch'ing yuan Wei-hsin of the T'ang Dynasty and provides a window into the understanding of Zen: Thirty years ago, before I began the study of Zen, I said, 'Mountains are mountains, waters are waters.' After I got insight into the truth of Zen through the instructions of a ...

Biographical Outline Kobutsu Malone (Ko-Butsu: Ancient Buddha, Shin-do: New Way) Kobutsu Malone, zenji is an American Rinzai Zen Buddhist Priest of the Gempo-Soen-Eido lineage. He has been practicing for over 30 years and has studied with the Venerable Eido Sotai Shimano, Roshi for over two decades. Kobutsu has been a student in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and studied with Vidyadhara The ...

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Health is the most precious gain, and contentment the greatest wealth. A trustworthy person is the best kinsman, Nirvana the highest bliss. Dhammapada D h a r m a l o k a is a Buddhist community that has existed in Croatia for a number of years. It follows the Sino-Japanese Mahayana Buddhist tradition, primarily Chinese Chan (Zen). The community is a member of the European Buddhist Union, an ...