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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Teachings of the great masters of sudden illumination in ancient China -- the forerunners of Zen in Japan.

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

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 ...

Hui-K'o, The Second Patriarch of Chinese Zen Lineage ...

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, ...

The Master List of Masters a biographical concordance (current as of January, 2001) compiled by Ven. Jinmyo Fleming ino from the Teachings of Zen Master Anzan Hoshin A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Ananda (Anan), 6th Century B.C.E. The Second Indian Ancestor. Mahakasyapa s Dharma-heir. Sakyamuni Buddha s cousin, close disciple and personal attendant for twenty years. Ananda ...

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. ...

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 ...

Information about Joshu Sasaki, founder of Rinzai-ji, Inc.

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 ...

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.

A short biography of Daman Hongren, the Fifth Patriarch of Chan/Zen Buddhism.

Abrief biography of Dayi Daoxin, the Fourth Patriarch of Chan/Zen.

A brief biography of Nanyang Huizhong, the Seventh Patriarch of Chan/Zen Buddhism.

A brief biography of Qingyuan Xingsi, the Eighth Patriarch of Chan/Zen Buddhism.

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 ...

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 ...

Biography of Zen master Kuei-shan Ling-lu (771-853) ...