Zen Buddhism Resources

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Introduction to Zen

Books / Audio
* The Way of Zen by Alan Watts

Video
* The Zen Mind by Jon Braeley


Zen Teachings

Books / Audio
* The Art of Mindful Living by Thich Nhat Hanh
* No Death, No Fear by Thich Nhat Hanh
* The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma by Bodhidharma

Soto Sect
* Everyday Zen Foundation by Zoketsu Norman Fischer

Rinzai Sect
* Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin by Hakuin Ekaku


Zen Practice

Books / Audio
* Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
* Finding the Still Point: A Beginner's Guide to Zen Meditation by John Daido Loori

Webpages
* Zen Meditation Instructions by Zen Mountain Monastery
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Wherever you are, that is where the mind should be. Always be mindful, and be your own master. This is true freedom. - Grand Master Wei Chueh
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:woohoo:

Here's something I came acoss in my rambling about the net looking for "Zen" related items.

http://www.thezensite.com/ZenTeachings/ ... Rinzai.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It is an English translation of "The Zen Teachings Of Rinzai (the Lin-Chi-Lu).
Please read the preface...it explains what it is and how it came about.
It is in PDF format and will load on to your computer when you go to the site. Don't worry it"s NOT loading a virus or such to your site.
At least it didn't on mine.
:smile:
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Did you think it was not there--
in your wife's lovely face
in your baby's laughter?
Did you think you had to go elsewhere (simply) to find it?
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:smile:
For anyone who wants to read it, here is some info on Zen Master Bankei....and
Unborn!
or the Way of the Unborn as I guess Bankei would want it to be called.

http://www.enlightened-spirituality.org ... aster.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Read it slowly, carefully, and think about it as you read.
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Shame on you Shakyamuni for setting the precedent of leaving home.
Did you think it was not there--
in your wife's lovely face
in your baby's laughter?
Did you think you had to go elsewhere (simply) to find it?
from - Judyth Collin
The Layman's Lament
From What Book, 1998, p. 52
Edited by Gary Gach
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Thank you ~ might order one or two of these affordable books and narrow some of the stuff down to a specific school.
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Zen roots are in Chan: The Chan Handbook - http://www.cttbusa.org/chan/chan.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Shasta Abbey (Soto Zen) offers almost all of their books for free now as a pdf. download.

You can still get hardcopy's available though online stores through Throssel Hole Abbey and various online retailers.

Scriptures are also available for free as are Dharma Talks.

For Publications and Books:
http://www.shastaabbey.org/teachings-publications.html

For Scriptures:
http://www.shastaabbey.org/teachings-scriptures.html

For Ceremonies:
http://www.shastaabbey.org/teachings-ceremonies.html

For Dharma Talks by Rev. Master Jiyu-Kennet:
http://www.shastaabbey.org/teachings-RMjiyu.html

For Dharma Talks by Rev. Master Dazui MacPhillamy:
http://www.shastaabbey.org/teachings-RMdaizui.html

For a top-level general index of Teachings including talks by RM Meian Elbert, RM Daishin Yalon, and other Senior Teachers, past teachers, archives and others:
http://www.shastaabbey.org/teachings.html

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Has anyone read Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice by Kosho Uchiyama. Reading it now and I have enjoyed it. :thumbsup:
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gordtheseeker wrote:Has anyone read Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice by Kosho Uchiyama.
I really need to get a copy of it. Over time I've seen it very consistently recommended. I certainly don't doubt its quality given what I know of Uchiyama Roshi.
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Here are two beautiful zen garden live webcams,
from a small temple in Japan.
Keep in mind the time difference. If the screen looks black, it is night time in Japan.

http://www.teishoin.net/

To get to the the webcams, if you don't read Japanese,
go to the navigation box on the right of the screen,
follow the 5th an 6th little green buttons up from the bottom.
the text is followed by a 1 and a 2
those are the webcams.
Camera 1 is stationary.
camera 2 you can control from your own computer!!!
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PadmaVonSamba wrote:http://www.teishoin.net/
Thanks for this, PVS. That camera number 2 is in a great spot and controlling it is even more engaging than I expected.

If people are so inclined, they can also click "English Menu" on the top of the navigation box.
Know that in a remote place in a cloud-covered valley
There is still a sacred pine that passes through the chill of ages.

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The Soto Zen school's official website:
http://global.sotozen-net.or.jp/eng/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Official Site of the Joint Council for Japanese Rinzai and Obaku Zen
http://zen.rinnou.net/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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A collection of Zen talks. Those on "The Fukanzazengi Revisited" I found to be very lucid and helpful: http://www.chzc.org/talklist.htm
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Came across today
Bankei Zen: Translations from the Record of Bankei

I've only read 'The Unborn,' so it was nice to come across this.

enjoyed this passage;


'The crows go kaa-kaa, the sparrows, chuu-chuu

The Master addressed the assembly: "Just as always, every day when I come out to talk, toady too the crows go kaa-kaa, the sparrows, chuu-chuu, and I haven't anything different to say myself. All the same, when you really acknowledge this one word ['unborn'], you'll find everything is smoothely managed.

"The proof of this is that, while all of you here are turned toward me, intent only on hearing my sermon and wondering, 'What's Bankei going to say?' you aren't trying either to hear or not to hear the cawing of the crows and the chirping of the sparrows out in back. But, even so, once they start to chirp and caw, you recognize and distinguish the crow's kaa-kaa and the sparrow's chuu-chuu. And it's not only for crows and sparrows: everything here, when you perceive it with the Unborn, will be simultaneously distinguished, and you won't overlook even one thing in one hundred or one thousand. In the meanwhile, if a gong rings outside the temple, you know it's a gong, if a drum sounds, you know it's a drum. Your distinguishing everything you see and hear like this, without producing a single thought, is the marvelously illuminating dynamic function, the Buddha Mind that is unborn."
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On this page, there are teachings by Master Sheng Yen in pdf form which you can download for free. :twothumbsup:

http://chancenter.org/cmc/publications/free-literature/
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The World Could Be Otherwise, Norman Fischer. New title, released 30th April 2019.
In this inspiring reframe of a classic Buddhist teaching, Zen teacher Norman Fischer writes that the paramitas, or “six perfections”—generosity, ethical conduct, patience, joyful effort, meditation, and understanding—can help us reconfigure the world we live in. Ranging from our everyday concerns about relationships, ethics, and consumption to our artistic inspirations and broadest human yearnings, Fischer depicts imaginative spiritual practice as a necessary resource for our troubled times.
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