Month: May 2019

by Roy Melvyn (Author) – excerpt of the book Zazen, Shikantaza and the Soto Tradition of Dogen Some people think of zazen as a technique for reaching a state of “no …

The teaching commonly called the “four noble truths” is the most widely known teaching of the historical Buddha, who lived and taught during the 5th century BCE in northern …

Dazu Huike – Taiso Eka (487-593) is considered the Second Patriarch of Chinese Chan and the twenty-ninth since Gautama Buddha. As with most of the early Chan patriarchs, very little …