Category: Koan

KAN JI ZAI BO SA GYO- JIN HAN-NYA HA RA MI TA JI Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, while meditating deeply in the Prajñaparamita, SHO- KEN GO ON KAI KU- DO IS-SAI …

The Shōbōgenzō is the well recognized spiritual masterpiece of the Japanese Soto Zen Master, Eihei Dogen. It contains discourses that he gave to his disciples, in person or in …

18-th of May 1904, the year of the dragon and the 37th year in the reign of Emperor Meiji, Shunryu Suzuki is born at Shogan-ji temple. Shunryu Suzuki was …

by Daitsu Tom Wright* *extract of the book  Opening the Hand of Thought by Kōshō Uchiyama  Kōshō Uchiyama One of the most challenging teachings of Buddhism and of Kōshō Uchiyama Roshi’s …

1.     Shikantaza as the essential doctrine of Soto Zen Buddhism In the Sotoshu Constitution (Sotoshu Shuken), Soto Zen Buddhist doctrine (Shushi) is set down as “. . . abiding …

Whenever Gutei Osho was asked about Zen, he simply raised his finger. Once a visitor asked Gutei’s boy attendant, “What does your master teach?” The boy too raised his …

Eihei Dogen,  also known as Joyo Daishi or Kigen Dogen (19 Jan. 1200, Kyoto, Japan—22 Sept. 1253, Kyoto), was born into a family of the court nobility. At the age …

The term chakras or ‘cakras’ is sometimes translated as ‘channel-wheels’ or `cycles` The chakras are energy centers associated with particular parts of the body, and are considered an interface …

Yvon Myoken Bec is a Soto Zen Master and the founding abbot of Mokusho Zen House in Hungary and Romania. Just before his death in 1990, Master Mokusho Zeisler …

The koan system is a unique and traditional teaching method of Zen Buddhism. Koan is a Japanese word that comes from the Chinese, kung-an, literally “public notice,” or “public …