Category: Resources
A monk asked Joshu, “Has a dog the Buddha Nature?” Joshu answered, “Mu.” In order to master Zen, you must pass the barrier of the patriarchs. To attain this …
The Dhammapada is one of the most popular Buddhist texts in the world, the most famous and most read Buddhist scripture comprising the sayings of Buddha. Because each saying …
Shodo – sho – to write and do – way, hence “The way of writing.” Like many other Japanese traditions shodo has roots in China. During the 6th and …
Boundless wind and moon – the eye within eyes, Inexhaustible heaven and earth – the light beyond light The willow dark, the flower bright – ten thousand houses; Knock …
If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper. Without a cloud, there will be no rain; without …
Today we start to post Zen illustrations or comics that will hopefully bring a new understanding of what Zen is all about. At this very beginning, we propose illustrations …
From ancient time, all traditions have set up “paths” of spiritual development. The Zen Oxherding Pictures show the passage from initiation – the search for self – to a maturation of insight, …
The Middle Way or Middle Path (Pali: Majjhimapatipada; Sanskrit: Madhyamapratipad) is the term that Gautama Buddha used to describe the character of the Noble Eightfold Path – as The …
*Excerpt from the book Opening the Hand of Thought by Kosho Uchiyama Satori and Zen seem to have such an intimate relationship in Japan that when somebody says “satori,” everybody immediately associates …
Gutei (Chinese: Chu-chih) lived around the ninth century, his dates of birth and death are not available, since his real name is not known. Chu-chih (Gutei) was just a nickname. In the …
