Joshu’s Zen
Joshu began the study of Zen when he was sixty years old and continued until he was eighty, when he...
Read moreJoshu began the study of Zen when he was sixty years old and continued until he was eighty, when he...
Read moreGisho was ordained as a nun when she was just ten years old. She received training just as the little...
Read moreTetsugen, a devotee of Zen in Japan, decided to publish the sutras, which at that time were available only in...
Read moreSubhuti was Buddha's disciple. He was able to understand the potency of emptiness, the viewpoint that nothing exists except in...
Read moreZen students are with their masters at least ten years before they presume to teach others. Nan-in was visited by...
Read moreMokusen Hiki was living in a temple in the province of Tamba. One of his adherents complained of the stinginess...
Read moreKeichu, the great Zen teacher of the Meiji era, was the head of Tofuku, a cathedral in Kyoto. One day...
Read moreDaiju visited the master Baso in China. Baso asked: "What do you seek?" "Enlightenment," replied Daiju. "You have your own...
Read moreSuiwo, the disciple of Hakuin, was a good teacher. During one summer seclusion period, a pupil came to him from...
Read moreSoyen Shaku, the first Zen teacher to come to America, said: "My heart burns like fire but my eyes are...
Read moreThe master of Kennin temple was Mokurai, Silent Thunder. He had a little protege named Toyo who was only twelve...
Read moreWhen one goes to Obaku temple in Kyoto he sees carved over the gate the words "The First Principle". The...
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