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Page Text: If you wish to support thezensite you may make a small donation here to help defray costs. I support and recommend Mailnull to help reduce spam. This is the homepage of www.thezensite.com, a site dedicated to a better understanding of Zen Buddhism. Here you will find access to a wide variety of materials about Zen Buddhism, its history, teachings, and philosophy as well as some critiques of Zen. There are also some links to non-Zen topics which you may find interesting. Please browse around. Material is generally in alphabetical order by author or topic. The teachings page includes commentaries and teishos by various teachers, mostly contemporary teachers such as Thich Nhat Hanh, John Daido Loori, AMA Samy, Harada Tangen Roshi and many others. The old Soto founder, Dogen Zenji, has two sections of his own, Dogen Teachings and Dogen Studies . There's quite a bit of material in the "Miscellaneous" section of both the Zen Teachings and the Zen Essays section. These are writings that are interesting but don't fit regularly into any category (or there's not enough of them to create their own category yet). Please browse through them; you are sure to find something of interest. thezensite has its own reading list . If you click through to Amazon to purchase one of these books (or indeed, any item) you are supporting thezensite. Thank you. I highly recommend the search facility on this site. If you can't find what you're looking for readily, try the search box on this page. It works like a regular Google search with key words or phrases. This site uses Active X and Javascript. There are no harmful elements on this site. This site is dedicated to spreading the Buddha Dharma. Any copyright material mirrored on this site is intended for private personal study. This is a non-commercial site and no charge is made for any materials. Copyright owners may, if they wish, request to have material removed. Thank you. Please report any broken links. Tell a friend: Note: I do not keep any email addresses that are entered here. Search the contents of thezensite here only search thezensite

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Page Text: These essays are about the Japanese Zen master Dogen Zenji, (1200-1253) founder of the Soto school. For more on Dogen and translations of some of his works, see the Dogen Teachings page under Zen Teachings. Questions, broken links, suggestions, etc, please . search thezensite William M Bodiford: Remembering Dōgen : Eiheiji and Dogen Hagiography This is an excellent essay on the history of Eiheiji and its centuries-long fight to become the head temple of the Sōtō Sect and memorialize its founder, Dogen. A fascinating history. from The Journal of Japanese Studies 32.1 (2006) pp1-21 Nishiari Bokusan: All This is Genjo Koan Nishiari Bokusan is the late head of the Soto school. In 2912, Bokusan looked at the fundamental teaching of Dogen, the Genjo Koan. He explains the meaning of this most important fascicle of the Shobogenzo. André van der Braak: Dōgen on Fullness – Zazen as Ritual Embodiment of Buddhahood Braak discusses Dogen's approach to what Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor calls "fullness" (the goal of spiritual practice), an approach "conceived as the ritual embodiment of buddhahood, expressed through the meditation practice of zazen." Brett Davis: The Philosophy of Zen Master Dōgen: Egoless Perspectivism Davis explicates Dogen's Genjokoan. from The Oxford Handbook of World Philosophy Bernard Faure: The Daruma-shū, Dōgen, and Sōtō Zen Faure examines the influence of the Bodhidharma (Daruma) School on Dogen's teachings and the Shobogenzo. As he says, "The traditional history of...Zen in Japan is not exempt from distortions." Excellent article! from Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 42, No. 1. (Spring, 1987), pp. 25-55.I suggest you also read Heine's Did Dogen Go to China? for more on Dogen hagiography. T. Griffith Foulk : History of the Soto Zen School Steven Heine: The Dõgen Canon: Dõgen's Pre-Shõbõgenzõ Writings and the Question of Change in His Later Works from The Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, 1997. Heine argues a Three Periods Theory of Dogen's writing suggesting that the main change, which occurred with the opening of Eihei-ji in 1245, was a matter of altering the style of instruction rather than the content or ideology. Critical Buddhism the Debate Concerning the 75-fascicle and 12-fascicle Shōbōgenzō Texts Heine evaluates the views of Critical Buddhsim on how the two Shobogenzo texts illuminate Dogen's perspectives on original enlightenment thought in terms of his attitude to causality and karmic retribution. from Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 1994 24/1 Koans in the Dōgen Tradition : How and Why Dogen Does what He Does with Koans : Heine analyses how Dogen used koans in his teaching and "that Dogen does not have a single, simple or uniform method of koan interpretation, but he varies rhetorical and narrative strategies to bring out particular ideas concerning specific items of doctrine and ritual." from Philosophy East and West, Vol 54, No. 2, January 2004 Did Dōgen Go to China? : Heine examines the evidence of Dogen's famous trip to China and the meeting with his teacher, Ju-ching. He concludes, Yes, Dogen did go to China but the real story is somewhat different than the hagiography tells. Excellent article from: Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 30/1–2: 27–59 Heine's book on this, Did Dogen Go to China? What He Wrote and When He Wrote It is available from Oxford University Press A Day in the Life: Two Recent Works on Dōgen 's Shōbōgenzō Gyoji [Sustained Practice] Fascicle Heine reviews 2 books on this, Ishi Shudo's Shobogenzo [Gyoji] ni manabu and Yasuraoka Kosaku's Shobogenzo [Gyoji] jo from Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 35/2: 363-371 Dogen Casts Off "What": An Analysis of Shinjin Datsuraku Heine does a critical analysis of Dogen's 'casting off body and mind (shinjin datsuraku)' questioning, did Dogen's teacher, Ju-ching, really say this or did Dogen mis-hear what his teacher said? from The Journal Of The International Association Of Buddhist Studies Vol 9, 1986 No. 1 I suggest you also read Faure's article, The Daruma-shū, Dōgen, and Sōtō Zen, to find more influences on the Dogen hagiography. Norimoto Iino: Dōgen 's Zen View of Interdependence Dōgen had an all-encompassing, many-sided view of interdependence (parasparāpeksā). This is a lovely article, eloquent and a joy to read. Highly recommended T. P. Kasulis: The Zen Philsopher: a review article on Dōgen scholarship in English : Kasulis begins by arguing that Zen can be interpreted through philosophical enquiry and goes on to review some major works of translation of Dogen. This article was originally published in 1978 in Philosophy East and West, Volume 28, no. 3, July so the reviews are limited (showing how much has changed since then in Dogen studies) but it's still worth reading. Recommended. Taigen Dan Leighton: The Lotus Sutra as a Source for Dōgen 's Discourse Style Leighton discusses Dōgen's appropriation of the Lotus Sutra at a rhetorical device in the Shobogenzo and other writings of Dogen. Reflections on Translating Dogen : Leighton talks of the joy of discovering (and translating) Dōgen. originally published in Dharma Eye, October 2001 Zazen as an Enactment Ritual : "Buddhist meditation has commonly been considered an instrumental technique aimed at obtaining a heightened mental or spiritual state, or even as a method for inducing some dramatic “enlightenment” experience. " However, Dōgen doesn't see zazen this way. Taigen Dan Leighton explains. originally published in Zen Rituals: Studies of Zen Theory in Practice, edited by Steven Heine and Dale Wright (Oxford University Press, 2006) Miriam Levering: Dōgen 's Raihaitokuzui and Women Teaching in Sung Ch'an Levering explores Dogen's relationship regarding women in the sangha and the role women played in Chinese Chan. from Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies Volume 21 • Number 1 • 1998 David R Loy Language against its own mystifications: Deconstruction in Nagarjuna and Dogen Loy compares these two great thinkers because "Nagarjuna and Dogen ... point to many of the same Buddhist insights because they deconstruct the same type of dualities, most of which may be understood as versions of our commonsense but delusive distinction between substance and attribute, subject and predicate." He then goes on to look at the differences between the two. from Philosophy East and West 1999. Vol. 49, Iss. 3 Douglas K. Mikkelson: Who Is Arguing About the Cat? Moral Action and Englightenment According to Dōgen . A very interesting essay on Dogen's response to Nan-ch'uan cutting the cat, Pai-chang's Fox and the moral consequences of action. Did Nan-ch'uan commit evil by cutting the cat? Terry C Muck: Zen Master Dōgen Meets a Thirteenth-century Postmodernist A lovely little essay exploring the koan Tokuzan Meets a Rice-Cake Seller. As Muck says, Dogen "offers the seeds of fruitful ideas for a way forward: beyond rationalism, without rancor, toward a true ecumenism of the human spirit." Recommended. from Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 1998, Vol. 35, Iss. 1 Yasuaki Nara: The Soto Zen School in Japan Dr Nara looks at some social issues regarding Soto Zen in modern Japan. Specifically, he focusses on the questions of discrimination and funerals within the school. Gudo Nishijima: The whole collection of Nishijima's essays can be found here. Understanding the Shobogenzo : quite a long essay. Includes his explanation of his SOAR structure (subjective, objective, action and real). Also includes his translation of the Genjo Koan essay. Japanese Buddhism and the Meiji Restoration : includes Nishijima's introduction to Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika, which Nishijima claims is "identical to the theories of Dogen". Three Philosophies and One Reality : essays based on a series of talks given by Nishijima on Dogen. David Putney: Some Problems of Interpretation: early and late writings of Dogen . “The purpose of this essay will be to concentrate primarily on two key hermeneutical problems: (1) the problem of the textual relationship between Dogen's late versus his early writings, and (2) the problem of Dogen's method of expression in his early and mid-period writings…. The results of this inquiry may furnish a groundwork for addressing the philosophical questions regarding Dogen's early, middle, and late views on Original Enlightenment, "Buddha Nature," and Causality.” from Philosophy East and West Volume 46, Number 4 Rein Raud: ‘Place’ And ‘Being-Time’: Spatiotemporal Concepts In The Thought Of Nishida Kitarō And Dōgen Kigen "Perhaps the best known among ... spatiotemporal East Asian concepts are the notions of ‘place’ (basho) of Nishida Kitarō (1870–1945) and the ‘being-time’ (uji) of Dōgen Kigen (1200–1253). This article is an effort at a comparative analysis of these notions, focusing especially on Nishida’s philosophy as a synthesis of Western and Asian philosophical discourses." An interesting essay comparing Nishida and Dōgen's approach to a fundamental philosophical/religious problem. from Philosophy East and West - Volume 54, Number 1, January 2004, pp. 29-51 Inside the Concept: Rethinking Dōgen's Language The article places Dōgen's writing technique in the context of the linguistic changes that were taking place both in China and Japan at the time of his writing as well as the general attitude of Chan/Zen thinkers toward language, arguing that the Chan/Zen critique was not pointed to language as such, but its reified and alienated forms. Dōgen's concept-making could accordingly be seen as an effort to keep language 'alive.' from Asian Philosophy Vol. 21, No. 2, May 2011 T he Existential Moment: Rereading Dogen's Theory of Time Tackling one of Dogen's most philosophical writings, his theory on time, Uji, Raud reinterprets Dogen's Uji "with stress on the momentary rather than the durational" aspects of Dogen time. from Philosophy East and West Vol. 62 No. 2, April 2012. Kevin Schilbrack: Metaphysics in Dogen "The first section of this essay introduces a definition of metaphysics that, although drawn from the Western philosophical tradition, is, I hope, generic enough to be useful for the study of philosophy outside the West, and then argues for the legitimacy of metaphysics as an interpretative tool for the understanding of Zen Buddhist thought. The second section spells out what I take to be the basic features of Dogen's metaphysics, and the third deals with a rival non-metaphysical interpretation of Dogen's philosophy. from: Philosophy East and West, Vol. 50, No. 1 (January 2000) Richard Stodart: Painting/A Cake That Satisfies Hunger Artist Richard Stodart takes on Dogen's essay, Bussho (Buddha Nature, and explores "nonthinking in the painting experience". As Hee-Jin Kim comments in this essay: "A picture is not a representation of reality in the philosophical sense". Otani Tetsuo: To Transmit Dogen Zenji's Dharma Tetsuo looks at the importance of transmission to Dogen, its history in the Soto sect and the significance of dharma transmission today in Soto Japan. Dale S Wright: Doctrine and the Concept of Truth in Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō Wright looks at what Dōgen saw as the "truth" in practice and belief. "The aim of this study of the Shōbōgenzō will be to clarify its implicit concept of truth, and to show how such clarification can shed light on the meaning of the text as a whole." This is an excellent essay and well worth reading for a better understanding of Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō. Chan/Zen Narratives: Steven Heine’s Academic Contributions to the Field Yu discusses four monographs by Steven Heine: Shifting Shape, Shaping Text: Philosophy And Folklore In The Fox Koan; Opening A Mountain: Koans Of The Zen Masters' Did Dogen Go To China? What He Wrote And When He Wrote It; Zen Skin, Zen Marrow: Will The Real Zen Buddhism Please Stand Up? An excellent introduction to Steven Heine's work with a comprehensive bibliography. Source: Religious Studies Review • VOLUME 37 • NUMBER 3 • SEPTEMBER 2011 Note: a number of Heine's works are available on this page under 'Heine'.

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Page Text: Volume 4 as .rar file I've moved the other translations of the Shōbōgenzō to this page as well to allow comparison of different translations. Here is a Dutch translation of 8 chapters of the Shōbōgenzō courtesy of Jan Verschaeren. Thank you for your contribution to thezensite. The chapters have English and Dutch side by side. Some English Translation of the Shobogenzo : Gary Fuhrman has listed many of the English translations of various chapters on his web page. This could be a useful resource for comparing English versions of various chapters. The Dragon's Howl , from Thomas Cleary's Rational Zen, the Mind of Dogen Zenji. (I've interspersed Cleary's comments throughout this essay.) Gakudo yojin-shu: Guidelines for Studying the Way : gives the first 5 (of 10) parts to this essay. Taken from Moon in a Dewdrop. Tenzo Kyokun: Instructions for the Tenzo ; translated by Yasuda Joshu Dainen and Anzan Hoshin. Commentary on this text by Mel Weitsman Kuge : Flowers of Space translated by Yasuda Joshu and Anzan Hoshin Uji : Dogen's essay on time translated by Reiho Masunaga. Another translation by Dan Welch and Kazuaki Tanahashi from Moon in a Dewdrop Commentary on Uji by Dharmavidya David Brazier Zenki : Translation by Thomas Cleary Gabyo : Painted Rice Cakes translated by Yasuda Joshu and Anzan Hoshin Genjokoan: translations of this seminal text by

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Page Text: If you wish, you may make a small donation to help defray the costs of this website. Thank you. Questions, broken links, suggestions, etc, please . I support and recommend Mailnull to help reduce spam. Koan Collections Mumonkan (The Gateless Gate): a complete translation of the 48 cases translated by Katsui Sekida, complete with Japanese characters is available here . Another translation, translated as " The Gateless Checkpoint ", by Gregory Wonderwheel, is also available. Ishii Shūdō & Albert Welter look at the formation and history of The Wu-men kuan (J. Mumonkan) The Formation, Propagation, and Characteristics of a Classic Zen Kōan Text is an excellent essay for those interested in the history of this text. Shoyo Roku (The Book of Serenity) This is the other great classic koan collection, along with the Mumonkan. One hundred cases, some of which show up in the Mumonkan as well, were reassembled (after being lost) by Wansong. This version does not contain anything other than the cases themselves nor does it acknowledge who the translator was. However, it can still serve a function. Thomas Cleary's translation (The Book of Serenity, Lindisfarne Press) is still the standard complete version in English. Shaseki-shu : (Collection of Stone and Sand), written late in the thirteenth century by the Japanese Zen teacher Muju (the "non-dweller"), and from anecdotes of Zen monks taken from various books published in Japan around the turn of the 20th century. Over 100 translations here. Zen Flesh, Zen Bones : by Paul Reps and Nygen Sensaki an online version of the stories under the title 101 Zen Stories. Does not include excerpts of the Mumonkan or the 10 Bulls, both of which are in the original book. This edition has only 65 stories. The stories are not really koans in the classical sense although some can be used as koans to aid awakening. The stories come from the Collection of Stone and Sand (see above) Zen Koans by Ven. Gyomay Kubose : a collection of koans culled from various sources Zen KōanStudy Page : this is Matthew Ciolek's Virtual Library Zen koan page. It includes a reference list of koan commentaries, a variety of definitions and a bibliography of koan studies. Some of the commentaries have links to the appropriate site. This site is worth the time it takes to explore. Koan Commentaries and Study Carl Hooper: Koan Zen and Wittgenstein’s Only Correct Method in Philosophy Koan Zen is a philosophical practice that bears a strong family resemblance to Wittgenstein’s approach to philosophy.Both koan Zen and Wittgenstein’s method set limits to the reach of philosophical discourse. Each rules metaphysical speculation out of bounds. Neither, however, represents a rejection of the metaphysical. Where Wittgenstein enjoins silence in the face of the unsayable, a silence that allows the metaphysical to show itself, koan Zen calls for concrete demonstrations of that which cannot be captured in rational discourse. Asian Philosophy Vol. 17, No. 3, November 2007, pp. 283–292 John F. Fisher: An Analysis Of The Koans In The Mu Mon Kwan Fisher looks at the Mumonkan and breaks the koans down into catagories, finding that although the koans differ, the message is the same: "...the way to satori is not through dependence upon words, even if they be words of the Buddha or past Masters; however, one should not reject words, for, imperfect as they are, they are the only means we have of attaining enlightenment. They should use the words and ideas contained in the koans to reach satori, but they should never confuse the two. " Kusumoto Bunyū: Zengo Nyūmon (An Introduction to Zen Words and Phrases) translated by Michael D Ruymar. This text consists of 100 words and phrases selected by Dr. Kusumoto for exegesis from a variety of sources, but particularly from classic kōan collections like the Blue Cliff Record, the Gateless Barrier, and the Book of Serenity, as well as from the collected writings or sayings of renowned Zen Masters from both China and Japan, like Zen Masters Linji and Dōgen, or, again, from the poetry of such as Han Shan (Cold Mountain) and others. A useful guide in conjunction with Victor Sogen Hori's Zen Sand: The Book of Capping Phrases for Koan Practice . (see below) Mary Jaksch: The Road to Nowhere: Koans and Deconstruction of the Zen Saga Jaksch is a Zen teacher in the Diamond Sangha. This is her M. A. thesis on koans. She looks at "mind-to-mind" transmission, the historicity of koans and how koans are used in practice. Her website is here . Victor Sogen Hori has written a book of capping phrases (jakugo) for koans. The introduction to the book , which discusses extensively the history of koans and jakugo, is available for free download here. Also, here you will find some personal background about how the book came about. Highly recommended. Hajime Nakamura: The Non-Logical Character of Zen Nakamura sees koans as "paradoxes which transcend the opposites" where "human existence is implicitly expressed". Are koans really paradoxes? James D. Sellmann & Hans Julius Schneider Liberating Language in Linji and Wittgenstein The aim of this paper is to explicate some unexpected and striking similarities and equally important differences between Wittgenstein's methodology and the approach of Chinese Chan or Japanese Zen Buddhism. "The Zen approach to life most definitely sheds some light on what Ludwig Wittgenstein was ‘pointing’ at or trying to show through his kōanic or kōan-like use of philosophical problems. Wittgenstein’s analysis provides a way for understanding what the Zen master is doing. " Asian Philosophy, Vol. 13, Nos. 2/3, 2003 Barry Stephenson: The Koan as Ritual Performance "Study of the Zen kōan tradition has been dominated by psychological and textual methods and theories. But kōans not only constitute a literary genre, they are part of the liturgical order of Zen Buddhism. In this article I argue that psychological and textual approaches offer a limited understanding of the ritual and performative contexts of kōan practice and, drawing on ritual and performance theory, develop an alternative approach to the kōan tradition." John Tarrant: Paradox, Breakthrough and the Zen Koan A brief excerpt from John's book Bring Me the Rhinoceros (Harmony, 2004) Youru Wang: The Pragmatics of ‘Never Tell Too Plainly’: indirect communication in Chan Buddhism This is a philosophical investigation of the linguistic strategy of Chinese Chan Buddhism. It examines the underlying structure of Chan communication, which determines the Chan pragmatics of 'never tell too plainly' revealing what the Chan `special transmission’ means. This essay also investigates the different types of the Chan strategies of indirect communication, such as the use of paradoxical, tautological and poetic language, which best demonstrate the principle of 'never tell too plainly'. from Asian Philosophy, Vol. 10, No.1, 2000 Caifang Zhu: The Hermeneutics of Chan Buddhism: Reading Koans from The Blue Cliff Record This paper explores the inner logic of Chan cognition and behaviour to try to make koans understandable to general readers. Are enlightened masters the only ones to adequately interpret an encounter or a Chan text? from Asian Philosophy Vol. 21, No. 4, November 2011, pp. 373–393

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Page Text: These essays deal with historical aspects of Zen Buddhism and its teachers. If you want to know about the true history of Zen Buddhism, then this is the section for you. Generally, alphabetical by author. Questions, broken links, suggestions, etc, please . search thezensite Maseo Abe: Zen and Buddhism . The great Kyoto School philosopher looks at Zen and asks the question: "Is Zen Buddhism?" from: Journal of Chinese Philosophy, V. 3.3 (June 1976) pp. 235-252 Wendy L. Adamek: Robes Purple and Gold: Transmission of the Robe in the Lidai fabio ji (Record of the Dharma-Jewel Through the Ages) Adamek, of Columbia University, admits that the Lidai fabio ji is a 'self-promoting fiction' but perhaps the text can be used to better understand the contradictions of the 'Southern School' ideology, reflecting "hidden issues involved in Chan polemics of the late eighth century." from History of Religions, 2000 Karen Andrews: A Survey of 12thC Japanese Buddhism Andrews outlines the chaos of this era and how the Buddhist movement developed and then changed towards the end of the century. (Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley) Martin Baumann: The Dharma Has Come West: a survey of recent studies and sources : The title pretty well tells it all. Here Baumann tries to “point out and discuss existing studies and sources which provide historical information of Buddhist developments in these Western, industrialized countries.” from Journal of Buddhist Ethics, Vol.4, 1997 Carl Bielefeldt and Lewis Lancaster: T'an Ching (Platform Scripture) Bielefeldt and Lancaster give an excellent overview of state of current (1975) translations and scholarship of the Platform Sutra. from Philosophy East and West Vol. 25, No. 2, 1975 G. Buhler: The Discovery of Buddha's Birthplace , This 1897 from The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, February, 1897, is presented as an historical record of the Western exploration of Buddhism in India. original source Wing-Tsit Chan: Transformation of Buddhism in China Chan looks at the humanistic changes that Buddhism underwent in China: "The Chinese transformation of Buddhism has been a long and complicated process, but it can be summed up in one sentence, namely, "from an Indian religion of non-ego, it has become in China a humanistic religion." from Philosophy East & West, V. 7 No. 3/4 (October 1957 - January 1958) pp. 107-116 Chun-Fang Yu: Ta-hui Tsung-kao and Kung-an Ch'an A useful look at the biography of Ta-hui (Dahui) and his use of koans and hua-t'ou as a Zen practice. Chun-Fang gives quite a good, concise description of the role of koan practice in Zen. Easy reading. from Journal of Chinese Philosophy V. 6 (1979) pp. 211-235 Roger Corless: The Enduring Significance of T’an-luan Corless looks at the neglected Pure Land teacher T'an-luan and discusses how his use of Madhyamika and Yogacara philosophy makes him a great teacher not only in Pure Land, but also in Mahayana. An interesting exploration of T'an-luan philosophy. from Pacific World: Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies Mike Cross: Translations of Aśvaghosa's Buddhacarita and Sundarananda . Aśvaghosa (80 CE?-150?) was a renowned poet and philosopher who became a Buddhist and expounded Mahayana at the 4th Buddhist Council. Henry Cruise: Early Buddhism: some recent misconceptions Cruise looks at how early Buddhists thought about nirvana and causation and criticises some modern scholars about their understanding of these important concepts. An interesting, if a bit dense, article. from Philosophy East and West Volume 33, no.2, 1983 Heinrich Dumoulin: Early Chinese Zen Reexamined: This is a supplementary essay to Doumoulin's seminal work, Zen Buddhism: A History and gives an overview of the Tung-Huaung manuscripts of the early years of Bodhidharma and the beginnings of Zen in China which Dumoulin didn't include in the early editions of his book. see also: two Introductions to Dumoulin's opus, Zen History — one written by Victor Hori and the other by John McRae Faxian: Faxian (Fa-hsien) on Buddhist Kingdoms, ca. 400 translated by James Legge This is a very short excerpt that talks about some of the places Faxian (4th-5th C), one of the earliest Chinese to visit India, visited. from UCLA Center for East Asian Studies Andy Ferguson: Zen Ancestors in China Lineage Chart Author of Zen's Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings includes this lineage chart of the 5 Houses of Chinese Zen in his book. Matthew Gindin: Keeping It Real:Chan and The Pursuit of Experience Gindin looks at early Chinese Chan: "...[the] desire to “keep it real”, to avoid the traps of ossification, mere intellectuality, or worldly enchantments, is one of the main driving forces behind the historical developments of the Chan tradition." The Bright Field of Spirit: The Life and Teachings of Chan Master Hongzhi Zhengjue : Gidin explores the life and teachings of one of the giants of the Caodong (Soto) school and he discusses Honghzhi's relationship with his critic, Dahui Zonggao of the Linji school. Peter Gregory: The Sudden/Gradual Polarity: A Recurrent Theme In Chinese Thought Gregory summarizes the papers presented at on "The Sudden/Gradual Polarity: A Recurrent Theme in Chinese Thought" during the weekend of May 22-24, 1981. from Journal Of Chinese Philosophy Vol.9 1982 Victor Soren Hori: Zen Sand - Introduction This is the entire 97-page introduction to Hori's book. It deals with the use of koans and capping phrases in Rinzai practice. This is fabulous! Well worth reading if you're interested in koan study. Highly recommended. Victor Hori's personal account of translating Zen Sand is also of interest and was written before the book was published. My review of this book is here . Introduction --- Zen History, Vol. 2 : This is Hori's introduction to Dumoulin's second volume of Zen History. An interesting essay. Linda Brown Holt: From India to China: Transformations in Buddhist Philosophy Holt examines how Buddhism transformed when it left India and entered China. The two diverse languages had a significant role in the transformation. Scott Hurley: The Doctrinal Transformation of 20th Century Chinese Buddhism: Master Yinshun's interpretation of the tathagatagarbha doctrine Hurley looks at Master Yinshun's (b. 1906) understanding of the tathagataharbha and concludes that this doctrine is 'expedient means' teaching. Hurley gives a good explanation of the doctrine and contrasts it with Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika doctrine of emptiness. Well worth reading. from Contemporary Buddhism, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2004 Ven. Jian Hu : Lecture 2: The Illiterate Prodigy: Sixth Patriarch Huineng Stories of the early years of Chinese Zen. Stanford University’s “Buddhism in the Modern World” Series, 1/26/2006, James E. Ketelaar: The Non-Modern Confronts The Modern: Dating The Buddha In Japan This paper examines the emergence of a distinctively "modern" style of history and some of its uses as applied to Buddhism by Buddhist scholars within the early Meiji Period in Japan. By showing the methods and accomplishments of modernist historians, and the concomitant slippage of non-modern categories in their work, this paper sketches a method of analysis particularly applicable to the intersection of religion and history. from History and Theory, Theme Issue 45 (December 2006), 62-79 Livia Knaul: Chuang-Tzu and the Chinese Ancestry of Ch'an Buddhism Knaul looks at the Chinese influences on Ch'an, such as Taosim an Confusionism. "In regarding the development of Ch'an Buddhism much emphasis has traditionally been placed on its Indian background. Of course, it has been recognized that the Indian sources passed through a process of translation and adaptation to the Chinese, but what exactly the native soil was in which the Buddhist seeds fell has not been analyzed all too clearly." from Journal of Chinese Philosophy Vol.13 (1986) p.411-428 Legends in Ch'an: the Northern/Southern Split, Hui-neng and the Platform Sutra Was there ever a verse-writing competition between Hui-neng and Shen-Hsiu? This crucial story, related in the Platform Sutra, is at the heart of the Northern/Southern school split and established Hui-neng as the Sixth Patriarch. My essay looks at the historical record. (Browse this page to find more about the Northern/Southern teachings and history) Yasutani Hakuun Roshi - a biographical note . This is an excerpt from a M. A. thesis in Asian Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. Gives a brief outline of Yasutani Roshi, an important Japanese Zen teacher who promoted lay practice in Japan and America. Whalen Lai Buddhism in China: a Historical Survey I think the title says it all. Ch'an metaphors: Waves, water, mirror, lamp Lai looks at three key metaphors used in Zen and finds them in the Lankaavataara Suutra, the Awakening of Faith and the Platform Sutra. Excellent essay for those wondering where some key metaphors began. from Philosophy East & West; Vol. 29, no.3, July, 1979, pp245-253 Ma-Tsu Tao-I And The Unfolding Of Southern Zen : here Lai looks at the influence of Ma-tsu in Zen and the dynamics of mind-to-mind Zen as perfected by this great master. from Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 12/2-3 Miriam L. Levering: The Dragon Girl and the Abbess of Mo-Shan: Gender and Status in the Ch'an Buddhist Tradition Levering looks at the attitude towards women in the Ch'an (and Zen) tradition. While some thought women incapable of full enlightenment, masters such as Ta-hui Tsung-kao and Dogen disagreed with this assertion. from The Journal Of The International Association Of Buddhist Studies, Vol 5, No. 1, 1982 Michael P Levine: Can the Concept of Enlightenment Evolve? "...examines whether all evolution of the concept of enlightenment is best seen as interpretive variation rather than as embodying real notional change...It is implausible to suppose that... enlightenment has not evolved". Levine also argues that as literal interpretations of the Bible are incorrect, likewise a similar interpretation of Buddhist scriptures. from Asian Philosophy, Vol 13, Nos.2/3, 2001 pp115-129 Charles Luk (Upasaka Lu K'uan): This is Luk's translation of the Hsin Hsin Ming - Have Faith in Your Mind , a gatha written by of Seng T'san, Third Chan Patriarch of China. For a full discussion on this important text, see this site . Includes translations by Prof. Dusan Pajin, Daisetsu Teitarõ Suzuki and Richard B. Clark John Maraldo: Is There Historical Consciousness Within Chan? Much of Ch'an history was written for reasons other than historical accuracy. Maraldo looks at some interpretations of modern historians of Ch'an and believes we should "identify the interests of the contemporary historian before seeking a direct answer [about historicity] in the sources being studied." Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 12/2-3 John McRae: The Antecedents of Encounter Dialogue in Chinese Ch'an Buddhism McRae looks at where and how the dialogues between Zen master and student began. These dialogues often ended up being koans. Very interesting essay. See also book review: Seeing through Zen McRae has also written an interesting Introduction to Vol. 1 of Heinrich Dumoulin's Zen History. Well worth reading. Charles Muller: East Asian Apocryphal Scriptures: Their Origin and Role in the Development of Sinitic Buddhism Muller looks at apocryphal texts and their role in the development of Chinese Buddhism. Michel Mohr Japanese Zen Schools and the Transition to Meiji: A Plurality of Responses in the Nineteenth Century This article scrutinizes the lives of specific figures affiliated with the three main Zen traditions; it presents firsthand information on their activities from the end of the Tokugawa period through the first decades of the Meiji era. Zen Buddhism During the Tokugawa Period: The Challenge to Go Beyond Sectarian Consciousness: This essay will attempt to sketch an overall view of Tokugawa period sectarian consciousness as expressed in the relations between the various obediences of what is popularly called “the Zen sect,” namely the Sõtõ, Rinzai, and Õbaku schools. from: Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 1994 21/4 Elizabeth Morrison: The Logic and Limits of the Genealogical Model for Chan History Morrison gives an overview of the historical writings of the Northern Song Chan monk Mingjiao Qisong (1007-1072) with the aim of analyzing the use of lineage as a device for organizing historical information and examining some of the assumptions implicit in Chan historiography. An interesting essay on the development of early Chan lineage writings. Biswadeb Mukherjee: The Riddle of the First Buddhist Council - A Retrospection A highly academic article about "The historic nature of the Cullavagga XI account, specially the episode of chanting the dhamma and vinaya, [which] has been denied either because of the silence of the MPS about the chanting, or due to the internal contradictions supposed to be existing between the different episodes narrated in the Cullavagga XI. " from: Chung-Hwa Buddhist Journal, No.7, pp.449~473(1994) Jan Nattier: The Heart Sutra: A Chinese Apocryphal Text? Nattier explores the origins of the Heart Sutra, one of the most important Buddhist texts. He concludes that this text was translated from the Chinese to Sanskrit rather than the other way round. from The Journal of the Interntional Association of Buddhist Studies, Vol 15, No. 2 1992 Eshin Nishimura: Practical Principle Of Hakuin Zen Examined in the Text By His Disciple Tourei-Enji : the title says it all. Gudo Nishijima: Japanese Buddhism and the Meiji Restoration : Nishijima discusses the effects of the Meiji Restoration on Japanese Buddhism. Includes Nishijima's introduction to Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika, which Nishijima claims is "identical to the theories of Dogen". Kang-nam Oh: The Taoist Influence on Hua-yen Buddhism: A Case of the Sinicization of Buddhism in China . "The religio-philosophical system presented by the Hua-yen Buddhist school of China was characteristically "Chinese" in the sense that it was not merely extensions of Indian Buddhist ideas but the reinterpretations and restatements of Buddhist thought within distinctively Chinese modes of thought and expression. Hua-yen, in this sense, was a "sinicized" Buddhism. The paper argues that the Taoist philosophy was one, possibly the most important, influence on this process. The paper tries to prove this by exploring specifically four major Hua-yen concepts derived from the Taoist tradition: hsuan (mystery), "returning to the source," t'i-yung (essence and function), and li-shih (noumenon and phenomenon)." from Chung-Haw Buddhist Journal No.13.2 (May 2000) Mario Poceski: Attitudes Towards Canonicity and Religious Authority in Tang Chan Poceski explores the use of standard Buddhist scriptures in early Chan which enabled Chan to take a central role in Chinese Buddhism. Poceski refutes the standard interpretation of Chan as being "outside the scriptures". Very interesting essay. Mario Poceski: Conceptions and Attitudes towards Contemplative Practice within the Early Traditions of Chan Buddhism "This article explores, in fairly broad terms, the main attitudes and approaches to meditative theory and praxis that developed within the early Chan tradition, with a focus on the Tang era....The article surveys the formative development of major models of meditation that developed within various Chan milieus, and their relationship to canonical sources and mainstream Buddhist thought before and during the Tang era." from Journal of Chinese Buddhist Studies (2015, 28: 67–116) Gary L. Ray: The Northern Ch'an School And Sudden Versus Gradual Enlightenment Debates In China And Tibet Ray trawls over the sudden/gradual debate and the famous debate in Tibet which resulted in Indian, as opposed to Chinese, Buddhism dominating. Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley Tansen Sen: In Search of Longevity and Good Karma: Chinese Diplomatic Missions to Middle India in the Seventh Century Sen looks at some important Tang Dynasty missions to India, including the famous Xuanzang (Hsuan Tseng) 19-year mission. from Journal of World History, Vol 12 No. 1 Robert H. Sharf: The Zen of Japanese Nationalism Sharf asks, "How was it that the West came to conceive of Zen in terms of a transcendent or "unmediated" personal experience? And why are Western[ers] so eager to embrace this distortion in the face of extensive historical and ethnographic evidence to the contrary?" A highly critical study of D. T. Suzuki and the transmission of Japanese Zen to the West. An important essay all Zen students should read. source: History of Religions Related readings:

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Page Text: These are commentaries and teishos (dharma talks) by various Zen teachers and some academics. Questions, broken links, suggestions, etc, please . search thezensite BuddhaNet File Library: huge collection of zipped files on Zen. I have the same link on the ZenEssays page. Modern Zen Teachers: this site, A Buddhist Library , has a large collection of teishos by a wide variety of teachers, from Deshimaru to Sheng Yen, Shodo Harada to Uchiyama and many more. A venerable site worth exploring. This site also has a large number of Zen teachings of the ancients (many are excerpts from previously published works). These include works by Dogen, Lin-chi, Bodhidharma, Hui Hai, Chi I and many more. Explore the site; you won't be disappointed. Female teachers of Zen : this site lists some 37 female Zen teachers, many with links to their home pages or talks or sanghas. Worth visiting for those who believe Zen teaching does not include women. Dharma Tallks by Korean Zen (Seon) Masters : This site has talks by 15 Korean Seon masters. Historical Korean Buddhist teachers are here . An extensive introduction to Korean meditation, Ganwha Seon , is here. Robert Aitken: On the Ten Grave Precepts . A dharma talk by one of America's best-known teachers. Subhana Barzaghi: teisho on Dogen's Mountains and Waters sutra Empty Cloud: Master Hsu (Xu) Yun (Empty Cloud): an eclectic collection of materials by the Zen Buddhist Order of Hsu Yun, one of the greatest Zen masters of the 20th century. Includes essays, sutras, visual arts, dharma talks by a variety of authors, poetry and readers' contributions. Best accessed from here . The Essentials of Ch'an Practice A translation by Ven. Guo-gu Bhikshu of a discourse by the modern Ch'an patriarch Master Xuyun (Hsu Yun) (1839-1959), also known by his English name, Empty Cloud. Daily Lectures at Two Ch'an Weeks , Edited, Translated and Explained by Lu Kuan Yu [Charles Luk] Empty Cloud: the Teachings of Xu Yunm as compiled from the notes and recollections of Jy Din Shakya (93 pages in .pdf) available here. More of Hsu Yun teachings here , as well as other teachers. Scroll down. Fazang: Treatise on the Golden Lion Fazang (643–712 CE) was a prolific writer in early Chinese Buddhism. This treatise illustrates the Huayan Doctrine through the medium of the golden lion in Her Majesty's palace. Zoketsu Norman Fischer: (as well as others of the Everyday Zen Foundation ), former abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center. There are dozens of talks here by someone who studied at the SFZC for nearly 30 years. Ruben Habito, from the MKZC in Texas, offers up some talks and teishos . Habito is from the Yasutani lineage. Hakuin: Some Talks by Hakuin ; a sample of Hakuin's unique style. Thich Nhat Hanh: Thich Nhat Hanh gives a brief talk on mindfulness on YouTube. There are many other videos of this Zen master to be found here. Thich Nhat Hanh gave a public talk on September 25, 2001 at the Riverside Church, New York. How can one address great tragedy with great compassion? Very important talk from one of the great compassionate teachers. See also an interview with Hanh about this issue, "What I would say to Osama bin Laden." Master Hsing Yung: There are links to 4 talks here. Master Hsing Yung is the leader of the sect that built the Nan Tien Temple in Woolongong, NSW, Australia. Jack Kornfeld: The Eightfold Path for the Household free e-book (143 pages in .pdf) Stuart Lachs: Hua-t’ou: A Method of Zen Meditation Lachs discusses both the history and the method of using hua-t'ou, or "critical phrase", as a Zen meditation, drawing on his own experiences of thirty years practice of this method. Sister Annabel Laity: Beginning Anew discusses the importance of listening in building a sangha. "…the practice of listening is a very deep one and it is very useful when you are building a sangha. To build a sangha means to make a community of practitioners and to build a sangha really is building work." Instructions on meditation from Shasta Abbey by various teachers. There is quite a lot of information and teachings under the sub-heading "Teachings". Here's a link to their 'Dharma articles' page. David R Loy: The Problem with Karma subtitled "What are we going to do about karma and rebirth?", this essay by scholar and teacher in the Sanbo Kyodan lineage of Japanese Zen Buddhism gives a very lucid and informative outlook on two of the most problematic and thorny issues in contemporary Buddhism. Highly recommended Pat Enkyo O'Hara: abbot of the Village Zendo, New York, affiliated with Maezumi's White Plum Linage. Dharma Talks ; the link will take you to the archive. Here you'll find some talks about practice . AMA Samy : Meditation and Therapy: Zen is therapeutic, not therapy Life and Death : Amy Samy gives a teisho on "Tosotsu´s Three Barriers". "All religions deal with the question of death, so much so that someone has said that religions are a defense against or a denial of death... All of us have to face this question of dying, death, and what´s beyond death." Beautiful. Koan, Hua-t'ou, and Kensho : Amy Samy discusses the link between these three concepts and gives some instruction and insight on working with koans. Why Did Bodhidharma Came from the West excerpt from his book. Covers practice, shikantaza and koan studies. AMA Samy's Zen center in India, the Bodhi Zendo , is here. Shodo Harada Roshi: On the Heart Sutra Harada Roshi begins a talk on the Maka Hanya Haramita Shingyo. see also The Way of Zazen brief bio of Harada Roshi here Sojun Mel Weitsman : talks by this teacher of the Berkeley Zen Center here. His teishos on the Heart Sutra also available here. Some audio talks on the Heart Sutra by Weitsman are available here. An interview with Mel Weitsman is available here. Joan Sutherland: Talks & Essays Joan is the co-founder (with John Tarrant) of the Pacific Zen Institute. This link will take you to some of her talks and essays. Harada Tangen Roshi: Tangen Roshi is master of Bukkokuji. Here you'll find 14 of his teishos in MP3 format with translations. A talk by Harada encouraging students to practice hard. John Tarrant: You can find a biography of John here. A collection of articles by Tarrant and others is here. Working With Koans : John discusses a number of koans and how to work with koans generally. Here he talks about the koan Mu Kankan Roshi : director of Cold Mountain Sangha in New Brunswick, New Jersey. This site has an extensive collection of Kankan's talks, most as MP3's as well as some PDF files. Vladimir K.: On Thoughts in Zazen Everyone is plagued by the constant arising of thoughts during zazen. Here are a few ideas that may help. Alan Watts: talks, lectures and essays by one of the early "interpreters" of Zen Buddhism. He was very influential in his day. The Official Alan Watts website is here. Koun Yamada Roshi: Zazen and Christianity: a talk given by on May 9, 1975 at San-un Zendo in Kamakura, Japan. Hakuun Yasutani Roshi: Why do we recite Sutras? A short Dharma talk Nyogen Yeo Roshi: dharma heir to Maezeumi Roshi. Dharma talks . Includes podcasts, video, and transcribed talks. Shinzen Young: Stray Thoughts on Meditation "Being an introductory overview of some techniques for mental development within the various Buddhist traditions of Therevada, Tantra and Zen and including reference to traditional Christian Contemplative practice." Shinzen Young is a Vipassana teacher.

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Page Text: Robert Aitken, trans., The Gateless Barrier: The Wu-Men Kuan (Mumonkan), Berkeley, North Point Press, 1990. Thomas Cleary, trans., No Barrier: Unlocking the Zen Koan, New York: Bantam, 1993. buy now __________, Transmission of Light: Zen in the Art of Enlightenment by Zen Master Keizan, (Denkoroku), San Francisco: North Point, 1990. buy now __________, Book of Serenity: One Hundred Zen Dialogues, Hudson: Lindisfarne Press, 1990. buy now __________, Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record: Zen Comments by Hakuin and Tenkei, Boston & London: Shambhala, 2000. ( book review here ) buy now Thomas Cleary & J. C. Cleary, trans., The Blue Cliff Record, Boston & London: Shambhala, 1992. buy now Francis H. Cook, trans., The Record of Transmitting the Light: Zen Master Keizan’s "Denkoroku.” Los Angeles: Center Publications, 1991. buy now Steven Heine, Opening a Mountain: Koans of the Zen Masters, New York: Oxford, 2002. ( book review here ) buy now Steven Heine and Dale S. Wright, eds., The Koan: Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism, New York: Oxford, 2000. ( book review here ) buy now Alexander Holstein, trans., Pointing at the Moon: 100 Zen Koans from Chinese Masters, Rutland & Tokyo: Tuttle,1993. Victor Sogen Hori, Zen Sand: The Book of Capping Phrases for Koan Practice, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2003. ( book review here ) ( complete introduction free download ) Thomas Yūhō Kirchner, Entangling Vines: Zen Koans of the Shūmon Kattōshū, Kyoto: Tenryu-ji Institute for Philosophy and Religion, 2004. ( book review here ) buy now Trever Legget, Samurai Zen: The Warrior Koans, London: Routledge, 2nd ed., 2003. buy now Trever Legget, Zen and the Ways - Translations of Koans from the Kamakura Period of Japanese Zen, Boston: Tuttle, 1989. John Daido Loori, ed., Sitting with Koans: Essential Writings on the Practice of Zen Koan Introspection, Boston: Wisdom Pubs., 2006. buy now John Daido Loori, Two Arrows Meeting in Mid-air: The Zen Koan, ed. Bonnie Myotai Treace and Konrad Ryushin Marchaj, Boston: Tuttle, 1994. buy now John Daido Loorie & Kazuaki Tanahashi, The True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Three Hundred Koans, Boston & London: Shambhala, 2005. buy now Isshu Miura & Ruth Fuller Sasaki, The Zen Koan, San Diego: Harvest Books, 1993 (1965) buy now Gudo Nishijima, trans., Master Dogen’s Shinji Shōbōgenzō: 301 Koan Stories, Woking: Windbell, 2003. ( book review here ) buy now Katsuki Sekida, trans., Two Zen Classics: the Gateless Gate & the Blue Cliff Records, New York: Weatherhill, 1977. buy now Nyogen Senzaki & Ruth Strout McCandless, The Iron Flute: 100 Zen Koans, Boston: Tuttle, 2000. buy now Zenkei Shibayama, Gateless Barrier: Zen Comments on the Mumonkan, Boston & London: Shambhala, 2000, (1974). buy now Gerry Shishin Wick, The Book of Equanimity: Illuminating Classic Zen Koans, Boston: Wisdom, 2005. buy now Koun Yamada, Gateless Gate, Somerville: Wisdom, 2004 (1979). buy now MAHAYANA AND THE ORIGINS OF ZEN (CHAN) IN CHINA Wendi L. Adamek, The Mystique of Transmission: On an Early Chan History and its Contexts, New York : Columbia University Press, 2007. buy now William M. Bodiford, ed., Going Forth: Visions of Buddhist Vinaya, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2005. buy now Robert E. Buswell, Jr., and Robert M. Gimello, eds. Paths to Liberation: The Marga and its Transformations in Buddhist Thought, Honolulu: Univ. of Hawaii Press, 1992. buy now Chang Chung-yüan, trans., Original Teachings of Ch'an Buddhism Selected from The Transmission of the Lamp, New York: Pantheon Books, 1969. buy now Thomas Cleary, trans. Zen Essence: The Science of Freedom, Boston & London: Shambhala, 1989. buy now Thomas Cleary, Entry Into the Inconceivable: An Introduction to Hua-yen Buddhism, Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 1983 buy now J. C. Cleary, trans., Zen Dawn: Early Zen Texts from Tun Huang, Boston & London: Shambhala, 1986. buy now Francis Dojun Cook, Hua-yen Buddhism: The Jewel Net of Indra. University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997. buy now Patricia Ebrey and Peter Gregory, eds., Religion and Society in T'ang and Sung China, Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 1993. buy now Bernard Faure, The Will to Orthodoxy: A Critical Genealogy of Northern Chan Buddhism, Standford University Press, 1997. (book review here and here ) buy now Andy Ferguson, Zen’s Chinese Heritage: The Masters and their Teachings. Boston: Wisdom, 2000. buy now Robert M. Gimello and Peter N. Gregory, eds., Studies in Ch'an and Hua-yen, Kuroda Institute, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1983. buy now Peter N. Gregory, Tsung-mi and the Sinification of Buddhism, Kuroda Institute, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2002. ( book review here ) buy now Peter N. Gregory, Inquiry Into the Origin of Humanity: An Annotated Translation of Tsung-mi's Yuan jenlun with a Modern Commentary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1995. ( book review here ) buy now Peter N. Gregory, ed., Sudden and Gradual: Approaches to Enlightenment in Chinese Thought, Honolulu: U. of Hawaii Press, 1987. buy now _______________, Traditions of Meditation in Chinese Buddhism, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1986. buy now Steven Heine and Dale S. Wright, eds. The Zen Canon: Understanding the Classic Texts, New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. ( book review here ) buy now _______________, Zen Classics: Formative Texts in the History of Zen Buddhism, New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. buy now John Kieschnick, The Eminent Monk: Buddhist Ideals in Medieval Chinese Hagiography, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997. ( book review here ) buy now Taigen Daniel Leighton, trans., Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi (revised, expanded ed.). Boston: Tuttle, 2000. buy now Lu K'uan Yü (Charles Luk), Ch'an and Zen Teaching (3 volumes),York Beach: Weiser, Inc, 1993, (1960). buy now Lu K'uan Yü (Charles Luk), The Transmission of the Mind Outside the Teaching, Evergreen, 1975. John R. McRae, The Northern School and the Formation of Early Ch'an Buddhism, Kuroda Institute, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1986. buy now _______________,Seeing Through Zen: Encounter, Transformation, and Genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism, Berkeley: Univ. of Calif. Press, 2003. (book reviews here , here , and here ) buy now James Mitchell, Soto Zen Ancestors in China, San Francisco: Ithuriel's Spear, 2005. buy now Christine Mollier, Buddhism and Taoism Face to Face: Scripture, Ritual, and Iconographic Exchange in Medieval China, University of Hawaii Press, 2008. buy now William F. Powell, trans., The Record of Tung-shan, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1986. buy now Morten Schlütter, How Zen Became Zen: The Dispute over Enlightenment and the Formation of Chan Buddhism in Song-Dynasty China, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2008. buy now Frederick J. Streng, Emptiness: A Study in Religious Meaning, Nashville: Abingdon, 1967. buy now Robert A.F. Thurman, trans., The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti: a Mahayana scripture, Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001, (1976). buy now Marsha Weidner, ed., Cultural Intersections in Later Chinese Buddhism, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2001. ( book review here ) buy now Albert Welter, The Linji Lu and the Creation of Chan Orthodoxy: The Development of Chan's Records of Sayings Literature, New York: Oxford University Press, 2008, buy now Dale S. Wright, Philosophical Meditations on Zen Buddhism, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. ( book review here ) buy now Philip B. Yampolsky, The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch: the text of the Tun-Huang manuscript, translated with notes. New York and London: Columbia University Press, 1967. ( sutra available here ) Yifa, The Origins of Buddhist Monastic Codes in China: An Annotated Translation and Study of the Chanyuan Qinggui, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2002. ( book review here ) buy now The Chinese Masters Urs App, trans., Master Yunmen: From the Record of the Chan Teacher "Gate of the Clouds", New York: Kodansha, 1994. buy now John Blofeld, trans., Ch'an Master Hui Hai: Zen Teaching of Instantaneous Awakening, Buddhist Pub. Group, 2006. buy now __________, The Zen Teaching of Huang Po: On the Transmission of Mind, New York: Grove, 1958. buy now Buddhist Text Translation Society, The Sixth Patriarch's Dharma jewel platform sutra : with the commentary of Venerable Master Hsuan Hua, Burlingame: Buddhist Text Translation Society, 2001 (1977). 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Page Text: * previous thezensite book selections of the month Miscellaneous & Reading Lists thezensite Zen Books Reading List : an extensive list of Zen books with links to reviews where applicable. The list is organized according to various topics similar to thezensite topics to help you navigate around. Although nobody can (or should try to) list all the Zen books available, I think this list goes some way to helping both scholars and students a place to begin. Steven Heine's A Critical Survey of Works on Zen since Yampolsky An excellent survey of significant writings on Zen Buddhist studies since 1967. Includes a very useful bibliography of articles, books, monographs and theses of significant works. Highly recommended. AMA Samy's Book recommendations : a reading list which includes Zen, meditation and psychology. Includes links to some book reviews. The list can be downloaded as a pdf document. Chapel Hill Zen Center recommended reading list. This group is led by Pat Phelan and is associated with Suzuki's San Francisco Zen Center. Clouds in Water Zen Center : has an extensive recommended reading list. Clouds in Water center in St Paul, Minnesota is in the Dainin Katagiri lineage. Dr. Ron Epstein's reading list for his "philosophy 501" university course. An interesting list with a great variety of readings. Books academics would read but of interest to Zen students. Kenyon College in Ohio has an extensive Zen bibliography here as part of their Religious Study programme. The Kwan Um School of Zen recommended reading list. An extensive reading list which includes books by their master, Seung Sahn, books on Korean Zen, other Zen traditions, koan studies and sutras. Very comprehensive. John Daido Loori has an extensive reading list here . Liverpool Zen Group : an extensive (and eclectic) collection of recommended readings. Unstructured Buddhist Bibliography : this site has over 3,000 Buddhist books listed, many with links to Amazon. It's just in alphabetical order so I don't know how one is to use this list. But here it is and I have no idea why an insurance company would publish such a list. Book Sources Everyone knows about Amazon but here are some other sources that may not be as well known. I'll add more as I find them. Note: I make no claims about any of these sites and provide links as a service to my readers. I recieve no money from any of these sites. Use them at your own risk. Bagchee.com : a Delhi based bookseller. Includes rare and collectibles as well as multimedia products. Eastern Books Corporation : This link will take you to their Buddhist section of over 1,000 books. Many other books also available. Based in India, so prices are most reasonable. HindiBooks : the link will take you to their Buddhist book section. Prices are in US$, Pound Sterling or Indian Rupees. This link will take you to their home page. Inward Path Publishers : This Penang, Malaysia based publisher disseminates Buddhist books for FREE. You pay only the shipping costs. Their catalogue page is here . Saujanya Books : based in New Delhi, this bookseller specialises in Tibetan, Buddhist, Muslim texts as well as other topics. It lists about 1855 Buddhist books alone. It distributes books in English, Sanskrit and Tibetan. And the prices, which include airmail shipping, are considerably cheaper than Amazon. Worthy of a browse. Vedams Books from India : this link will take you to their Buddhist section. A huge selection of books available. Here is their home page.

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Page Text: sutras Although this page is called "critical Zen" and includes many essays and articles critical of Zen practices, history and ethics, it also includes essays on "engaged Buddhism" ; however, I am not inferring that "engaged Buddhism" is in any way criticizing Zen Buddhism.Essays are listed alphabetically by author. Questions, broken links, suggestions, etc, please . Dr Sandra Bell: Scandals in Emerging Western Buddhism Bell briefly outlines two well-known scandals that have hit two Buddhist centers — the San Francisco Zen Center and Chogyam Trungpa's Vajradhatu center. from Westward Dharma: Buddhism beyond Asia by Charles S. Prebish and Martin Baumann (2002) Jason C. Bivins: "Beautiful Women Dig Graves": Richard Baker-roshi, Imported Buddhism, and the Transmission of Ethics at the San Francisco Zen Center Bivins re-visited the well-documented case of Richard Baker-roshi's misbehaviour at the San Francisco Zen Center and proffers the theory that American Zen has not adopted Zen ethics within its practice. from Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation, Vol. 17, Issue 1 William Bodiford: Zen and the Art of Religious Prejudice: Efforts to Reform a Tradition of Social Discrimination Since the so-called Machida affair, the Sõtõ Zen school has become embroiled in controversies over traditional institutional practices that foster prejudicial attitudes and social discrimination. An academic look at a Soto controversy. from the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies John H. Crook: The Place of Chan in Post-Modern Europe . Professor Crook takes a close and critical look at D.T. Suzuki and how Zen is being taught in the West. Also has a nice simple explanation of shi and li, the meaning of emptiness and other basic Zen concepts. Crook is a student of Master Sheng-yen. Recommended reading. from Chung-Hwa Buddhist Journal Dharmachāri Nāgapriya: Poisoned Pen Letters? D.T. Suzuki's Communication of Zen to the West ; a scathing look at Suzuki's Zen teachings. Nāgapriya sees Suzuki's teachings as "both highly sectarian and fatally flawed". Suzuki's reputation has been under considerable attach in the past decade or so. You'll find other articles on this page re-evaluating Suzuki's contribution to Zen Buddhism. original source: Western Buddhist Review, Vol 5 James Ishmael Ford: Holding the Lotus to the Rock: Reflections on the future of the Zen Sangha in the West An outline of Western Zen and where it may be heading. A Note On Dharma Transmission And The Institutions Of Zen : Although Zen transmission sometimes brings problems, Ford argues that it is essential to know where your teacher came from and who authorized that person to teach. Also, gives suggestions on what to look for when chosing a teacher. original source Nelson Foster: one of the founders of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship asks whether Buddhists can save all beings in his essay: How Shall We Save the World? David R. Loy responds. Peter N Gregory: Is Critical Buddhism Really Critical? While Gregory sees value in Matsumoto and Hakamaya's critique of thathagata-garbha and hongaku shiso, original enlightenment, he questions whether any search of "original" or "true" Buddhism is a fruitful exercise. see also Why They Say Zen is Not Buddhism: Recent Japanese Critiques of Buddha-Nature by Paul Swanson which summarises Matsumoto and Hakamaya's argument. Sueki Fumihiko: Chinese Buddhism and the Anti-Japan War While authors such as Brian Victoria have focussed on the actions of Japanese Zen leaders during the war, Fumihiko looks at two Chinese Buddhist leaders, Taixu and Leguan, to see how they viewed the Japanese imperialists and Japanese Buddhism. from Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 37/1: 9–20 Ralf Halfmann: Zen in the West: A Critical Review of the International Zen Association Halfmann, a former member of Deshimaru's International Zen Association, gets stuck into Deshimaru in this essay. Christopher Hamacher: "Zen Has No Morals!" - The Latent Potential for Corruption and Abuse in The two cases referred to in the title are the Eido Shimano scandal and the German Zen teacher, Dr. Klaus Zernickow (Sotetsu Yuzen). Hamacher reviews the two cases and then goes on to catagorise eight behaviours he believes indicate problems with teachers and are warning signs for students. see also: Gregory Wonderwheel: A Response to 'Zen Has No Morals' and The Aitken-Shimano Letters by Vladimir K. and Stuart Lachs Steven Heine: After the Storm: Matsumoto Shirõ's Transition from "Critical Buddhism" to "Critical Theology" Although nominally a review of Matsumoto Shirō’s Dōgen shisō ron (Studies of Dōgen’s thought)Heine covers much more ground, giving a good outline of the Critical Buddhism debate and history. from Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 2001 28/1–2 Role of Repentance--or lack of it--in Zen Monasticism Mysticism, morality and repentance in Zen. Critical Buddhism the Debate Concerning the 75-fascicle and 12-fascicle Shōbōgenzō Texts Heine evaluates the views of Critical Buddhsim on how the two Shobogenzo texts illuminate Dogen's perspectives on original enlightenment thought in terms of his attitude to causality and karmic retribution. from Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 1994 24/1 Hur : The Sõtõ Sect and Japanese Military Imperialism in Korea Hur traces the imperialist and racist history of the Soto sect in Japan between 1905 and the defeat of Japan in WWII in 1945. from Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, 1999 26_1⁄2 Stephen Jenkins: Making Merit through Warfare and Torture According to theAccording to the Ārya-Bodhisattva-gocara-upāyavisaya-vikurvana-nirdeśa Sūtra Jenkins looks at what religious resources Buddhist kings had at their disposal to dispense punishment to wrong-doers — a situation at odds with the pacifist stereotypes of Buddhism. from: Buddhist Warfare by Michael Jerryson and Mark Juergensmeyer, Oxford University Press, (USA), 2010 see also: Michael Zimmerman: Only a Fool Becomes a King: Buddhist Stances on Punishment Ken W. Jones : The Zen Of Social Action "The importance of anchoring social action and service in a strong and mature monastic tradition cannot...be over– emphasised. Engaged Buddhism is a 'radical conservatism' in several senses, not least in that the more radical and potentially disturbing the action, the stronger and more conservative does the monastic support need to be." Stephanie Kaza: Finding Safe Harbor: Buddhist Sexual Ethics in America Kaza looks at the perennial problem of sexuality in sanghas and teachers. She discusses how sanghas have handled this hot issue. A worthy essay for any sangha facing issues of sex among the sangha/teachers. from Buddhist-Christian Studies 24 (2004) Kubota Ji'un: Apology for What the Founder of the Sanbo Kyodan, Yasutani Haku'un Roshi, Said and Did During World War II : the 3rd abbot of the Sanbô Kyôdan Zen sect offers his apologies. You be the judge. Ken Knabb: Strong Lessons for Engaged Buddhists : A critique of the so-called "engaged Buddhist" movement. Is it true that "engaged Buddhists' social awareness has remained extremely limited. If they have begun to recognize certain glaring social realities, they show little understanding of their causes or possible solutions"? Following on from this 1993 essay, Knabb returns in 1999 with Evading the Transformation of Reality: Engaged Buddhism at an Impasse, continuing the call for a more radical engagement by Buddhists. The Aitken-Shimano Letters by Vladimir K. and Stuart Lachs: based on letters held in the Robert Aitken Archives at the University of Hawaii, this article explores how Eido Shimano, abbot of the New York baseed Zen Studies Society, has been accused of sexual misadventures for over 30 years yet has never been investigated and continues to recieve support from some American Zen teachers. letter to Richard Rudin , President of Board of Directors, Zen Studies Society, 1995, by eight American Zen masters regarding Eido Shimano Roshi Mark Oppenheimer: a lengthy excerpt from his ebook, The Zen Predator of the Upper East Side has been added to The Aitken_Shimano Letters essay. Zen and War: a film review by Vladimir K. This is a film review of Alexander Oey's, 2009 Buddhist Broadcasting Foundation of the Netherlands documentary which asks a number of Zen teachers about Japanese Zen Buddhism's support of the Asia-Pacific War. This is an ajunct to Brian Victoria's work on exposing Japanese Zen Buddhism's support for war. Stuart Lachs: Tibetan Buddhism Enters the 21st Century: Trouble in Shangri-la: Stuart moves from looking at Zen Buddhism to Tibetan Buddhism. In this paper he outlines some of the abuses of the Tibetan system. "For followers of Tibetan Buddhism in the West at least, the day-to-day results have been the same as that of the Zen sect of Buddhism. In the Tibetan case, students’ absolute submission to the teacher has led to some teachers amassing extravagant wealth, and almost always to wild sexual abuse, arguably even more extreme than in Zen Buddhist communities." (this link will take you off thezensite page) For Whose Best Interest : Joshu Sasaki (April 1, 1907 – July 27, 2014) was one of the leading Zen teachers in America. But all was not as it seemed. "Sasaki initiated sexual encounters with between 100 and 300 female students.The women, often in their early twenties, were searching for direction and meaning in their lives, naïve about Zen teachings, history and Zen masters while Sasaki was presented as a mature, enlightened Zen master beyond their understanding. " When the Saints Go Marching In: Modern Day Zen Hagiography: Stuart looks at two biographies of contemporary Zen masters, Sheng Yen and Walter Nowick. Stuart has personal knowledge of both masters and discovered that hagiography is alive and well in modern Zen biographies. The Zen Master in America: Dressing the Donkey with Bells and Scarves Lachs looks at the myth of Dharma transmission in the context of American Zen and asks, Does the reality of modern Zen match the traditional view of what a Zen master should be? This is an important essay by Lachs and should be read by all Zen students.

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