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Zen Principles
T’ang Ch’an and the Myth of Bodhidharma
Zen and the Spiritual Power in Carrying Water, Chopping Firewood
The Great Zen Master Lin Chi Yi-Sen
An Elementary Talk on Zen By Zen Master Man-an
The Zen Teachings of the Great Ch’an Master Mazu
Some Ming Buddhist Responses To Neo-Confucianism
Daisetz T. Suzuki - the Zen Way of Viewing Reality
The Roots of Zen Buddhism
Zen And Taoism - Common And Uncommon Grounds of Discourse
Zen Buddhism - The Door to Infinity
Is Zen Buddhism? - Budisho and the Spirit of Militarism
The Essentials of Ch’an (Zen) Practice By Master Xuyun
The Unconditioned In Buddhism, Zen and Our Own Lives
Treatise on the Supreme Vehicle By Hung Yen (Jap. Hongren), the 5th Patriarch
Discourse on Sudden Enlightenment - by Shen Hui, Dharma heir of Huineng
The Zen (Ch’an) Teachings of Bodhidharma
Zen Spirituality without Transcendence - Liberation and Emptiness
The Nonduality of Life and Death: A Zen Buddhist View
Zen Buddhism and the Meaning of Mind-only (Wei-hsin)
Practical Principle of Hakuin Zen Examined in the Text by His Disciple Tourei-Enji
Zen and the Liberation from Subjectivity and Objectivity (ssu liao chien)
The Profound Teachings of Hongzhi Zhenjue - One of the Great Masters of the Silent Illumination school of Ch’an
Talks, Zen Teachings and Paintings of the Great Zen Master Hakuin
The Dharma of Mind Transmission - Zen Teachings of Chan Master Huangbo Xiyun
The Mind as the Buddha-Nature: The Concept of the Absolute in Ch’an Buddhism
Zen Teachings of the Famous Master Lin-Chi - Founder of the Linji School of Chan Buddhism
Ma-Tsu and Shih-T’ou, Two Great Chan Masters of the T’ang Dynasty
Zen Master Daito Kokushi Or Shuho Myocho On Zen and His Admonition
Chan Master Huangbo Xiyun: Treatise On The Essentials of The Transmission of Mind
The Problematic Philosophical Status of Karma in Zen Buddhism
Dharma Principles of Ch’an Master Han-shan Te-ching
The Code of Zen Buddhism - Basic Religious, Philosophical, Ethical and Practice Principles
Sandõkai on Zen Essence - Merging of Difference and Sameness
The Core of Zen - Description and experience of Non-dualism
Zen - The Sixth Patriarch Huineng
Short History of Zen Buddhism

Satori
T’ang Dynasty Master Kuei-shan Ling-yu - Zen Stories
Ch’an (Zen) Buddhism - The Experience of Enlightenment
“The Keiso dokuzi” by Zen Master Hakuin Zenji
5 Different Levels of Realization by Zen Master Tozan Ryokai (Tung-shan Liang-chieh)
Lankavatara Sutra, Chapter VII on Self-realization
The Tsun Ching Record of Ch’an Master Wu-men Hui-hai (Great Pearl)
Chan Master Hui Hai - The Zen Teaching of Instantaneous Awakening
Zen - Satori and Kensho - Types of Enlightenment
Six points on Satori from D.T. Suzuki - An Introduction to Zen Buddhism
Zen - What is sacred in Zen Buddhism?
Zen master Taisen Deshimaru on Zazen and Satori

Zazen
Going Beyond Buddha
Zazen Ron - Discussion of Zazen by Rinzai Master Enni
Gakudo yojin-shu - Guidelines for studying the Way by Zen Master Dogen
The King of Samadhis Samadhi - The Zazen Practice of Zen Master Dogen zenji
Hui Neng - The Platform Sutra of The Sixth Patriarch - The Right Way To Meditate
Translation of Dôgen - Shôbôgenzô - Book 11 - Principles of Zazen
Zazen - Concentration, Koan and Shikantaza
Zen Buddhist Meditation- Zazen

Zen Schools
The History of the Soto Zen School
The Nature of Ch’an (Zen) Buddhism - Part I - Understanding and Enlightenment
The Nature of Ch’an (Zen) Buddhism - Part II - Teachings and Methodology
Zen Buddhism - The Soto School
Zen Buddhism - The Rinzai School

Dogen
Zen Art as Practice: Painting Spring
Zen Master Dogen’s Enlightenment
Understanding Dogen’s Shobogenzo: Connecting Philosophical Thought and Reality
Dualism, Emptiness and Awakening in a Dogen Perspective
Helpful Advice from Zen Master Dogen
The Self In Medieval Japanese Buddhism - Focusing On Zen Master Dogen
Eihei Dogen zenji: Zen Ethics is the Spontaneous Action of One’s Buddha Nature
Dogen Zen and Its Relevance For Our Time
Zen Master Dogen Zenji - Quotes and Words of Wisdom
Zen and Ethics - Zen Master Dogen’s Ceaseless Practice
Mountains and Waters Sutra (Sansui kyô) of Zen Master Eihei Dogen
Zen Master Dogen - Practicing Shikantaza Meditation is Enlightenment
Zen Master Dogen explains about Birth, Death and Nirvana
Shōbōgenzō - The Cypress Tree by Zen Master Dogen
Kuge: Flowers of Space by Zen Master Eihei Dogen zenji
Dōgen’s Zen - Oneness of Practice and Enlightenment is the Heart of Zen
Actualizing the Fundamental Point by Zen Master Eihei Dogen
The Actualization of Enlightenment by Zen Master Eihei Dogen
Dogen Zenji On The Buddha Way
The Issue at Hand by Zen Master Eihei Dogen

Koans
Koans of the Way of Reality: Changsha’s Illusory Thinking
Ch’an Master Ta-hui Tsung-kao and Kung-an Zen
Zen Stories - A Selection
Koans and The Non-Logical Character of Zen
A Dharma Discourse on the Koan “Joshu Investigates an Old Woman”
An Analysis Of The Koans In The Mu Mon Kwan
On Zen (Ch’an) Language and Zen Paradoxes
On Koans - What happens when a Zen Student works on “Joshu’s Mu”?
The Gateless Gate by Chan Master Wu-men Hui-hai Or Mumon Ekai - Koans 1-4
The Gateless Gate by Chan Master Wu-men Hui-hai Or Mumon Ekai - Koans 5-11
The Gateless Gate by Chan Master Wu-men Hui-hai Or Mumon Ekai - Koans 12-17
The Gateless Gate by Chan Master Wu-men Hui-hai Or Mumon Ekai - Koans 18-23
The Gateless Gate by Chan Master Wu-men Hui-hai Or Mumon Ekai - Koans 24-30
The Gateless Gate by Chan Master Wu-men Hui-hai Or Mumon Ekai - Koans 31-39
The Gateless Gate by Chan Master Wu-men Hui-hai Or Mumon Ekai - Koans 40-45
Koan Collection - Zen Master Joshu - An Empty Mind is Not Emptiness
A Collection of Zen Koans and Stories - From The Compilation 101 Zen Stories
Zen Stories
Zen Koans On Scholarship, Logic, Reification, Space and Time
Zen Stories On Insecurity, Obsession, Ritual and Love
Zen Koans - Breaking down conventional knowledge to obtain no-mind
Zen - Four Koans
Koan - A Living Pot- Do Not Choose The Truth
Zen - What is Koan?
Koan by Zen Master Nan-in
Zen Koans from The Gateless Gate by Chan-Zen Master Ekai, called Mumon
Chan Master Zhaozhou or Joshu - Zen Poems, Sayings and Koans

Scriptures and Sutras
The Heart Sutra With Commentary by Zen Master Hakuin
The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment (Yuanjue jing) - Chapter III - Universal Vision Bodhisattva
The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment (Yuanjue jing) - Chapter II - Samantabhadra Bodhisattva - Freedom From Illusions
The Diamond Sutra - Sections I-XIII - An Essential Scripture for Ch’an-Zen Buddhism
The Diamond Sutra - Sections XIV - XXXII - An Essential Scripture for Ch’an-Zen Buddhism
The Platform Sutra of Ch’an Master Hui Neng - Chapter II On Prajna - Zen and Morality
The Platform Sutra of Ch’an Master Hui Neng - Chapter III - Questions and Answers
Vimalakirti Sutra and Zen - The Dharma-Door of Non-duality
Zen - The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch Huineng
The Platform Sutra of Ch’an Master Hui Neng - Chapter VIII - The Sudden School and the Gradual School
The Ryogonkyo or Surangama Sutra - a Primary Source for Zen

Chan
Han-shan - Instructions in the Critical Essentials of Cultivating Dhyana Meditation
Zen Master Han-shan Te-ching - Essentials of Chan Practice and Enlightenment
Zen (Ch’an) Q And A - Practice and Attain Sudden Enlightenment by Zen Master Ch’an Yuan
The Understanding of Mind in the Northern Line of Ch’an (Zen) Buddhism
The Concept of Freedom in Classical Ch’an Buddhism
Ch’an Teachings From Huangbo Xiyun - Removing Obstructions to Enlightenment
Huangbo Xiyun - The Great Chan Master - The Essence of his Zen Teaching
Chan Master Hui Neng - The Sutra of the 6 th Patriarch - How to Obtain Dhyana and Samadhi
Chinese master of Chan Buddhism - Huangbo Xiyun
Chinese Zen master Sozan- The Most Valuable Thing in the World
Han Shan - Chan Poems

Taoism/Chuang Tzu
One of the Great Taoist Classics - the Classic of Purity
Zen Master Han-Shan Te-Ching: A Buddhist Interpretation of Taoism
The Classic of All Classic Scriptures in Taoist Literature - Tao Te Ching
Chuang Tzu or Zhuangzi and Ch’an: The Transformation of Buddhism in China
Chuang Tzu or Zhuangzi - The Forerunner of the Chan/Zen School of Buddhism
Chuang Tzu or Zhuangzi - Taoist Poems on Ego, Possessions and Thinking

Chuang Tzu - The Inner Chapters
Chuang Tzu or Zhuangzi - The Inner Chapter One:Free and Easy Wandering
Chuang Tzu or Zhuangzi - The Inner Chapter Two:Theories on all things being equal
Chuang Tzu or Zhuangzi - The Inner Chapter Three:Opinions on Nurturing Life
Chuang Tzu or Zhuangzi - The Inner Chapter Four:Relating to the Human World
Chuang Tzu or Zhuangzi - The Inner Chapter Five:Calculations on Filfilling Virtue
Chuang Tzu or Zhuangzi - The Inner Chapter Six:Teachings from those who were Great who are no longer alive
Chuang Tzu or Zhuangzi - The Inner Chapter Seven:Responding to (Complying with) Emperors and Kings

Chuang Tzu - Interpretations of The Inner Chapters
Chuang Tzu or Zhuangzi - Preserve your Life by withdrawing from Society
Chuang Tzu or Zhuangzi - The Tao of Stoicism and Sociality
Chuang Tzu or Zhuangzi- Deviance as a Virtue beyond Social and Natural Conventions - the Art of Nature
Chuang Tzu or Zhuangzi - Avoid Involvement in Society and its Conflicts - Stay Natural
Chuang Tzu or Zhuangzi on Skills as Expression of Dao
Chuang Tzu or Zhuangzi - Overcome Dualism by Smoothing Things Out
Chuang Tzu or Zhuangzi - Loosening the Bonds of our Fixed Preconceptions - The Tao Way

Krishnamurti
J. Krishnamurti on the Belief in Reincarnation
Jiddu Krishnamurti - Freedom From All Belief
Jiddu Krishnamurti - The Essence of His Philosophy
Jiddu Krishnamurti - On Choiceless Awareness - Understanding the Self
The Essence Of Jiddu Krishnamurti - Truth is beyond Time and Space
Jiddu Krishnamurti: The False Meaning Systems of Society Encage Your Mind
Videos - Jiddu Krishnamurti - The End of Thought is the Beginning of all Things
Video - J.Krishnamurti - Time is the psychological enemy of man
Krishnamurti: How am I to put an end to conflict in action?
Krishnamurti - Religion does not bring enlightenment

Zen Buddhism and Western Epistemology and Art
The Comparative Phenomenology of Japanese Painting and Zen
Doing Philosophy and Doing Zen
The Concept of Emptiness in Zen Buddhism, Western Philosophy and Science
Ch’an (Zen) Buddhism and the Prophetic Poems of William Blake
Zen Buddhism And Its Relationship to Elements of Eastern And Western Arts
The Zen Like Quantum Physics of David Bohm - Essays
Now and Zen - Modern Physics and Zen Buddhism are related
Is Zen A Religion?
Zen and Buddhism

Zen/Chan and Sociology of Religion
Zen Buddhism and Sociology of Religion - (Part1) An Analysis of Emptiness, No Mind and Koan
Zen Buddhism and Sociology of Religion - (Part 2) An Analysis of Emptiness, No Mind and Koan
Zen Buddhism and Sociology of Religion - (Part 3) An Analysis of Emptiness, No Mind and Koan
Zen Buddhism and Sociology of Religion - (Part 4) An Analysis of Emptiness, No Mind and Koan
Zen Buddhism and Sociology of Religion - (Part 5) An Analysis of Emptiness, No Mind and Koan
Zen Buddhism and Sociology of Religion - (Part 6) An Analysis of Emptiness, No Mind and Koan

ZEN POEMS AND HAIKU

Dogen Poems
Zen Master Dōgen Zenji - Poems and Sayings on Zazen and Enlightenment
Poems by Zen Master Eihei Dogen
Dogen Zenji - Zen Poem -Enlightenment is like the moon..
Dōgen Zenji -Zen Poems on No Mind, Nature and Thoughts

Issa
Pure Land Haiku: The Art of Priest Issa
Haiku of Kobayashi Issa - Poems on Karma and Death
Collection of Bilingual Haiku Poems on Life by Kobayashi Issa
Kobayashi Issa Haiku - A Collection of Bilingual Moon Poems
Haiku of Kobayashi Issa - A Bilingual Collection of New Year Poems
Haiku by Issa: A bilingual Collection of Butterfly Poems
Haiku by Kobayashi Issa - A Collection of Bilingual Buddha Poems
Haiku Poems of Kobayashi Issa - A Bilingual Selection
Haiku by Kobayashi Issa - A Collection of Bilingual Spring Poems
Kobayashi Issa: Cicada Haiku Poems - Cicada Song Pouring Down
On Haiku - With a Bilingual Collection of Kobayashi Issa Poems
Kobayashi Issa - a bilingual Collection of Haiku Poems
Hear Kobayashi Issa’s Haiku

Ikkyu
Poems By Zen Poet Ikkyu - Iconoclast, Monk and Sage
Zen Poet ikkyu - Seven Poems - A Glimpse of Enlightenment
Ephemeral life- Zen Poet Ikkyu

Basho
Matsuo Basho and Zen Haiku
The Zen Spirit of Haiku
Haiku Master Matsuo Basho: A Collection of Poems
Mu’ in the Art of Haiku - Some Aesthetic Remarks on Nothing and Basho
Matsuo Bashō - A bilingual Collection of his Haiku Poems
Matsuo Basho The Great Haiku Poet
Basho’s Zen Poems

Buson
A Collection of Poems by the Great Haiku Master Yosa Buson
Haiku Collection - Poems of Painter and Poet Yosa Buson
Zen - Selected Haiku Poems of Yosa no Buson - Four Seasons
Haiku - Zen Poems by Japanese Poet and Painter Yosa Buson

Ryokan
A Collection of Poems on No Mind and Nature by Zen Master Ryōkan Taigu
Zen Master Ryokan - Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf - Selection of Poems
Ryokan Taigu Zen Master on Snow
Zen Master Ryokan On Dialectic and Nature
Ryokan Taigu - Zen Master - The Everyday Life
Ryokan: Zen Monk - Poet of Japan,

Miscellaneous Zen, Chan poems and Sayings
Han Shan Te-ch’ing Mountain Living: Twenty Poems
Quotations of the Great Zen Master Han Shan Te’-Ch’ing
Qingjing Jing: A Classic of the Taoist Canon - Purity and Tranquillity
Buddhist Quotations, Sayings and Words of Wisdom
Zen (Ch’an) Poems of Great Zen Masters
The Ten Oxherding Pictures by Zen Master Kaku-an Shi-en
Poems of Soto Zen Masters
The Song of the Skin Bag - Written by Ch’an Master Xu-Yun in his 19th year
On Faith In Mind - Translation and Analysis Of The Hsin-hsin Ming
A Collection of Zen, Ch’an Poems Of The Great Masters
Zen Buddhist Proverbs, Sayings and Words of Wisdom
Quotations, Sayings, Words of Wisdom from Zen Masters and the Sutras
Selection of Poems and Sayings of Zen (Ch’an) Masters
Zen (Ch’an) Buddhist Quotes, Sayings and Words of Wisdom
Zen (Ch’an) Quotes and Sayings - A Collection
Ch’an Buddhism and Metaphors - waves, water, mirror, lamp
A Compilation of Zen (Chan) Poetry, Quotes, Sayings, Verses
The Poetics of Ch’an Buddhism - The Poetic Path to Enlightenment
Zen (Chan) Buddhism - Poetry, Quotes, Sayings, Verses, Poems
Zen (Ch’an) Poetry, Quotations and Sayings - A Selection
Selected Poems and Quotations of Great Zen Masters
Master Hsu Yun (Xu Yun) - A Collection of Ch’an Poems
A Collection of Poems by Han-shan, the Master of Cold Mountain
A Collection of Zen-Chan Poetry and Quotations
A Collection of Zen Poems By Ch’an Master Hsu Yun
A Collection of Mountain Poems by Chan Poet and Hermit Shih-wu or Stonehouse
Chan Poems of Four Zen Masters - Silent Illumination, Emptiness and Reality
Experience Zen: Collected Poetry of Chan Master Hsu Yun
Silly Mountain - Selected Poems By the Great Ch’an Master Han-shan Te-ching
The Beloved Ch’an Poem - Song of Precious Mirror Samadhi By Ch’an Master Tung-shan Liang-chieh
Hsin Ming - Mind Inscription - Belief in Mind Poem By Ch’an Master Niu-t’ou Fa-jung
The Famous Poem “Song of Zazen” By Zen Master Hakuin Zenji
Cheng-Tao-Ko - Song of Immediate Satori: The Classic Ch’an Poem
Selection of Zen Death Poems and Text on Symbolism and Death in Jung and Zen Buddhism
Zen Buddhism and Nature - Zen Poems on Nature and No Mind
Hsin-hsin Ming - The First and Most Influential Zen Poem - By Third Ch’an Patriarch Chien-chih Seng-ts’an
Collection of Classic Zen Poems - Obtaining Enlightenment
Various Classic Zen Poems on Life, Death and Enlightenment
Zen master Gisan - Buddha is life not religion
Searching for the Dharma - Master Hsu Yun

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