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See our Reader Guides to: All of Zen, Chan in China, Rinzai, Zen in Korea, Zen in Japan
See Also: Dogen, Hakuin, Samurai & Zen, The Heart Sutra
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The Buddhist Translations of Thomas Cleary: A Reader’s Guide
Thomas Cleary (1949—2021) was one of the twentieth century’s greatest translators of Asian classics. He was extremely prolific, translating and authoring countless works. Shambhala Publications ha...
Hakuin Ekaku: A Reader’s Guide
This is part of a series of articles on the arc of Zen thought, practice, and history, as presented in The Circle of the Way: A Concise History of Zen from the Buddha to the Mo...
Spreading Out the Vision An Excerpt from Hidden Zen Gazing at Distant Mountains The first practice we will examine is a bodily method of direct pointing. Specifically, it uses the eyes and ...
The Life of Master Yunmen | An Excerpt from Zen Master Yunmen
An Introduction to a Remarkable Life Youth Yunmen was born in 864 in Jiaxing, a town between Shanghai and Hangzhou on China’s eastern coast. His family name was Zhang; but because it was the c...
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