Screen Shot 2020-04-24 at 10.44.24 PM.png
   full text     excerpts:         The directness of Zen has led many to believe it stemmed from sources before the time of Buddha, 500 B.C.         Zen might be called the inner art and design of the Orient.  It was rooted in China by Bodhidharma, w
    Lankavatara Sutra      -  translation from Sanskrit and commentary -  Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
    Heart Sutra      :      1.     translation         2.     notes         3.     chant               Heart Sutra            Form, sensation, perception, volition,      consciousness are all empty.          Form is emptiness, emptiness is form;  for
Screen Shot 2021-01-04 at 10.54.57 PM.png
Screen Shot 2021-01-04 at 10.56.13 PM.png
    Painting Enlightenment      -  visions of the Heart Sutra
Screen Shot 2020-05-31 at 7.12.14 PM.png
    Painting Enlightenment  -  Healing Visions of the Heart Sutra      -  the Buddhist art of Iwasaki Tsuneo  -  2019
Screen Shot 2022-04-05 at 6.58.20 AM.png
    Diamond Sutra       -  ‘The Diamond that Cuts Through Illusion’
   link to full text     excerpts:         Zen, therefore, most strongly and persistently insists on an inner spiritual experience. It does not attach any intrinsic importance to the sacred sutras or to their exegeses by the wise and learned. Persona
   full text
   link
   link to full article
   link to webpage
gold relief.jpg
   link to webpage
   link to video
   link to interview
   link
   Hsin Shin Ming
   link to webpage
   link to page
   link to full article     excerpts:    The origin and spread of Zen         Zen Buddhism, which advocates the practice of Zen meditation, is an essential school of Buddhism. Zen Buddhism was founded by the first Bodhidharma, who came to China from
   link to full video     -  2 hrs.
   link to full text
   link to full article     excerpt:         Dōgen's writings are not just expedient means to practice and enlightenment, fingers pointing at the moon; they are also literary and philosophical masterpieces in their own right. Indeed, Dōgen is consi
   link to webpage
   source  -  July 7, 2020 podcast
    Avatamsaka Sutra   -    The Flower Ornament Scripture       …  full text
   link to page      link to instructional videos  - Kathy Park, JDSN
  source
    There is the real world, and there is the language world. And they don’t quite touch.    If we live in the language world then we have a real problem. Because then we’re not in the real world.      Zen is about touching the real world, the world
prev / next