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Entering the Stream: Book Review of <i>The Hidden Lamp</i>
A collection of 100 Zen koans that bring Buddhist women to the fore
Uploaded 28 Jul 2017
Teaching Chan in the UK
Propagating the Chan tradition in Britain
Uploaded 29 Dec 2016
Deconstructing Daruma
Understanding Daruma as an expression of Zen philosophy
Uploaded 30 Oct 2015
Ani Gosha’s Story
Parts of this story I have told many times to friends and to strangers, both. It gives me much pleasure to recall it and to share a little, again.   How I found the Dharma . . .   My dr
Uploaded 6 Feb 2015
Medieval Artifacts, Modern Angst: Venerable Dae Bong on Korean Seon
On 18 August, a team of researchers in Seoul thrilled the archeological community when its members unearthed a ceramic pot at the site of Dobong Seowon, a Confucian academy built in the Joseon period
Uploaded 17 Oct 2014
Learning from Venerable (Pangjang) Kusan Sunim
I arrived in Songgwangsa (one of the oldest Seon, or Zen, temples in South Korea) in 1975 on the first day of the biggest ceremony of the year, the commemoration of the death of national master Bojo.
Uploaded 22 Aug 2014
Bhikkhunis in Thailand and the West
Jacqueline Kramer, author of Buddha Mom-the Path of Mindful Mothering and 10 Spiritual Practices for Busy parents, has been studying and practicing Buddhism for over 30 years in the Sri Lankan Therava
Uploaded 20 Mar 2013
What is Feminine?
Jacqueline Kramer, author of Buddha Mom-the Path of Mindful Mothering and 10 Spiritual Practices for Busy parents, has been studying and practicing Buddhism for over 30 years in th
Uploaded 15 Mar 2013
What is your inmost desire?
Jacqueline Kramer, author of Buddha Mom-the Path of Mindful Mothering and 10 Spiritual Practices for Busy parents, has been studying and practicing Buddhism for over 30 years in th
Uploaded 15 Mar 2013
Marcie’s Dying Gift
Jacqueline Kramer, author of Buddha Mom-the Path of Mindful Mothering and 10 Spiritual Practices for Busy parents, has been studying and practicing Buddhism for over 30 years in the Sri Lankan Therava
Uploaded 14 Mar 2013
The Problem with Buddhism
Having sampled religious life across Asia, a Westerner is compelled to seek compromise This provocatively titled book seems intended to ride the coattails of the recent fad for memoirs and books on at
Uploaded 9 May 2011
Koan or Huatou in Chinese Chan Buddhism
Introduction   Koan is a Chan case study that is to be intuitively contemplated to awaken Gnosis. It may be formatted in the forms of story, dialogue, question and statement. Gnosis is self-discover
Uploaded 31 Jan 2011
In Memory of and a Tribute to Robert Aitken Roshi (1917 – 2010)
“Facing my imminent death, I vow with all beings to go with the natural process at peace with whatever comes. When someone close to me dies, I vow with all beings to settle in ultimate closeness
Uploaded 9 Aug 2010
Logical Tolerance in Buddhism
Problems with bivalent logic   The father of classical logic in the Western tradition, Aristotle, had already noticed that in order to save the law of excluded middle i.e. A or not A one is for
Uploaded 1 Jan 2009
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