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Compass of Zen Teaching

Compass of Zen Teaching
Author: Zen Master Seung Sahn
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2011-09-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1312746637

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The Compass of Zen Teaching is the original booklet that Zen Master Seung Sahn used to teach his students. The Shambhala book with the similar title of Compass of Zen is a compilation the teaching sessions which he ran. This book is in the format of original Sutras which contained only the titles of the subject matter, while the teacher would fill in the blanks for the students.


The Compass of Zen

The Compass of Zen
Author: Seung Sahn
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 418
Release: 1997-10-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0834823713

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A simple, exhaustive—and often hilarious—presentation of the essence of Zen by a modern Zen Master of considerable renown In his many years of teaching throughout the world, the Korean-born Zen Master Seung Sahn has become known for his ability to cut to the heart of Buddhist teaching in a way that is strikingly clear, yet free of esoteric and academic language. In this book, based largely on his talks, he presents the basic teachings of Buddhism and Zen in a way that is wonderfully accessible for beginners—yet so rich with stories, insights, and personal experiences that long-time meditation students will also find it a source of inspiration and a resource for study.


Only Don't Know

Only Don't Know
Author: Seung Sahn
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 205
Release: 1999-04-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1570624321

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Here is the inimitable Zen Master Seung Sahn up close and personal—in selections from the correspondence that was one of his primary modes of teaching. Seung Sahn received hundreds of letters per month, each of which he answered personally, and some of the best of which are included here. His frank and funny style, familiar to readers of Dropping Ashes on the Buddha, is seen here in a most intimate form. The beloved Zen master not only answers questions on Zen teaching and practice, but applies an enlightened approach to problems with work, relationships, suffering, and the teacher-student relationship.


Dropping Ashes on the Buddha

Dropping Ashes on the Buddha
Author: Stephen Mitchell
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2007-12-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0802195474

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The classic guide for Zen students pursuing the true way. “Somebody comes into the Zen center with a lighted cigarette, walks up to the Buddha-statue, blows smoke in its face and drops ashes on its lap. You are standing there. What can you do?” This is a problem that Zen Master Seung Sahn was fond of posing to his American students who attended his Zen centers. Dropping Ashes on the Buddha is a delightful, irreverent, and often hilariously funny living record of the dialogue between Korean Zen Master Seung Sahn and his American students. Consisting of dialogues, stories, formal Zen interviews, Dharma speeches, and letters using the Zen Master’s actual words in spontaneous, living interaction, this book is a fresh presentation of the Zen teaching method of “instant dialogue” between Master and student which, through the use of astonishment and paradox, leads to an understanding of ultimate reality.


Compass of Zen Teaching

Compass of Zen Teaching
Author: Sungsan Tae Sŏnsa
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1977
Genre: Zen Buddhism
ISBN:

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Ten Gates

Ten Gates
Author: Zen Master Seung Sahn
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2007-08-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1590304179

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Zen is famous for koans (called kong-ans in Korean, and in this book), those bizarre and seemingly unanswerable questions Zen masters pose to their students to check their realization (such as “What is the sound of one hand clapping?”). Fear of koans keeps some people from ever giving Zen practice a try. But here, through the experience of seeing a modern Zen master work with his students, you can see what koan training is really like: It’s a skillful, lively practice for attaining wisdom. This book presents the system of ten koans that Zen Master Seung Sahn came to call the “Ten Gates.” These koans represent the basic types one will encounter in any course of study. Each of the ten gates, or koans, is illuminated by actual interchanges between Zen Master Seung Sahn and his students that show what the practice is all about: it is above all a process of coming to trust one’s own wisdom, and of manifesting that wisdom in every koan-like situation life presents us with. For more information on the author, Zen Master Seung Sahn, visit his website at www.kwanumzen.com.


Wanting Enlightenment Is a Big Mistake

Wanting Enlightenment Is a Big Mistake
Author: Zen Master Seung Sahn
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2006-08-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1590303407

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A major figure in the transmission of Zen to the West, Zen Master Seung Sahn was known for his powerful teaching style, which was direct, surprising, and often humorous. He taught that Zen is not about achieving a goal, but about acting spontaneously from “don’t-know mind.” It is from this “before-thinking” nature, he taught, that true compassion and the desire to serve others naturally arises. This collection of teaching stories, talks, and spontaneous dialogues with students offers readers a fresh and immediate encounter with one of the great Zen masters of the twentieth century.


Being Black

Being Black
Author: Angel Kyodo Williams
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2002-01-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1101199458

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"Honest, courageous... Williams has committed an act of love."—Alice Walker "A classic."—Jack Kornfield There truly is an art to being here in this world, and like any art, it can be mastered. In this elegant, practical book, Angel Kyodo Williams combines the universal wisdom of Buddhism with an inspirational call for self-acceptance and community empowerment. Written by a woman who grew up facing the challenges that confront African-Americans every day, Being Black teaches us how a "warrior spirit" of truth and responsibility can be developed into the foundation for real happiness and personal transformation. With her eloquent, hip, and honest perspective, Williams—a Zen priest, social activist, and entrepreneur—shares personal stories, time-tested teachings, and simple guidelines that invite readers of all faiths to step into the freedom of a life lived with fearlessness and grace.


The Mirror of Zen

The Mirror of Zen
Author: Boep Joeng
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2006-12-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0834826410

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The sacred radiance of our original nature never darkens. It has shined forth since beginningless time. Do you wish to enter the gate that leads to this? Simply do not give rise to conceptual thinking. Zen Master So Sahn (1520–1604) is a towering figure in the history of Korean Zen. In this treasure-text, he presents in simple yet beautiful language the core principles and teachings of Zen. Each section opens with a quotation—drawn from classical scriptures, teachings, and anecdotes—followed by the author’s commentary and verse. Originally written in Chinese, the text was translated into Korean in the mid-twentieth century by the celebrated Korean monk Boep Joeng. An American Zen monk, Hyon Gak, has translated it into English.


The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
Author: Bodhidharma
Publisher: North Point Press
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2009-11-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1429952768

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A fifth-century Indian Buddhist monk, Bodhidharma is credited with bringing Zen to China. Although the tradition that traces its ancestry back to him did not flourish until nearly two hundred years after his death, today millions of Zen Buddhists and students of kung fu claim him as their spiritual father. While others viewed Zen practice as a purification of the mind or a stage on the way to perfect enlightenment, Bodhidharma equated Zen with buddhahood and believed that it had a place in everyday life. Instead of telling his disciples to purify their minds, he pointed them to rock walls, to the movements of tigers and cranes, to a hollow reed floating across the Yangtze. This bilingual edition, the only volume of the great teacher's work currently available in English, presents four teachings in their entirety. "Outline of Practice" describes the four all-inclusive habits that lead to enlightenment, the "Bloodstream Sermon" exhorts students to seek the Buddha by seeing their own nature, the "Wake-up Sermon" defends his premise that the most essential method for reaching enlightenment is beholding the mind. The original Chinese text, presented on facing pages, is taken from a Ch'ing dynasty woodblock edition.