What is Zen Buddhism

What is Zen Buddhism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q72vBcymFdI

Published on Jul 3, 2012

This video is an introduction to Zen Meditation.
http://www.everydayzen.org/

developing equanimity

developing equanimity

By Gil Fronsdal and Sayadaw U PanditaWINTER 2005

http://tricycle.org/magazine/perfect-balance/

Free workshop on the Way of the Bodhisattva

Free workshop on the Way of the Bodhisattva

http://www.shambhala.com/way-of-the-bodhisattva-workshop/?utm_source=bronto&utm_medium=email&utm_term=watch+the+videos+or+download+the+audio&utm_content=Walking+the+Path+of+the+Bodhisattva+%3F%3F+A+Free+Online+Workshop+and+More&utm_campaign=Way+of+the+Bodhisattva+downloads

Guide to Buddhism

Guide to Buddhism

http://www.buddhisma2z.com/

ZenWest online Course

ZenWest online Course

Course: http://zenwest.ca/site/free-online-orientation-to-zen-course/

Resources: http://zenwest.ca/site/courses/online-resources/

Anatta-lakkhana Sutta: The Discourse on the Not-self Characteristic

Anatta-lakkhana Sutta: The Discourse on the Not-self Characteristic

translated from the Pali by

Ñanamoli Thera

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn22/sn22.059.nymo.html

grief as a path to wholeness

Grief as a path to wholeness

by Frank Ostaseski

https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/blog/grief-path-wholeness/

Awakening the Bodhisattva

Awakening the Bodhisattva

BY TAIGEN DAN LEIGHTON, ANNE KLEIN, EJO MCMULLEN AND VENERABLE PANNAVATI| SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

http://www.lionsroar.com/awakening-the-bodhisattva/

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Mind the Bump: Mindfulness and how the brain works

Mind the Bump: Mindfulness and how the brain works

7 Days Kindfulness Course

7 Days Kindfulness Course

Dhammatalks.net Resources

Dhammatalks.net Resources

http://www.dhammatalks.net/

What’s at Stake as the Dharma Goes Modern?

http://tricycle.org/magazine/whats-stake-dharma-goes-modern/

What’s at Stake as the Dharma Goes Modern?

An exploration of the background assumptions of the modern age and the unique challenges they present

By Linda Heuman

FALL 2012

Audio Resources for Mindfulness Meditation

http://www.mindful.org/audio-resources-for-mindfulness-meditation/

Audio Resources for Mindfulness Meditation

A collection of free guided meditations.
By Mindful Staff | November 25, 2015

Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation by Lafcadio Hearn

Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation

by Lafcadio Hearn

Parts of this video:

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NRwOAN7lOg Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRWORNFX9B0 
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maLJsMa_Pi8

Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation | Lafcadio Hearn | *Non-fiction, History, Religion | Audiobook full unabridged | English | 1/3
Content of the video and Sections beginning time (clickable) - Chapters of the audiobook: please see First comments under this video.
Greece-born Lafcadio Hearn (1850 - 1904) spent decades of his life in Japan, even marrying a Japanese woman, thus becoming a Japanese citizen by the name of Koizumi Yakumo (小泉 八雲). He wrote many books on Japan, especially about its folklore. In this posthumously published book, he takes a closer look at Japan's religious history: How it developed from ancient beliefs into Shintoism, resisted suppression attempts by both Buddhism and Christianity and how – despite efforts to westernise Japan during the era known as Meiji Restoration – it remained the basis for Japanese society. Even today, over 100 years after this book was written, some of the described traditions and fundamental ideas still exist. (Summary by Julia Niedermaier)

Buddhistdoor: Finding Excellence, By Joseph Houseal

1. http://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/finding-excellence-part-1-of-course-they-donrsquot-talk-about-it

2. https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/finding-excellence-part-2-a-tradition-of-transmission

Finding Excellence

By Joseph Houseal

Researching endangered dance traditions as I do, it is usual to chronicle the problems, challenges of discovery, along with the qualities of vanishing practices. So it was with delight and surprise, during fieldwork in the eastern tribal areas of Himachal Pradesh this summer, that we encountered a number of monasteries where Cham dance practice remains strong, vibrant, and firmly rooted in tantric visualization realization practice—examples of excellence that serve everyone, today and tomorrow.

Buddhistdoor: Approaching Ch'an

1. http://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/approaching-chan-part-1

2. https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/approaching-chan-part-2-the-two-streams-of-chan-contemplative-practices

Approaching Ch'an

By Ven. Guo-Xing and Ven. Chang-Hwa

Being Without Self, Jeff Shore's Talks

https://beingwithoutself.org/dharma-talks/transcribed-talks-pdf/

Transcribed Retreat Talks (pdf)

Transcriptions of retreat lectures by Jeff (with some translations):

• Comfortably Seated Under The Rose-Apple Tree, Days: 1-4 (2016) (UPDATED)
• How to Meditate: The Classic Zazen Manual For Today (2015)
• Where Do You Draw the Line? (2014)
• Ordinary Mind Is The Way – Cultivating Practice (2014)
  • Mintea comună este Calea (Ordinary Mind Is The Way)
• The Pearl Revealed – Retreat Lectures (2013)
• Exhortations For Those Who Do Rouse The Doubt – Parts 2 and 3 (2012)
• Exhortations For Those Who Do Rouse The Doubt – Part 1 (2011)
• Enjoying the Way (2010)
• Great Doubt: Getting Stuck & Breaking Through The Real Koan (2010)
  • Der Große Zweifel
• No Bull: Zen Oxherding Pictures for the Modern World (2009)
  • El No-Toro: Cuadros Zen del Pastoreo del Buey para el Mundo Moderno
  • Kein Ochse: Die Ochsenbilder des Zen – gedeutet für die Gegenwart
• Clarifying the Mind of Nirvana (2008)
• The Constant Practice of Right Effort (2008)
  • A Helyes Erőfeszítés (Right Effort)
• A Rinzai-Soto Dialogue (2007)
  • Rinzai Szoto Párbeszéd (A Rinzai-Soto Dialogue)
  • Zen Rinzai Una introducción a la práctica
• Religious Experience in the Light of Zen Buddhism: Zen Buddhism in the Light of Religious Experience (2007)
  • A vallási tapasztalat a zen buddhizmus fényében (Religious Experience in the Light of Zen Buddhism)
  • Experienţa religioasă în lumina Budismului Zen (Religious Experience in the Light of Zen Buddhism)
• Encounters on the Way (a diary of Jeff’s 2006 sabbatical)
• Becoming One and Being Without Self (2005)
  • Eén worden en zijn zonder zelf
  • Eggyévállás (Becoming One)
  • Convirtiéndonos en Uno y ser sin YO
• No-self in Zen Buddhism (2004)
  • Не-я в дзен-буддизме (No Self In Zen Buddhism)
  • Geen-zelf in het Zenboeddhisme
  • Intet Selv i Zen Buddhismen
• Principles of Zen Practice: Illuminating the Source (2003)
  • Principes van de zenpraktijk: Het belichten van de bron
  • Principios de la práctica zen: Iluminando el Origen
  • A zen gyakorlat alape (Principles of Zen Practice)
• Basics of Zen Practice: Just Be One (2002)
  • Basisbeginselen van de Zenbeoefening: Wees alleen maar één
  • Práctica Básica de Zen: Ser Sólo Uno
  • Practica Zen, Notiuni de baza: Doar fii unul (Just Be One)
  • Основы практики дзен (Just Be One)
• The Unconditioned (2001)
  • Het ongeconditioneerde
  • A Feltétel Nélküli (The Unconditioned)
  • Необусловленное (The Unconditioned)
• Zen in Early Buddhism (2000)
  • Zen in het vroege Boeddhisme
• The Source of Zen – Who Transmits What? (1998)
  • De bron van Zen – Wie draagt wat over?
  • A Zen Forrása (The Source of Zen)
• Koan Zen From the Inside (1995)
  • Koan-Zen von Innen

Korean Zen Resources

https://www.reddit.com/r/Buddhism/comments/4u4yfr/resources_on_seon_buddhism/

Korean Zen Resources

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[–]TheHeartOfTuxes[🍰] 4 points 10 hours ago* 

The Way Of Korean Zen by Zen Master Kusan Sunim is a wonderful classic, exemplary of Soen.

Another great classic is Only Don't Know by Zen Master Seung Sahn. This is a collection of some of Seung Sahn's early teaching letters. His school has a collection of many thousands of letters in which the master responds to all kinds of issues that we all share in life and in practice. Unfortunately, this pdf is without images, so the very useful teaching of the Zen Circle (p164) is missing/difficult to understand.

One of the hallmarks of Soen is emphasis on questioning; but it must be understood what questioning refers to. It doesn't mean the discursive mind asking a lot of questions. It means the mind before thinking. Soen's run-up to that mind, for people who are not familiar with it, does tend to involve using a big question that clears away all other thoughts.

But different schools and teachers have different approaches. Some may emphasize concentration practices, or chanting, though a broad variety of practices tend to be available in most Korean Zen schools.

Another hallmark of Soen is the communal nature of practice. Community and group practice is used both to train the student in putting down self-centered opinion, and also to harness the group energy to achieve things that would be difficult or impossible when attempted alone.

In any case, need it even be said that reading is only the first little shred, and that you should soon get real teaching and real Soen experience by visiting a Korean center or temple. No need to commit right away; you can visit for a talk or public service and enjoy!

Of all Buddhist schools, Korean Zen/Soen is very much action-style. Don't mull and brood; don't waste time making many ideas; only do it! Vibrant, lively, vigorous, engaged. So taking action and actually visiting a center and trying out the practice is very, very necessary in order to start understanding Soen. It can't be done from an armchair or even alone on your own meditation mat — not until you have digested a great deal of teaching and have aligned with it in a stable manner.

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Edit: Zen Master Seung Sahn's book Dropping Ashes On The Buddha has a teaching about the Zen Circle, along with an image of it, on page 5. This book is notorious for having some teachings that are fairly accessible to the common reader and some that fly over the head of even intermediate students. Once you study with a master and undertake practice, the teachings come clear little by little (or sometimes in leaps and bounds); so don't get attached to the words, either by clinging or by rejecting.

One of the benefits of the teaching about the Zen Circle is that it helps you identify where a person's teaching or action is coming from. For example, the statements of some high-profile contributors on /r/Zen are at the 180° position (emptiness) at best, and perhaps the commenters have had some experiences at that level; but their statements are often mistaken as being representative of Zen when really they are just stuck part-way, attached to emptiness. There's a lot of territory between mere emptiness and complete attainment; and even complete attainment at 360° does not finish the training, because a true master can move effortlessly between any perspective, any position on the circle, according to the situation.

Buddhism and Modern Psychology by Princeton University

https://jackikellum.wordpress.com/2016/07/20/feelings-illusions-meditation-mindfulness-buddhism/

Buddhism and Modern Psychology

by Princeton University

Welcome! I’m delighted that you’re planning to take my course on Buddhism and Modern Psychology. I know that the internet offers lots of worthwhile ways to spend time (along with some not so worthwhile ones!), and I’m grateful that you’ve chosen to spend time on this course. The subject of the course is dear to my heart, and I’ve worked hard to create a series of lectures that, I hope, will change the way you look at life.

To get a sense for how to get the most out of this site, you can glance at 'The Basics' (under 'Getting Started,' which in turn is under 'Week One' below.) But if you’ve already got a feel for the lay of the land, you can just dive into the first lecture. Enjoy!

-- Robert Wright

EDU : World Philosophy

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu3p_GsmNQPCOxoBJhDQEVyBRy64o9vbM

World Philosophy

		World Philosophy | L20 Confucian Schools Mencius and Xunzi by EDU			29:23
			World Philosophy | L19 Confucian Virtue by EDU			29:27
			World Philosophy | L18 Confucius by EDU			29:42
			World Philosophy | L17 The Chinese Conception of Reality by EDU			29:38
		WATCHED	World Philosophy | L16 Nagarjuna's Interpretation of Buddhism by EDU			30:07
		WATCHED	World Philosophy | L15 Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism by EDU			30:51
			World Philosophy | L14 The Buddha's Teachings by EDU			30:24
			World Philosophy | L13 The Bhagavad Gita by EDU			31:06
			World Philosophy | L12 Vedic Thought and Monism by EDU			30:33
			World Philosophy | L11 The Dualism of the Samkhya School by EDU			30:38
			World Philosophy | L10 Indian Thought on Supreme Reality by EDU			30:16
			World Philosophy | L09 Ethics and Social Thought in Latin America by EDU			31:03
			World Philosophy | L08 Mesoamerican Thought by EDU			29:52
			World Philosophy | L07 American Indian Thinking by EDU			30:10
			World Philosophy | L06 Traditional Beliefs and Philosophy by EDU			30:15
			World Philosophy | L05 Western and African Thought Compared by EDU			30:05
			World Philosophy | L04 The Good Life and the Role of Reason by EDU			30:12
			World Philosophy | L03 Soul and Body by EDU			30:09
			World Philosophy | L02 Western Metaphysics by EDU			29:44
			World Philosophy | L01 Beginnings by EDU			29:15