Sutras Teachings Zen Lineages Buddhism
Sutras Teachings Zen Lineages Buddhism
Sutras
Do not believe in anything (simply) because you have heard it. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations.Do not believe in anything because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything (simply) because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agree with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all then accept it and live up to it.
-- Buddha Kàlàma Sutta (Anguttara Nikaya, Vol. 188-193 P.T.S. Ed.)
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- Poetic sutra by Sekito Kisen, a student of the Sixth Patriarch, Hui-neng.
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- In English and Japanese.
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- Translated by the Stanford Zen Translation Project. Text is annotated for instrumentation during services.
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- The basic vows of buddhist students.
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- In English and Japanese.
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- In English and Japanese.
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- "Simply understand that birth and death are in themselves Nirvana, there being no birth-death to be hated nor Nirvana to be desired. Then, for the first time, you will be freed from birth and death. Realize that this problem is of supreme importance.
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- "Five Ranks of the Apparent & the Real" and "The Song of the Jeweled Mirror Samadhi" by Tozan Ryokai. "The Keiso Dokuzi" by Hakuin. "Three Kinds of Fall" and "Five States of Lord & Vassal" by Ts
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- In Japanese and English.
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- By Zen Master Hsuan Chuen.
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- Includes a commentary by Stephen L. Klick.
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- Rephrased by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, and represented in a way that can be understood more easily for the people, especially the young in the West.
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- Translated by the Stanford Zen Translation Project.
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