WELCOME TO MY BUDDHIST PAGE OKAY HERE WE GO HERE ARE SOME ZEN BUDDHIST FILES DESCRIPTIONS ARE BELOW AND IN THE FILES TXT FOLLOWING THE LINK 8FOLD .ZIP PAPER - Following the 8-Fold Path - Modern Zen Approach AVALOKIT.ZIP Teisho: Avalokiteshvara (John Tarrant) BECKPOOL.ZIP Teisho: The Pools (Charlotte Joko Beck) BLU_CL#2.ZIP Blue Cliff Record, Case #2 (John Tarrant) BLU_CL#3.ZIP Blue Cliff Record, Case #3 (John Tarrant) BLU_CL#4.ZIP Blue Cliff Record, Case #4 (John Tarrant) BLU_CL#5.ZIP Blue Cliff Record, Case #5 (John Tarrant) BLU_CL#6.ZIP Blue Cliff Record, Case #6 (John Tarrant) BODHIVOW.ZIP BODHISATTVA'S VOW by Torei Zenji - Guide to Practice CLARIFY .ZIP Teisho: To Clarify Our Insight (J. Tarrant) DIA-SANG.ZIP Diamond Sangha Sutras (Robert Aitken Roshi) DAILY .ZIP DAILY ZEN BUDDHIST SUTRAS - The Zen Buddhist texts listed below have been translated from Japanese and rendered into a thoughtful English by the Diamond Sangha members, Honolulu, Hawaii headed by Robert Aitken Roshi. Although the basic work was done in the 1970s and the 1980s translations of some of the texts are not final as they tend to continue to be improved on and refined. These texts are used with gratitude and delight by members of several affiliated Zen centers and communities, including California Diamond Sangha, Santa Rosa and Berkeley. DAILYZEN.ZIP Daily Zen Buddhist Sutras (Diamond Sangha) DOGEN_US.ZIP Dogen Studies in America (Bielefeldt) DOGENWST.ZIP Automatically added file (NODESC) DOGETHIC.ZIP Automatically added file (NODESC) EVE_SESS.ZIP Sesshin: Evening Closing Ceremony (DS) GASSHO .ZIP Notes on Gassho & Bowing (Maezumi Roshi) GASS0105.ZIP GASSHO v1n5 - Women in Buddhism - Anne Klein, Ayya Khema, etc. GENJO .ZIP PAPER - Short analysis of Dogen's Genjo Koan from Shobogenzo GOLDWIND.ZIP Teisho: Golden Wind (John Tarrant, Roshi) HEGELZEN.ZIP Zen and the Art of Hegelian Dialectic (Trejo) INO-SESS.ZIP Sesshin Leadership: Ino Role (DS) IN_TRUTH.ZIP Inner Truth -- Tanks and Pears (John Tarrant) INSIDE .ZIP INSIDE IS LIKE BREAD FOR LIFE - Teisho by John Tarrant, Roshi Originally published in MOON MIND CIRCLE, Autumn 1991 Copyright 1991 (c) by John Tarrant and Sydney Zen Center JIKIJITS.ZIP Sesshin: Notes for Jikijitsu (DS) JISHA .ZIP Sesshin: Dokusan/Sosan/Interviews (DS) JIZO .ZIP The Buddha's Way & Abortion (Yvonne Rand) JPNBUDSM.ZIP PAPER: 12th Century Japanese Buddhism - An Overview JUKAI .ZIP "JUKAI - A REFUGE AND A HOME" a teisho by John Tarrant, Roshi JUKAI-T .ZIP Teisho: Jukai - A Refuge & A Home (Tarrant) KOANWORK.ZIP Teisho: Working With Koans (John Tarrant) LAITY_92.ZIP Teisho: Beginning Anew (Sister Annabel Laity) LITEDARK.ZIP Attaining the Light and Dark (John Tarrant) MAEZUMI .ZIP Realizing Our True Nature (Maezumi Roshi) MAEZUMI2.ZIP Ki: A Teisho (Taizan Maezumi Roshi) MU .ZIP Automatically added file (NODESC) POIS&JOY.ZIP Teisho: Poison & Joy (John Tarrant) QUANTUM .ZIP Heart Sutra: Buddhism in the Light of Quantum Reality (Mu Soeng Sunim) Commentary on the Heart Sutra drawing on metaphors from modern physics RICKHART.ZIP Dharma Talk by Rick Hart, 8/11/93 RINZAI .ZIP TEXT: The Rinzai Roku by Zen Master Rinzai - practice guide SAMYTALK.ZIP Teisho: Heart to Heart (Ama SAMY S.J. Roshi) SEIJO .ZIP SEIJO AND HER SOUL SEPARATED - SUBHANA BARZAGHI, SENSEI - The story: During the T'ang dynasty, there lived a man called Chokan. He had two daughters. When the elder girl died, he devoted himself to the younger, Seijo. As she grew up he turned his attention to the question of a suitable husband for her and eventually selected a good and strong young man. But Seijo had already taken her cousin Ochu as her lover.... SESS_GDE.ZIP Sesshin Guidelines (Diamond Sangha) SESSHIN .ZIP SESSHIN GUIDELINES - At sesshin, we separate ourselves from our daily affairs and sink deeply into the question, "What is my essential nature?" In these special circumstances, we hold the conviction, "I, too, a human being like Shakyamuni Buddha and all succeeding founding teachers, may attain to my own fullest potential as an enlightened person." SHODOKA .ZIP Powerful Guide to Zen Practice: Translation of the SHODOKA SYLLABUS.ZIP On Zen Teaching (Robert Aitken Roshi) TIMESESS.ZIP Schedule for Trad. Ten-Day Sesshin (DS) WEST-ZEN.ZIP Future of Zen Buddhism in the West (Aitken) YAMADA .ZIP Zazen and Christianity (Koun Yamada, Roshi) YANGSHAN.ZIP Yang-shan's Mind & Environment (John Tarrant) YUNMEN .ZIP Teisho: Yunmen's Bright Light (R. Bolleter) ZAZEN .ZIP Automatically added file (NODESC) ZAZENGI .ZIP Dogen's ZAZENGI - The Rule for Zazen - Shobogenzo Dogen Zenji is the founder of Soto Zen which teaches that practice enlightenment is complete in the practice of zazen itself. This is a translation of his work Zazengi, a guide to Zazen meditation. These guidelines are still practiced by Zen Buddhists all over the world. TRANSLATION: Kosen Nishiyama and John Stevens ZENAWAKE.ZIP Automatically added file (NODESC) ZEN_BIB .ZIP Automatically added file (NODESC) ZENBIB .ZIP ZEN BIBLIOGRAPHY (1977-1992) ASCII and WordPerfect 5.1 & 6.0 ZENCHART.ZIP Geneological Chart of Zen Masters from Bodhidharma to 6thPat ZENPRCPT.ZIP Zen Buddhist Precepts (Diamond Sangha, HI) -- Three Pure Precepts, Three Vows of Refuge, Ten Grave Precepts ZESSHIN .ZIP ZEN TAOIST ZESSHIN - Stan Rosenthal ZENSTRA1.ZIP ZEN SUTRA - Kai Kyo Ge - On Opening the Dharma ZENSTRA2.ZIP ZEN SUTRA - San Ge Mon - Confession ZENSTRA3.ZIP ZEN SUTRA - San Ki Kai - The Threefold Refuge ZENSTRA4.ZIP ZEN SUTRA - Ma Ka Han Nya Ha Ra Mi Ta Shin Gyo - Heart Sutra ZENSTRA5.ZIP ZEN SUTRA - SHO SAI SHU - Dharani of Removing Disasters ZENSTRA6.ZIP ZEN SUTRA - ENMEI JUKKU KANNON GYO - Prolonging life sutra ZENSTRA7.ZIP ZEN SUTRA - Dharani of the Great Compassionate One ZENSTRA8.ZIP ZEN SUTRA - SHI GU SEI I GAN - Great Vows for All TOTAL SITE COUNT