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Primary Point, Vol 21 Num 1
our school in the broader context of Korean Buddhist activity in southern California-did you know that there's BrieF Reviews a temple in Los Angeles not in our school known as Kwan Urn Sa? The two longest profiles are ofSarnu Sunim, based judy Reitman jDPSN in Toronto and teaching mostly European-Canadians/ Americans through his Zen Lotus Sociery; and of Zen Butterflies On A Sea Wind: Master Seung Sahn, giving a slightly different version than Beginning Zen by Anne Rudloe, the canonical one most of us have heard. More interesting published by Andrews McNeel, is Samu Sunim's very generous article Turning the Wheel of Kansas Ciry, 2002 Dharma in the West, which has an excellent synopsis of Anne Rudloe is the abbot of the the history of Buddhism in Korea, and then profiles three Cypress Tree Zen Group in teachers: Ven. Dr. Seo, Kyung-Bo, a charismatic teacher Tallahassee, Florida. This book is who towards the end ofhis life became the self-proclaimed I basically a description of what it's world dharma-raja; Kusan Sunim, one of only two (the like to be a relative beginner in Zen other is Zen Master Seung Sahn) Korean teachers who practice, both on and off the went out of their way to encourage western students to cushion. Rudloe brings together three strands of her life: study in Korean monasteries; and Zen Master Seung Sahn. her experience practicing Zen (especially on retreats); her Samu Sunim also gives an extensive history and description personallife-farnily, work, and ecological activism; and of our school, and responds directly to charges made the natural world around her. -
Lineage: Beginnings
Soto Zen Buddhism in Australia March 2018, Issue 71 LINEAGE: BEGINNINGS ABBOT’S NEWS I CANNOT STEP ON REMEMBERING RAISING A WALL INDIA STUDY ABROAD Hannah Forsyth THEIR SHADOW NARASAKI ROSHI Katherine Yeo & Karen Sunao Ekin Korematsu & Seido Suzuki Roshi Nonin Chowaney Threlfall Jake Kepper BUDDHA'S BOUNDLESS RETURNING HOME, DIRECT REALISATION BACK TO THE FUTURE SOTO KITCHEN COMPASSION SITTING PEACEFULLY HUT John Hickey Karen Threlfall Ikko Narasaki Roshi Ekai Korematsu Osho Deniz Yener Korematsu MYOJU IS A PUBLICATION OF JIKISHOAN ZEN BUDDHIST COMMUNITY INC Editorial Myoju “Even though the ways of ceaseless practice by our founding Editor: Ekai Korematsu Osho Ancestors are many, I have given you this one for the present.” Editorial Committee: Hannah Forsyth, Shona Innes, Robin Laurie, Jessica Cummins —Dogen Zenji, Shobogenzo Gyoji: On Ceaseless Practice Myoju Coordinator: Jessica Cummins Production: Dan Carter Website Manager: Lee-Anne Armitage As Jikishoan approaches its 20th anniversary in 2019, IBS Teaching Schedule: Hannah Forsyth this year Myoju will explore our identity as a community Jikishoan Calendar of Events: Shona Innes through the theme of Lineage. As a young, lay communi- Contributors: Ikko Narasaki Roshi, Seido Suzuki Roshi, ty, practising in a spiritual tradition that originates far be- Ekai Korematsu Osho, Shudo Hannah Forsyth, Shona yond our land and culture, we do not do so in isolation. Innes, Nonin Chowaney, Deniz Yener Korematsu, 78 generations of the Soto Zen Buddhist tradition are em- Katherine Yeo, Karen Threlfall, John Hickey, Sunao Ekin bodied in the forms of our practice and training, allowing Korematsu, Jake Kepper. us to experience an inclusivity and belonging that takes us Cover Image: Ikko Narasaki Roshi beyond our individual practice. -
Lankavatara-Sutra.Pdf
Table of Contents Other works by Red Pine Title Page Preface CHAPTER ONE: - KING RAVANA’S REQUEST CHAPTER TWO: - MAHAMATI’S QUESTIONS I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV XXXVI XXXVII XXXVIII XXXIX XL XLI XLII XLIII XLIV XLV XLVI XLVII XLVIII XLIX L LI LII LIII LIV LV LVI CHAPTER THREE: - MORE QUESTIONS LVII LVII LIX LX LXI LXII LXII LXIV LXV LXVI LXVII LXVIII LXIX LXX LXXI LXXII LXXIII LXXIVIV LXXV LXXVI LXXVII LXXVIII LXXIX CHAPTER FOUR: - FINAL QUESTIONS LXXX LXXXI LXXXII LXXXIII LXXXIV LXXXV LXXXVI LXXXVII LXXXVIII LXXXIX XC LANKAVATARA MANTRA GLOSSARY BIBLIOGRAPHY Copyright Page Other works by Red Pine The Diamond Sutra The Heart Sutra The Platform Sutra In Such Hard Times: The Poetry of Wei Ying-wu Lao-tzu’s Taoteching The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain The Zen Works of Stonehouse: Poems and Talks of a 14th-Century Hermit The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma P’u Ming’s Oxherding Pictures & Verses TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE Zen traces its genesis to one day around 400 B.C. when the Buddha held up a flower and a monk named Kashyapa smiled. From that day on, this simplest yet most profound of teachings was handed down from one generation to the next. At least this is the story that was first recorded a thousand years later, but in China, not in India. Apparently Zen was too simple to be noticed in the land of its origin, where it remained an invisible teaching. -
Excerpts for Distribution
EXCERPTS FOR DISTRIBUTION Two Shores of Zen An American Monk’s Japan _____________________________ Jiryu Mark Rutschman-Byler Order the book at WWW.LULU.COM/SHORESOFZEN Join the conversation at WWW.SHORESOFZEN.COM NO ZEN IN THE WEST When a young American Buddhist monk can no longer bear the pop-psychology, sexual intrigue, and free-flowing peanut butter that he insists pollute his spiritual community, he sets out for Japan on an archetypal journey to find “True Zen,” a magical elixir to relieve all suffering. Arriving at an austere Japanese monastery and meeting a fierce old Zen Master, he feels confirmed in his suspicion that the Western Buddhist approach is a spineless imitation of authentic spiritual effort. However, over the course of a year and a half of bitter initiations, relentless meditation and labor, intense cold, brutal discipline, insanity, overwhelming lust, and false breakthroughs, he grows disenchanted with the Asian model as well. Finally completing the classic journey of the seeker who travels far to discover the home he has left, he returns to the U.S. with a more mature appreciation of Western Buddhism and a new confidence in his life as it is. Two Shores of Zen weaves together scenes from Japanese and American Zen to offer a timely, compelling contribution to the ongoing conversation about Western Buddhism’s stark departures from Asian traditions. How far has Western Buddhism come from its roots, or indeed how far has it fallen? JIRYU MARK RUTSCHMAN-BYLER is a Soto Zen priest in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. He has lived in Buddhist temples and monasteries in the U.S. -
The Selected Poems of Yosa Buson, a Translation Allan Persinger University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee UWM Digital Commons Theses and Dissertations May 2013 Foxfire: the Selected Poems of Yosa Buson, a Translation Allan Persinger University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.uwm.edu/etd Part of the American Literature Commons, and the Asian Studies Commons Recommended Citation Persinger, Allan, "Foxfire: the Selected Poems of Yosa Buson, a Translation" (2013). Theses and Dissertations. 748. https://dc.uwm.edu/etd/748 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by UWM Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of UWM Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. FOXFIRE: THE SELECTED POEMS OF YOSA BUSON A TRANSLATION By Allan Persinger A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in English at The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee May 2013 ABSTRACT FOXFIRE: THE SELECTED POEMS OF YOSA BUSON A TRANSLATION By Allan Persinger The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2013 Under the Supervision of Professor Kimberly M. Blaeser My dissertation is a creative translation from Japanese into English of the poetry of Yosa Buson, an 18th century (1716 – 1783) poet. Buson is considered to be one of the most important of the Edo Era poets and is still influential in modern Japanese literature. By taking account of Japanese culture, identity and aesthetics the dissertation project bridges the gap between American and Japanese poetics, while at the same time revealing the complexity of thought in Buson's poetry and bringing the target audience closer to the text of a powerful and mov- ing writer. -
Soto Zen: an Introduction to Zazen
SOT¯ O¯ ZEN An Introduction to Zazen SOT¯ O¯ ZEN: An Introduction to Zazen Edited by: S¯ot¯o Zen Buddhism International Center Published by: SOTOSHU SHUMUCHO 2-5-2, Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8544, Japan Tel: +81-3-3454-5411 Fax: +81-3-3454-5423 URL: http://global.sotozen-net.or.jp/ First printing: 2002 NinthFifteenth printing: printing: 20122017 © 2002 by SOTOSHU SHUMUCHO. All rights reserved. Printed in Japan Contents Part I. Practice of Zazen....................................................7 1. A Path of Just Sitting: Zazen as the Practice of the Bodhisattva Way 9 2. How to Do Zazen 25 3. Manners in the Zend¯o 36 Part II. An Introduction to S¯ot¯o Zen .............................47 1. History and Teachings of S¯ot¯o Zen 49 2. Texts on Zazen 69 Fukan Zazengi 69 Sh¯ob¯ogenz¯o Bend¯owa 72 Sh¯ob¯ogenz¯o Zuimonki 81 Zazen Y¯ojinki 87 J¯uniji-h¯ogo 93 Appendixes.......................................................................99 Takkesa ge (Robe Verse) 101 Kaiky¯o ge (Sutra-Opening Verse) 101 Shigu seigan mon (Four Vows) 101 Hannya shingy¯o (Heart Sutra) 101 Fuek¯o (Universal Transference of Merit) 102 Part I Practice of Zazen A Path of Just Sitting: Zazen as the 1 Practice of the Bodhisattva Way Shohaku Okumura A Personal Reflection on Zazen Practice in Modern Times Problems we are facing The 20th century was scarred by two World Wars, a Cold War between powerful nations, and countless regional conflicts of great violence. Millions were killed, and millions more displaced from their homes. All the developed nations were involved in these wars and conflicts. -
Teaching Letters of Zen Master Seung Sahn • Page 1707 © 2008 Kwan Um School of Zen • Announce It at Housemeeting
801 February 27, 1978 Dear Soen Sa Nim, Welcome back to the East Coast. I hope that your health is good and you will soon visit the Shim Gum Do Temple. Mu Ryeom Su Nim said he would like to study Shim Gum Do and live with us in Boston. We would love him to come. He would be a very welcome and respected addition to our family. He told us that he would discuss the matter further with you when you returned. We await your decision. Respectfully, Maria Rowe (Sang Gwang) March 4, 1978 Dear Sang Gwang Rowe Sa Bom, Thank you for your letter. How are you? You talked about Mu Ryeom Su Nim. That is wonderful. I talked about his going to Shim Gum Do School with him. Zen is keeping your correct situation moment to moment. Then, you will understand the correct way and the truth. Mu Ryeom Su Nim is a monk. A monk has a monk’s situation. He became a monk only one year ago, so we say he is a baby monk. Baby monks don’t understand monk’s situation, monk’s rules, monk’s job. This is very important. Then, after, coming and going everywhere is no problem. But now Mu Ryeom Su Nim is a baby monk, so living with monks and correct style strong practicing is very important. I did not talk about coming and going. I only talked to him about what is correct monk’s situation. Then he heard this and decided. So, you ask him. Next, I will talk a little to you about the Shim Gum Do Zen Center. -
Out of the Shadows: Socially Engaged Buddhist Women
University of San Diego Digital USD Theology and Religious Studies: Faculty Scholarship Department of Theology and Religious Studies 2019 Out of the Shadows: Socially Engaged Buddhist Women Karma Lekshe Tsomo PhD University of San Diego, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digital.sandiego.edu/thrs-faculty Part of the Buddhist Studies Commons, and the Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons Digital USD Citation Tsomo, Karma Lekshe PhD, "Out of the Shadows: Socially Engaged Buddhist Women" (2019). Theology and Religious Studies: Faculty Scholarship. 25. https://digital.sandiego.edu/thrs-faculty/25 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Digital USD. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theology and Religious Studies: Faculty Scholarship by an authorized administrator of Digital USD. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Section Titles Placed Here | I Out of the Shadows Socially Engaged Buddhist Women Edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo SAKYADHITA | HONOLULU First Edition: Sri Satguru Publications 2006 Second Edition: Sakyadhita 2019 Copyright © 2019 Karma Lekshe Tsomo All rights reserved No part of this book may not be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage or retreival system, without the prior written permission from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations. Cover design Copyright © 2006 Allen Wynar Sakyadhita Conference Poster -
Mind Moon Circle
mind moon circle Journal of the Sydney Zen Centre Winter 2008 Price $6.00 Winter 2008 This issue explores the theme of samu. Contents Jean Brick The Blue Cliff Record, Case 89 3 Janet Selby various sesshin drawings 6, 12, 14, 15, 20, 21, 25 Gillian Coote Samu: an invitation to get your hands dirty building our sangha 7 Michael Kieran Re-visioning the Place of Samu Practice in the Honolulu 11 Diamond Sangha Clark Ratliffe Samu Tales 13 Subhana Barzaghi Buddha, Dharma, Sangha banners by Lyndy Lee 16 Justine Mayer Eight Gates of Zen Training Matrix at Zen Mountain Monastery, 17 New York: Work Practice Peter Thompson Finding Our True Home in Homelessness 21 Doug Mason The Gates of Samu 22 Caroline Josephs Women and the Lushness of Kodoji (includes a poem by Kerry 24 Stewart) Janet Selby Women's Retreat: a visual memoir 26 Doug Mason samu afternoon 28 _______________________________________________________________________________ Cover Photo: Zen Brush of the Moon by Lisa Gardner Editor Doug Mason Next issue The next issue will focus primarily on indigenous themes. Contact Caroline Josephs ([email protected]) Deadline: 21 August. Mind Moon Circle is published quarterly by the Sydney Zen Centre, 251 Young Street, Annandale, NSW 2038, Australia. www.szc.org.au Annual subscription A$28. Printed on recycled paper. 2 THE BLUE CLIFF RECORD Case 89: Yunyan s Hands and Eyes Jean Brick Yunyan asked Daowu, What does the Bodhisattva of the Great Mercy use all those many hands and eyes for? Daowu answered, It is like a person in the middle of the night reaching behind their head groping for the pillow. -
The 2008 Crazy Wisdom Interview with Haju Sunim ~ Zen Teacher and Resident Priest at the Zen Buddhist Temple
The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal • May - August 2008 • Page 12 The 2008 Crazy Wisdom Interview with Haju Sunim ~ Zen Teacher and Resident Priest at the Zen Buddhist Temple Interviewed by Bill Zirinsky Photographs by Charles Boyer BZ: I know that you opened a very spacious new Hall last Haju Sunim has been the guiding year, and that many community light and Resident Priest for the Zen organizations, such as the Kirtan Buddhist Temple on Packard since the Yoga group, are enjoying using it early 1980’s. During these years, the very much. Can you tell us about Zen Temple has grown and thrived. the building of the new hall, and She is an important spiritual teacher whether it is working out nicely and leader in Ann Arbor, and she lives for the Temple? into her role with grace, intelligence, and kindness. Certainly she also Haju Sunim: Renovating our possesses great spirit, resilience and Sangha Hall doubled our size steadfastness to have shepherded her building-wise and was an exhila- flock for more than a quarter century! rating effort. Those men, women, and children who participated will The Crazy Wisdom Community Jour- always remember digging two 40 nal previously interviewed Haju Sunim ft long trenches in our crawlspace, back in 1997, when she still went by with rigged up lights, bucket by the name “Sukha Murray”. Because bucket, almost filling two huge of her special role in this community dumpsters. This was to provide as Ann Arbor’s only Zen teacher and space to install two long steel Priest, we wanted to bring our readers beams required to support the up-to-date on life at the Zen Temple, floor. -
Nyanatiloka Centenary Volume
Nyanatiloka Centenary Volume On the occasion of the 100th Birth Anniversary of the Venerable Nyanatiloka Maháthera 19th February 1978 Edited by Nyanaponika Thera . BUDDHIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY Kandy 1978 Sri Lanka Foreword The Buddhist Publication Society has felt it its duty to pay homage to the memory of one of the greatest Western exponents of Theravada Buddhism, the late Venerable Nyanatiloka Maháthera. As a modest tribute to him this volume is issued on the occasion of the centenary of his birth (18.2.1878). Our Society had the privilege of having published new editions of several of the Maháthera's works, after his demise, and giving them a wide circulation. One of our Founders, the editor of this volume, is one of the late Maháthera's pupils. But in addition to these two circumstances, what forges in us a strong bond with that great monk, is that we share with him the conviction that the Buddha's teachings have a world-wide and vital significance today, at a time when the great Twin Virtues, of Compassion and Wisdom are direly needed everywhere, in both the East and the West. The late Maháthera's contribution to Buddhist studies and to the dissemination of an undistorted Dhamma deserves the gratitude of all who have been benefited by it. In conclusion, we express our sincere thanks to all contributors to the present volume who have thus helped us to honour the memory of the Venerable Nyanatiloka Maháthera. Buddhist Publication Society Kandy/Sri Lanka February 1978 Nyanatiloka Maháthera His life and Work In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of his Birth (19.2.1878) By Nyanaponika Thera Rejoicing in Dhamma, gladdened by Dhamma, In Dhamma firm and skilled in Dhamma's scrutiny. -
Water Wheel Being One with All Buddhas, I Turn the Water Wheel of Compassion
Water Wheel Being one with all Buddhas, I turn the water wheel of compassion. —Gate of Sweet Nectar Zen Center of Los Angeles OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2012 Great Dragon Mountain / Buddha Essence Temple 2554 Buddhist Era Vol. 13 No. 4 The Authentic Tea Bowl Before Birth By Roshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao A monk named Tetsugyu was serving tea to the War Lord of Sendai when Tetsugyu’s dharma brother Cho-on ap- peared. Lord Sendai invited Cho-on to join them for tea. Tetsugyu had chosen a precious antique tea bowl that Lord Sendai himself had given him. In the midst of appreciat- ing the great beauty of the tea bowl, Cho-on suddenly reached out with his ceremonial stick and smashed the tea A bowl from our Founders Altar, its cracks covered in gold leaf. bowl. “Now,” said Cho-on, “look at the authentic tea bowl that exists before birth.” of walking, the way of sitting on the tatami mat, how to Tetsugyu turned pale and nearly fainted. But Lord Sendai appreciate the tea bowl, and how to drink the tea. It is said to Tetsugyu, “I gave you that tea bowl, but I would highly ritualized. You wouldn’t think it would be enjoya- like you to give it back to me now. Before you give it back, ble, but it can be when you disappear into the form. please piece it together and have a box made for it. On the cover of the box, I ask that you write the name of the tea Tetsugyu owns an exquisite tea bowl.