ZEN LIBRARY
The lives and wisdom of the great masters who shaped the path of Zen.
Bassui Tokushō: The Zen Master Who Asked “Who Sees and Hears?” – Life and Teachings
Early Life Bassui Tokushō was born in Nakamura, a district in Sagami Province, in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture, in 1327. His
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Hakuin Ekaku – The Great Master Who Revived Zen in Japan
The Beginning of the Journey Hakuin Ekaku was born in 1686 into a rural family in Japan. From an early
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Bodhidharma – The Fierce Zen Master Who Brought Buddhism to China
Bodhidharma was the twenty-eighth successor in the lineage of the Buddha and the first patriarch of Chan (Zen) Buddhism. In
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If You Meet the Buddha, Kill Him: The Radical Zen of Linji
Linji Yixuan did not leave behind a neatly constructed philosophy, arranged like a garden of stones. He left a crack.
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Bankei Yōtaku and the Unborn Mind: Suffering and Truth in Zen
The Path to the Unborn Mind: The Life and Teaching of Bankei Yōtaku There are individuals in history whose influence
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Nansen: Zen Koans, the Story of the Cat, and the Power of the Ordinary Mind
Nansen and Mazu Daoyi – Early Years The Zen tradition preserves at its heart figures who do not merely teach
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