ZEN LIBRARY
The path to awareness, inner stillness, and seeing reality as it truly is.
Huineng – The Extraordinary Story of the Sixth Zen Patriarch
Dajian Huineng was the sixth Chan/Zen patriarch and one of the rarest exceptions in Buddhism. He was born in 638
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Life in a Zen Monastery: The Rigorous Path to Enlightenment, Satori, and One’s True Nature
Life in any monastery is far too broad a subject to generalize, as every monastery – even those sharing the
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Buddha – The Story of Siddhartha Gautama and His Enlightenment
The name of the man known as “Buddha” is Gautama Siddhartha. The term “Buddha” comes from Sanskrit and is composed
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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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