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The Difference Between Soto and Rinzai

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Plucking a Blade of Grass: The Wondrous Dharma of Miàodào

Below you will find a dharma talk by an incredible (and largely unknown) Zen master, Miàodào Dǐngguāng (1095-1170), one of only three women Zen masters listed in Outline of the Linked Flames, a transmission of illumination collection published in 1183. Miàodào had been a student of the Cáodòng (J. Sōtō)

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Dōgen’s Instruction for Householder Zen Training

(Eihei kōroku V8.14) Translated with introduction and notes by Dōshō Port Introduction Because this Dōgen dharma discourse (hōgo) was written for householders, includes examples of awakened householders, and offers instructions for householders, I've long been curious about it. After all, 99% or so of those engaged in Zen practice

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Do Not Get Close To Such People (EK8.14.7)

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Noble Ones, Do You Not Trust This Yet?(EK 8.14.6)

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Householders With the Power to Polish the Bright Mirror (EK 8.14.4)

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The Difficulties of Being a Zen Student (EK V8.14.3)

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Wandering Destitute into a Demon Pit (EK V8.14.2)

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The Central Importance of Inquiring of a Teacher (EK V14.8.1)

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The Lotus Flowers In This Pond Are So Fragrant (EK V8.14.9)

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Round and Smooth Like a Pearl (EK V8.14.8)

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Dōgen: Find a Good Teacher, Ask For a Koan, Break Through (EK V8.14.5)

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Great Doubt is Intimate

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Cultivating Verification in One School Zen: A New Shushōgi for Now

I recently wrote a piece titled, The "Soto Zen" of the PMSO: A New Religion Whose Time Has Passed, wherein I call out a text titled "Shushōgi" ("The Meaning of Practice Enlightenment"), a late-19th century summary of the teaching of Dōgen Zenji that has served as a fairly succinct synopsis

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Everyone Has the Potential to Become Buddha

The Avalokiteshvara above is by the wonderful contemporary artist, Mayumi Oda. "Many people say that even though they have an aspiration to study the Way, it is the final age and they are at a low level of learning. It is impossible for them to practice in accord with the

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The Pivotal Linji Master Xutang and his Profuse Praise for Sōtō Master Dōgen

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Putting the Kōan Back in Genjōkōan

The Vine of Obstacles Zen has been immersed in an Intensive studying Ashvaghosha's teaching in The Awakening of Mahayana Faith on how suchness perfumes birthdeath and draws us to practice. "The dharmas of buddhas have causes and conditions; only when replete with causes and conditions can those dharmas be brought

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Bargaining for Salvation

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A Little Mercy Now: Turn the Light Around

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Is There Someone Who Gets It?

Is There Someone Who Gets It?In our recently concluded summer study session through the Vine of Obstacles Zen, we explored “Zen Conduct” through Dōgen’s teaching in “Guidelines for Is There Someone Who Gets It?Wild Fox ZenWild Fox Zen This is a translation of a Dōgen dharma hall

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Whole-Body Little Dog: New Translations of Two Old Dōgen Poems

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More Dōgen on the Mu Kōan

One of the early scholarly texts (in English) on Dōgen's teaching was Carl Bielefeldt's Dōgen's Manuals of Zen Meditation (1988). I read it soon after publication and found it eye-popping! The power of it's message has not faded with age. Indeed, I recommend it for any serious Zen student. Now,

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Dōgen on Zhàozhōu’s MU

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Taken By Surprise: Three Perspectives on Breath Work

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