Links for Zen Buddhism

General:

The 6th Patriarch tearing up sutras

• Links for Buddhist Thought and Practice (RLST 260)
• Links for Chinese Religions (RLST 270)
• Links for Japanese Religions (RLST 275)
• Chan / Zen bibliography
• Bibliography of Asian Studies
• Zen Buddhism (WWWVL)
• thezensite: essays, teachings, book reviews, etc.
  
• International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism (IRIZ)
• Sweeping Zen ("the global Zen community’s largest online resource")

Schools and Teachers:

• Schools of Zen Buddhism (WWWVL)
• Zen Ancestors chart (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
• Zen Masters in Japanese, Wade-Giles, and pinyin (sortable)
• Chinese Zen Masters (in Pinyin, Wade-Giles, Kanji, and Japanese romanization)
• Soto Zen Ancestors in China (recorded teachings of Shitou Xiqian, Yaoshan Weiyan, and Yunyan Tansheng)
• Biographies of Five Chan Masters, translated from Song Gaoseng zhuan (Biographies of Eminent Monks of the Song): Hongren, Huineng, Shenxiu, Shenhui, and Xuanjue
  
  
• Sheng Yen: Dharma Drum Mountain (Chinese Zen master with centers in Taiwan and Queens, NY)
• White Plum Asanga (lineage of Taizan Maezumi Roshi)
• Thich Nhat Hanh
  • Article on Thich Nhat Hanh (NY Times, 10/16/99)
  • Martin Luther King's letter nominating Thich Nhat Hanh for the Nobel Peace Prize (1967)
• Female Teachers in Zen Buddhism
• "A Very Old Zen Master and His Art of Tough Love" (Joshu Sasaki Roshi; NY Times, 12/9/07)
• Gudo Wafu Nishijima (Soto master)
• Yamada Mumon (Rinzai master)
• Rinzai-Obaku Zen

• ZenTeachings: Translations and Sutras
  • Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, translated by John McRae (also here): this is the later, expanded version, not the the earliest version found at Dunhuang
  • Legends in Ch’an: The Northern/Southern Schools Split, Hui-neng and the Platform Sutra (a good summary of the myth and history behind the Platform Sutra story)
• Koan Study (WWWVL)
• Mumonkan (Wu-men kuan, Gateless Gate)
• Heart Sutra
  • short version (translated by Edward Conze)
    • another translation (from Dharma Realm Buddhist Association)
  • long version
  • commentary by Sojun Mel Weitsman: Part 1 / Part 2
  • Kannon Sutra (in Chinese, with Japanese translation, and a link to an audio file of the sutra being chanted at Sōjiji, one of the two head temples of the Sōtō sect)
• Various Mahayana texts
• Faith in Mind by Seng Tsan (3rd Chan Ancestor)
• Sōtō Zen Text Project (Stanford University)
• Dōgen:
  • Shōbōgenzō (complete)
  • Shōbōgenzō (in progress)
  • Genjō kōan
  • Tenzo kyōkun ( "Instructions for the Cook"):
    • translated by Griffith Foulk
    • translated by Yasuda Joshu Roshi and Anzan Hoshin Roshi
• Ōryōki: eating in a Zen monastery
• Daily Sutra Book (Zen River center, Netherlands)
• "The Way of Zazen" by Shodo Harada Roshi
• Harada-Yasutani school of Zen (Sanbo Kyodan)
• Manual of Zen Buddhism, by D.T. Suzuki (1935): translations of prayers, dharanis, sutras, and selections from Chinese and Japanese Chan/Zen masters
  • PDF (one large file)
  • HTML (in sections)

• Zen Essays (the zensite): variety of good articles on the history of Chan/Zen
• "Sōtō Zen Nuns in Modern Japan" by Paula K. Arai
• Sōtō Zen in America (short essays by John McRae)
• Review of John McRae's Seeing Through Zen, by Peter Hershock (H-ASIA)
• Online books through Consort or OhioLink:
  • Visions of Awakening Space and Time: Dōgen and the Lotus Sutra, by Taigen Dan Leighton (2007)
  • Did Dogen Go to China? by Steven Heine (2006)
  • Zen Classics: Formative Texts in the History of Zen Buddhism, edited by Steven Heine and Dale S. Wright (2005)
  • The Zen Canon: Understanding the Classic Texts, edited by Steven Heine and Dale S. Wright (2004)
  • Opening a Mountain: Koans of the Zen Masters, by Steven Heine (2001)
• Articles by Taigen Dan Leighton
• Tso-ch'an [Sitting Meditation] by Sheng Yen

• 10 Ox-herding Pictures
  • version 1 (International Research Institute of Zen Buddhism)
  • version 2 (Shōkokuji - in Japanese, but much nicer pictures - click on thumbnails)
    • Powerpoint version of above, with English titles
  • version 3 (Philip Kapleau, Three Pillars of Zen)
• Paintings and Calligraphy by Zen Master Hakuin
• Slide show of Zen and Zen-influenced painting: Works only with Internet Explorer 6 and above; click on "Slide Show" in lower right of the first screen; then click to advance to next slide)
• Japanese Zen Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY)
• Awakenings: Zen Figure Painting in Medieval Japan (Japan Society)
• Shambhala Zen Art Gallery
• Zen Art Originals (for sale)
• Japanese Gardens, mostly in Zen temples (Bowdoin College)
• Basho's Garden
  

Zen Temples and Centers:

• Zen Centers of the World (IRIZ)

• CHINA (pictures and brief descriptions):
  
  

Tiantong Temple (Zhejiang): where Hongzhi Zhengjue (1091 1157) was abbot and Dōgen (1200-1254) had his enlightenment experience.

Ayuwang (Asoka) Temple (Zhejiang)

Lingyin Temple (Hangzhou)

Qixia Temple (near Nanjing)




• TAIWAN
  
  

Dharma Drum Mountain

Chung Tai Chan Monastery

 

• JAPAN:
  
  

Main temple	Branches or affiliates
Sōtō Zen Net Rinzai-Obaku Zen
Sōtō Head Temples: Eiheiji (Fukui; founded in 1244 by Dōgen) Sōjiji (Yokohama)	Teishoin (Yokohama) Kōshōji (Japan, founded in 1233 by Dōgen) Sōjiji-soin (the original Sōjiji, on the Nōtō Peninsula)
Sōtō Temples for foreigners in Japan	Shōgōji: International Open Ango (2-month retreat, May 10-July 20, 2004)
Antaiji (Hyōgo Prefecture)
Ryōanji (Kyoto)
Myoshinji (Kyoto)
Sōgenji (Rinzai, Okayama)
Shōkokuji (Rinzai, Kyoto)	Ginkakuji (Kyoto) Home Photos Live webcam Kinkakuji (Kyoto: The Golden Pavilion) Live webcam



• NORTH AMERICA:



Main temple	Branches or affiliates
Zenshuji Soto Mission (Los Angeles): first Sōtō temple in North America, 1922
Diamond Sangha (Honolulu): founded in 1959 by Robert Aitken Roshi (1917 - 2010)	Affiliates worldwide Zazen on High (Columbus) Zen Columbus Sangha
San Francisco Zen Center: founded in 1962 by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi (1904-1971)	Green Gulch Farm Tassajara Zen Mountain Center Zen Hospice Project Berkeley Zen Center Everyday Zen Foundation (Zoketsu Norman Fischer) Ancient Dragon Zen Gate (Taigen Dan Leighton)
Rochester Zen Zenter: founded in 1966 by Philip Kapleau Roshi (1912-2004)	Chicago Zen Center Cleveland Zen Group
Zen Center of Los Angeles: founded in 1967 by Taizan Maezumi Roshi (1931-1995)	Yokoji (Zen Mountain Center, founded 1981) Zen Peacemakers (founded in 1994 by Roshi Bernie Glassman, first dharma heir of Maezumi Roshi) Greyston Foundation (also founded by Roshi Bernie Glassman) Village Zendo (New York City)
Rinzai-ji Zen Center (Los Angeles): founded in 1968 by Joshu Sasaki Roshi (b. 1907)	Affiliates Summer Seminar on Buddhism (New Mexico)
New York Zendo Shobo-Ji (New York): founded in 1968 by Eido Shimano Roshi (b. 1932)	Dai Bosatsu Kongo-ji (Livingston Manor, NY)
International Buddhist Meditation Center (Los Angeles): founded in 1970 by Thich Thien-An (1926-1980)
Zen Mountain Monastery (Mt. Tremper, NY): founded in 1980 by John Daido Loori (1931-2009)	Zen Center of New York City (Brooklyn)
Others: Bodhi Manda Zen Center (New Mexico) Summer Seminar on Buddhism Cincinnati Zen Center Cleveland Buddhist Temple Cloud Water Zendo (Cleveland) Hsu Yun Buddhist Association (Tucson, AZ) White Wind Zen Community (Ottawa) Sanshin Zen Community (Bloomington, Indiana)



• INDIA:
  
  

  Bodhi Zendo (Tamil Nadu)

Edit date: 2/20/20