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)
• Zen Buddhism (WWWVL)
• thezensite: essays, teachings, book reviews, etc.
  
• International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism (IRIZ)

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)
• Zen Paintings and Calligraphy by Zen Master Hakuin
  
  
• Sheng Yen: Dharma Drum Mountain (Chinese Zen master with centers in Taiwan and Queens, NY)
  • Ch'an Newsletter (essays by Sheng Yen)
• White Plum Lineage and Kanzeon Sangha (Taizan Maezumi and Genpo Merzel)
• 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)

• ZenTeachings: Translations and Sutras
  • Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (complete translation by Philip Yampolsky, but not including the extensive introduction)
  • 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)
• Tso-ch'an [Sitting Meditation] by Sheng Yen
• Koan Study (WWWVL)
• Mumonkan (Wu-men kuan, Gateless Gate)
• Heart Sutra
  • short version (translated by Edward Conze)
    • another translation (from Dharma Realm Buddhist Association)
    • for chanting in Japanese (with Japanese pronunciation, Chinese characters, English translation, and links to audio and video files of the sutra being chanted at Sōjiji, one of the two head temples of the Sōtō sect)
  • long version
    • another translation
  • commentary by Han-shan Te-ch'ing (1546-1623)
  • 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)
• Faith in Mind by Seng Tsan (3rd Ch'an Ancestor)
• Sōtō Zen Text Project (Stanford University)
• "Instructions for the Cook" by Dōgen,
  • translated by Griffith Foulk
  • translated by Yasuda Joshu Roshi and Anzan Hoshin Roshi
  • commentary by Sojun Mel Weitsman Roshi
  • Ōryōki: eating in a Zen monastery
  • Zen Meal Sutra
• "Capping-Phrase Practice in Rinzai Zen" by Victor Sōgen Hori (Introduction to Zen Sand: The Book of Capping Phrases for Kōan Practice (2003)
• Daily Sutra Book (Zen River center, Netherlands)
• "The Way of Zen" 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)
• Koan collections in English

• 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: Dogen 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)
• AAR Zen Buddhism Seminar: papers from the American Academy of Religion annual meeting (2002-2006)
• Articles by Taigen Dan Leighton

• 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)
• 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)
• Zenga (Zen art from a gallery)
• Shambhala Zen Art Gallery
• Zen Art Originals (for sale)
• Mahayana Art by Brian Barry
• 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):
  • Map of China
    
    

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)



• JAPAN:
  • Map of Japan
    
    

Main temple	Branches or affiliates
Sōtō Zen Net
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)
Sōgenji (Rinzai, Okayama)
Shōkokuji (Rinzai, Kyoto)	Ginkakuji (Kyoto) Home Photos Kinkakuji (Kyoto: The Golden Pavilion)



• USA:
  
  

Main temple	Branches or affiliates
San Francisco Zen Center (founded in 1962 by the late Shunryu Suzuki Roshi)	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)
Sixth Patriarch Zen Center (Berkeley)
Zen Center of Los Angeles (founded in 1967 by the late Taizan Maezumi Roshi)	Zen Mountain Center (founded in 1981) Zen Peacemakers (founded in 1994 by Roshi Bernie Glassman, first dharma heir of Maezumi Roshi) Greyston Foundation (also founded by Roshi Bernie Glassman) Kanzeon Zen Center (Salt Lake City, Utah; founded in 1993 by Dennis Genpo Merzel Roshi, second dharma heir of Maezumi Roshi) Village Zendo (New York City)
Rinzai-ji Zen Center (Los Angeles; founded in 1968 by Joshu Sasaki Roshi)	Affiliates Summer Seminar on Buddhism (New Mexico)
Zenshuji Soto Mission (Los Angeles): first Sōtō temple in North America, 1922
International Buddhist Meditation Center (Los Angeles): founded in 1970 by Thich Thien-An.
New York Zendo Shobo-Ji (New York City), founded in 1968 by Eido Shimano Roshi	Dai Bosatsu Kongo-ji (Livingston Manor, NY)
Zen Mountain Monastery (Mt. Tremper, NY; founded by John Daido Loori Roshi -- dharma heir of Maezumi Roshi)	Zen Center of New York City (Brooklyn)
Diamond Sangha (Honolulu; founded in 1959 by Robert Aitken Roshi)	Affiliates worldwide Zazen on High (Columbus) Zen Columbus Sangha
Rochester Zen Zenter (founded in 1966 by Philip Kapleau Roshi)	Chicago Zen Center Cleveland Zen Group
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)

Edit date: 8/22/08