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As Zibu was hoeing the ground he pressed down in the hoe. Turning around, he looked at Shengguang and said, “It’s not that there’s nothing...

Linji said, ”Past worthies since ancient times all had ways of developing people. What I teach people just requires you not to allow yourse...

Let's fight about having a cat. Maybe someone will come and cut it in half for us! I had an interesting thought this morning: Does the...

Zen Master Zhimen Zuo was asked by a monk, “What is it like when the lotus blossom hasn’t yet emerged from the water?” The Master said, “L...

Other related posts that I could find easily: 1 2 ​ Translating the title of the text and the author´s name: title: 無門關 by author: 無門 ...

Fayan was asked by a monk named Huichao, “What is Buddha?” The Master replied, “You are Huichao.” The monk thereupon entered into underst...

This is the 9th case from Yuanwu’s Measuring Tap , A monk asked Xuefeng, “How is it when ‘the ancient valley stream is cold from the sour...

###Welcome to /r/Zen ! ​ Welcome to the /r/zen Meta Monday thread, where we can talk about subreddit topics such as such as: * Communit...

The Five Lay Precepts are part of Zen culture. Zen has an unparalleled 1,000-year historical record that isn't debated, spanning d...

Introduction Also known as Xiyun, Huangbo is one of the more chatty Zen Masters, whose “Transmission of Mind” text is one of the most infa...

I've been talking lately in this forum with people who have no interest in keeping the five lay precepts. THE FIVE PRECEPTS abstai...

Mingben: Zen study just requires intense concern for the great matter of death and life, solely bringing up the saying studied to compreh...

Someone asked, "What is the meaning of "Our founder came from the west'?" Joshu said, "How long ago was it that I...

Zen scriptures are written in a sparse poetic style. Readers of zen often disagree on "the meaning". Is this the real power of t...

When Caoshan took leave of Dongshan, Dongshan asked, "Where are you going?" Caoshan replied, "To an unchanging place."...

No academic has ever linked Shikantaza to Soto Zen. No Zen master ever gotten lightened from a prescribed system of meditation. Aca...

A monk asked Mazu, ”By what understanding can one attain the Way?” Mazu replied, ”Your own nature is originally complete; just do not ling...

The racist and religiously bigoted claim by Japanese Chan Buddhists is that the lineage of Bodhidharma (named "Zen" in English) w...

There’s a false claim repeated here that “there are no Japanese Zen lineages.” This lie is used as part of a disinformation campaign and is...

I can relate so much to this quote by Sadhguru. Have been doing my practices as regularly as I can, and lately I have been feeling a lot o...