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Cold Mountain Zen offers this list of classic and current Zen and Buddhist books to support your practice and increase your understanding of Zen Buddhism. The list begins with Kurt Spellmeyer’s Buddha at the Apocalypse: Awakening from a Culture of Destruction, and includes books by Pema Chodron, Alan Watts, Thich Nhat Hanh, Shunryu Suzuki, Red Pine, […]
A teisho is a formal dharma talk, given on a specific koan or zen text. This collection of teishos was given by Kankan Roshi and senior students during a zen retreat (sesshin) or half-day sit. The teisho name corresponds to a specific “case” or chapter in The Mumonkan, Hekiganroku, or Book of Serenity. The Mumonkan […]
Sutras are sacred texts attributed to the Buddha or one of his close disciples. Cold Mountain Zen uses sacred texts, including the Heart Sutra and the Four Great Vows, to prepare the mind and deepen meditation practice. Sutra recitation occurs prior to morning and afternoon meditation practice, and before a teisho. Grouped by Morning Sutras, […]
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Baso’s “This Very Mind Is the Buddha”
Date: Jan. 29, 2022
Book: Mumonkan
Case#30
Ummon’s “One Treasure”
Date: Jan. 16, 2022
Book: Hekiganroku
Case#62
Linji’s True Person
Date: Jan. 15, 2022
Book: Book of Serenity
Case#38
The World Honored One Ascends the Seat
Date: Jan. 14, 2022
Book: Book of Serenity
Case#1
Two Monks Roll Up the Blinds
Date: Jan. 13, 2022
Book: Mumonkan
Case#26
Emperor Wu Asks Bodhidharma
Date: Jan. 12, 2022
Book: Hekiganroku
Case#1
Ummon Stretches Out His Hands
Date: Jan. 1, 2022
Book: Hekiganroku
Case#54
Ummon’s “Particle After Particle Samadhi”
Date: Dec. 11, 2021
Book: Hekiganroku
Case#50
Ummon’s One Treasure - Audio Not Found
Date: Nov. 27, 2021
Book: Hekiganroku
Case#62
Tipping Over a Water Bottle
Date: Nov. 13, 2021
Book: Mumonkan
Case#40
Kyogen’s “Man Up a Tree”
Date: Oct. 30, 2021
Book: Mumonkan
Case#5
Chosha Went for a Walk
Date: Oct. 16, 2021
Book: Hekiganroku
Case#36
Ungan’s “Do You Have Them or Not?”
Date: Oct. 2, 2021
Book: Hekiganroku
Case#72
Joshu’s Cypress Tree-Audio Not Found
Date: Sept. 18, 2021
Book: Mumonkan
Case#37
Zizhao’s Succession
Date: Sept. 4, 2021
Book: Book of Serenity
Case#64
The Master of Rengeho’s Staff
Date: Aug. 22, 2021
Book: Hekiganroku
Case#25
Caoshan’s “Reality Body”
Date: Aug. 21, 2021
Book: Book of Serenity
Case#52
Yanyang’s “Thing”
Date: Aug. 20, 2021
Book: Book of Serenity
Case#57
Joshu’s Cypress Tree
Date: Aug. 19, 2021
Book: Mumonkan
Case#37
Yunmen’s “ Sumeru”
Date: Aug. 18, 2021
Book: Book of Serenity
Case#19
Nanyang’s “Water Pitcher”
Date: Aug. 7, 2021
Book: Book of Serenity
Case#42
Banzan’s “Three Worlds, No Dharma”
Date: July 24, 2021
Book: Blue Rock Collection
Case#37
Ganto Laughed Loudy
Date: July 10, 2021
Book: Blue Rock Collection
Case#66
Yunyan Sweeps the Ground
Date: June 26, 2021
Book: Book of Serenity
Case#21
Gensha’s Man of Three Disabilities
Date: June 12, 2021
Book: Blue Rock Collection
Case#88
The Girl Comes out of Samadhi
Date: May 22, 2021
Book: Mumonkan
Case#42
Mi Hu's "Enlightenment or Not?"
Date: May 8, 2021
Book: Book of Serenity
Case#62
Ummon’s “No Preaching on Oneness”
Date: April 24, 2021
Book: Blue Rock Collection
Case#15
Yuima’s “The Gate to the One and Only”
Date: April 10, 2021
Book: Blue Rock Collection
Case#84
Hyakujō and a Wild Duck
Date: Mar. 27, 2021
Book: Blue Rock Collection
Case#53
Emperor Wu Asks Bodhidharma
Date: Mar. 13, 2021
Book: Blue Rock Collection
Case#1
Shoushan's "New Bride"
Date: Feb. 27, 2021
Book: Book of Serenity
Case#65
Dongshan's "No Grass"
Date: Feb. 13, 2021
Book: Book of Serenity
Case#89
The Girl Comes out of Samadhi
Date: Jan. 30, 2021
Book: Mumonkan
Case#42
Daowu Tends the Sick
Date: Jan. 17, 2021
Book: Book of Serenity
Case#83
Jiashan "Swinging the Sword"
Date: Jan. 16, 2021
Book: Book of Serenity
Case#68
The Flower Ornament Scripture's "Wisdom"
Date: Jan. 15, 2021
Book: Book of Serenity
Case#67
Yunmen's "Sumeru"
Date: Jan. 14, 2021
Book: Book of Serenity
Case#19
INCOMPLETE-Linji's Great Enlightenment
Date: Jan. 13, 2021
Book: Book of Serenity
Case#86
INCOMPLETE-Ruiyan's "Constant Principle"
Date: Jan. 9, 2021
Book: Book of Serenity
Case#75
Chōkei and Hofuku Discuss the Buddha’s Words
Date: Dec. 12, 2020
Book: Blue Rock Collection
Case#95
Jōshū’s “I Alone Am Holy Throughout Heaven and Earth”
Date: Dec. 12, 2020
Book: Blue Rock Collection
Case#57
Fayan's Boat or Land
Date: Nov. 28, 2020
Book: Book of Serenity
Case#51
Haryō’s Sword Against Which a Hair Is Blown
Date: Nov. 14, 2020
Book: Blue Rock Collection
Case#100
Ummon’s “Everybody Has His Own Light”
Date: Nov. 1, 2020
Book: Blue Rock Collection
Case#86