I’m not an “artist” in the least, but I just love this Ikkyu quote so much2yr ⋅ TheGoldenGooch ⋅ r/zenbuddhism
~by Shodo Harada Roshi: Our focus has to be on our essence, not on concepts of doing good and avoiding doing bad.1yr ⋅ awakeningoffaith ⋅ r/zenbuddhism
Imagine if books of wisdom still cost 50 cents. What a world we might live in.2yr ⋅ MeaghanJaymesTS ⋅ r/zenbuddhism
I feel like I’m being trolled by these cute doodles in an otherwise very serious Zen book2yr ⋅ HoweverItHasToHappen ⋅ r/zenbuddhism
From Charlotte Joko Beck’a book Ordinary Wonder. I love the opening title of this book!2yr ⋅ ShenGPuerH1998 ⋅ r/zenbuddhism
A Book I Wish Somebody Told me About When I Started off. Basic but Great Read! The Essence of Chan by Guo Gu (A Guide to Life and Practice according to the Teachings of Bodhidharma)2yr ⋅ Aurox_Magnus ⋅ r/zenbuddhism
I was looking through some Chan material from Sung era China and noticed something startling3yr ⋅ Qweniden ⋅ r/zenbuddhism
This 12 page Dharma book has been an amazing antidote against fear, I highly recommend it.2yr ⋅ z4py ⋅ r/zenbuddhism
I believe this is how Bodhidharma would look like when he traveled to China1yr ⋅ gusaaaaa ⋅ r/zenbuddhism
Living the zen master life :D Meido Moore Roshi in his downtime between the Sesshin and Shugendo training in Switzerland2yr ⋅ awakeningoffaith ⋅ r/zenbuddhism
Randolph S. Whitfield completed earlier this year this monumental feat of translation. The first full English translation of the Jingde Chuandeng Lu (1008). I'm surprised not to see it mentioned more often.3yr ⋅ tegeus-Cromis_2000 ⋅ r/zenbuddhism
The beauty of zazen is that you can do it anywhere, though sometimes you find an ideal spot.3yr ⋅ LeanMeanZenMachine ⋅ r/zenbuddhism
I recommend them all. Spoiler* you won’t find what your looking for.2yr ⋅ Burnt-Sequoia ⋅ r/zenbuddhism
Contemplative Space at the D T Suzuki Museum in Kanazawa, Japan. Taken when I visited there last year.4yr ⋅ marq_andrew ⋅ r/zenbuddhism
I'm new to Zen and Buddhism in general, but holy hell is this great. Highly recommend4yr ⋅ SilentRansom ⋅ r/zenbuddhism
Buddhism is all about studying the Self. To study the Self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things.3yr ⋅ Lethargicpancake ⋅ r/zenbuddhism
Early translation of Huang Po (only part I, the Chun Chou Record) I never see mentioned. Chu Ch'an is John Blofeld, but the translation is quite different from the 1958 Grove Press one.3yr ⋅ tegeus-Cromis_2000 ⋅ r/zenbuddhism
My dog needed a cone. This is the only brand they had at the pet store.2yr ⋅ tegeus-Cromis_2000 ⋅ r/zenbuddhism
The Six Persimmons by Muqi (1210-1269) is universally regarded as the most quintessentially Chan painting in all of Japan.4yr ⋅ Peter_-_ ⋅ r/zenbuddhism
Can someone explain this quote to me? I’m starting my journey and this quote is leaving me utterly confused2yr ⋅ Objective_Lemon2684 ⋅ r/zenbuddhism
From the Jingde Chuandeng Lu, Records of the Transmission of the Lamp (c. 1008), 2.23, trans. Randolph S. Whitfield3yr ⋅ tegeus-Cromis_2000 ⋅ r/zenbuddhism
