Chan / Seon / Zen

Hanshan and Shide (Japanese: Kanzan and Jittoku) © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Broken Broom, a Tattered Scripture

By Buddhism Now on 27 April 2018 • ( 3 )

One is the Bodhisattva of the Great Path, The other the Patriarch of the Great Buddha. What evidence is there?

From Academy to Chan: Liang Kai

By Buddhism Now on 20 April 2018 • ( 0 )

This last of the four Southern Song Academy masters is shown as providing a bridge between that tradition and the new kind of painting associated with Chan (Zen) Buddhism: why it was preserved almost entirely in Japan and scarcely at all in China. Film 72 minutes

The Depth of Truth is Bottomless, by Harada Tangen Roshi

By Buddhism Now on 23 March 2018 • ( 4 )

You too are perfectly protected. It just isn’t obvious to you.

Harada Tangen Roshi 1924-2018

By Buddhism Now on 20 March 2018 • ( 12 )

RIP Harada Tangen Roshi 1924-2018. A simple, kind, happy man, who lived his teaching.

Avalokitesvara. Said to have been excavated in Kyongju, Korea. Unified Silla Dynasty, 8th century. © Tokyo National Museum

What is your original nature prior to the manifestation of space? Master Kusan

By Buddhism Now on 16 March 2018 • ( 4 )

Again, let me explain about the path walked by the ancients.

Avalokitesvara,Japan, Asuka Period 7th century Horyuji © Tokyo National Museum

Words of love are not necessarily only Kindly words, by Trevor Leggett

By Buddhism Now on 9 March 2018 • ( 1 )

Love has to be brave enough to drink up the person entirely ― poison and all.

Kashyapa, Korea, Joseon dynasty 1700. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Intimacy and the Buddha’s Smile, by John Aske

By Buddhism Now on 26 January 2018 • ( 0 )

But don’t grasp at the smile — or the flower — or even the words, and most of us do, because we love to attach ourselves to things and meanings, and it’s not about things or meanings.