Tobochan A Cat's Zen Journey An illustrated Journal of Zen Practice, as a cat called Tobo and his Monk companion go through ordinary life.
Tobochan, A Cat's Zen Journey is lush in the water colours of the Zen monk Mujyo. A book for beginners to Zen as well as the more seasoned Zen reader and practioner.
Born in 1894 and ordained a Zen monk in 1908, Zenkei Shibayama was Zen Master of the important Nanzenji Zen Monastery in Kyoto for twenty-five years. He was a professor at Hanazono and Otani universities, the author of a number of works in Japanese, and the chief abbot of the Nanzenji Organization of some five hundred Rinzai Zen temples in Japan. Shibayama Roshi died in 1974.
Fukushima Roshi was head abbot of Tofuku-ji Monastery, one of the great five mountain monasteries (gozan) of Kyoto, Japan, and one of the great centres of the Rinzai Zen tradition. Fukushima's calligraphy is not merely didactic, a gilded vessel to make Zen doctrines more palatable. They are technically masterful, reflecting Fukushima's training in the calligraphic arts from an early age as well as his apprenticeship with Okada Roshi and his kaisho or "block" script, and Shibayama Roshi and his exquisite gyosho script. But like the beneficent force of Shibayama's calligraphy, from which he learned much,Fukushima's calligraphy is a quiet storm, a serene volcano, a compassionate and gentle eruption of the vast energy or ki of the Zen mind. The gentle forms of Fukushima's calligraphy are rife with the erupting force of mushin.This book reproduces twenty pieces of Fukushima's calligraphy, as well as a rare piece done by both Shibayama Roshi and Suzuki Sensei. Set against Fukushima's calligraphy, one can see in it all three generations of bridge builders of one of the most important lineages of dharma transmission from Japan to the United States.
A biograghy of the late Abbot of Tofukuji Zen Monastery in Kyoto Kiedo Fukushima. Fukushima Roshi is the Dharma descendent of Zenkie Shibayama and in turn the teacher of many Western students. Normally Japanese monasteries are difficult to enter for Westerners, but Fukushima Roshi was available to lay person and Emperor alike.
This book with references to his calligraghy practice, Fukushima was perhaps the premier Zen Artist of his generation, is a telling of his like and a discussion of his views on Zen in Japan how it should develop in the West.
Frederick Frank is regarded as one of the great artists of the 20th century. He was also interested in Zen and traveled to Japan to learn about it first hand.
The Zen of Seeing is rich in life scetches by the artist and his thoughts about Zen and Art and Life. This is a real must have.
"Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" has become one of the great
modern Zen classics, much beloved, much reread, and much recommended as the best
first book to read on Zen. Suzuki Roshi presents the basics--from the details of
posture and breathing in zazen to the perception of nonduality--in a way that is
not only remarkably clear, but that also resonates with the joy of insight from
the first to the last page. It's a book to come back to time and time again as
an inspiration to practice, and it is now available to a new generation of
seekers in this fortieth anniversary edition.
Modernizing the Japanese Garden, in fact Shigemori reinvented it, Shigemori represents one of the leading figures in the emergence of domestic design as we know it today. Best known for his revolutionary gardens that redifined the traditional garden as natural sculpure, Shigemori was also an avid designer at every level, interior and exterior, much of what is taken today as modern living owes to him.
Following in the footsteps of Shigemori, Shunmyo one of Japan's top contempary garden designers. Taking the sculptural art of Shigemori into the 21st Century.
Translated by William Scott, the letters of the 16th Century Zen master Takuan Soho to the master Swordsman Yagyu Jubei. A seies of discussions on the nature of mind.
A collection of early Indian writings and later Chinese and Japanese Zen writings.
17th Century Zen Master Hakuin is the lineage ancestor of all ZenTeachers tooday. In his comentary on the Heart Sutra Hakuin discusses the connection of Mind and practice. Hakuin zenji was one of the first Zen masters to write for the wider public and popurarize Zen before it spread to the West.
Gardening and Mindfulness
"Does a dog have Buddha nature?" A monk asked. "Mu" answered the Teacher - Not. This Not is not the negative no, but rather the Not of positive. The book of Mu is a detailed look at this Koan and the implications of it in Zen practice.
Kosho Uchiyama is a contemporary Zen master and one of the leading teachers of the Soto Zen school in Japan.
A book for the serious beginner.
This extensively revised edition includes one all-new chapter, adding to the
book's reputation as a timeless guide to understanding what Zen is and is not. A
perfect follow-up for the reader who has read Zen Meditation in Plain English.
Especially useful for those who have not yet encountered a Zen teacher.
Contextualizes the Buddhist roots of Zen.
Zen Buddhist art is both an expression of the mind of the artist and a teaching in and of itself. Some of the most famous of all Zen masters, like the great Hakuin Ekaku, used art as a way of teaching. "The Zen Art Book" presents Zen art for its beauty as well as for the teaching it exhibits. It contains forty images of brush painting and calligraphy. Each piece is accompanied by description and decoding of the piece, along with a Dharma commentary from John Daido Loori. Also included are essays on the complementary purposes of Zen art by both authors.
The Ceasing of Notions: An Early Zen Text from the Dunhuang Caves with Selected Comments
The Dunhuang Caves in Northern China are the cradle of Mahayana Buddhism, centuries ago they were the home of the first Buddhist hermitages, inside the limestone caves monks carved fantasic images and left thier writings on the cave walls. Ceasing of Notions is the transcription of those writings with comentary on the ancient sutras by the late Zen master Soko Morinaga.
Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen
Kazuaki Tanahashi's abridged translation of the 12th Century Zen master Dogen. This is a beautiful clear and consise selection. Tanahashi has since translated the full work into a two volumes, also a must have for the serious Zen student and scholar.
A collection of Zen writings
