Introduction to Zen Buddhism History, Practice, and Contemporary Applications Zen Teacher Arno HessPathway Zen The Origin of Zen Zen can be traced to the awakening of Śākyamuni Buddha, the historical Buddha whose realisation became the source of the Buddhist teachings and practices that developed over the centuries. Yet Buddhism is not a single, uniform tradition. […]
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Happy New Year
This is the time we wish each other a Happy New Year. Fortunately, like tomorrow, it never comes and few of us realise the implications the concept of time and its categorisation has on our wellbeing. Since there is no past, no present (we can’t stop time even for a nanosecond) and of course no future, time is a […]
A brief historical survey of the origins of koans and their applications.
The development of koans in Chan Buddhism and their adoption in Japan and Western modernity. A historical survey of koan development