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Literature
on Zen History and Practice |
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Bone
of Space
by Zen
Master Seung Sahn
Poems
by Zen Master Seung Sahn. This collection captures a
master's thoughts during everyday life - while traveling,
talking on the phone, attending a friend's funeral. 128
pages. |
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The
Whole World is a Single Flower
by Zen
Master Seung Sahn
365
Kong-ans for Everyday Life. The first modern kong-an
collection to appear in many years; Christian, Taoist, and
Buddhist sources. 267 pages. |
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Dropping
Ashes on the Buddha
by Zen
Master Seung Sahn
The
teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn. Compiled and edited by
Stephen Mitchell. A delightful, irreverent, and often
hilarious record of interactions with Western students.
244 pages. |
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Only
Don't Know
by Zen
Master Seung Sahn
Teaching
Letters of Zen Master Seung Sahn. Issues of work,
relationships, and suffering are discussed as they relate
to meditation practice. Primary Point Press edition, 1991.
204 pages. |
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Ten
Gates
by Zen
Master Seung Sahn
The
Kong-an Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn. Ten classic
kong-ans are illustrated through extensive dialogue
between teacher and student. 151 pages. |
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Blue
Cliff Record
by Zen
Master Seung Sahn
Zen
Master Seung Sahn's version of the classic collection of
one hundred kong-ans. |
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The
Compass of Zen
by Zen
Master Seung Sahn
This
book comprised of talks by Zen Master Seung Sahn. The
basic teachings of Buddhism is wonderfully presented in a
simple and easy manner. A gem not to be missed. |
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Compass
of Zen Teaching
by Zen
Master Seung Sahn
The
essence of Zen Master Seung Sahn's teaching: the main
points of Buddhism and Zen, the ten gates, temple rules.
Original edition. 39 pages. |
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Wake
Up! On the Road with a Zen Master
by Zen
Master Seung Sahn
An
entertaining documentary that captures Zen Master Seung
Sahn's energy and presents the core of this teaching.
1992. VHS 54 minutes. |
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Sun
Rising East: Zen Master Seung Sahn Gives Transmission
by Zen
Master Seung Sahn
1992
transmission and 20th anniversary celebrations, plus
interviews with four Zen Masters. 1993 VHS 34 minutes. |
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Only
Doing It for Sixty Years
Stories
about Zen Master Seung Sahn's life and teaching, published
for his 60th birthday in 1987. 238 pages. |
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A
Gathering of Spirit
edited
by Ellen Sidor
Women
Teaching in American Buddhism. Talks and discussions from
three landmark conferences at Providence Zen Center. Third
edition, 1992. 156 pages. |
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Thousand
Peaks
by Mu
Soeng Sunim
Korean
Zen : Traditions and Teachers. The spirit of Zen's golden
age survives in Korean Zen. 256 pages. |
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Mu
Mun Kwan : Gateless Checkpoint
Zen
Master Seung Sahn's version of the classic collection of
48 kong-ans. |
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Heart
Sutra
by Mu
Soeng Sunim
Ancient
Buddhist Wisdom in the Light of Quantum Reality. The
concept of emptiness and the parallels found in quantum
physics. 1991. 80 pages. |
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Chanting
Book
With
English Translations. Used in daily meditation practice at
the Kwan Um Zen centres. 64 pages |
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Perceive
WorldSound
Zen
chanting tape. The morning and evening bell chants and the
daily chanting at the Kwan Um Zen Centres. 1978. |
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The
Best of Primary Point
Fifty
classic articles from the pages of Primary Point. 1994
edition. 270 loose-leaf pages. |
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Dharma
Mirror
compiled
and edited by Merrie Fraser
Detailed
manual of practice forms in the Kwan Um School of Zen. 256
loose-leaf pages. |