Daily Zen Chronological Index of Journals
Chronological Index by authors updated 12.30.2024
Sutras
Feb 2003 – Essence of Perception -Excerpted from The Surangama Sutra -Translated by Upasaka Lu K’uan Yu (Charles Luk) 1966
December 2012– The First Sermon at Benares from Dahmmacakkappavattana Sutra Early Buddhist Scriptures E. J. Thomas 1935
February 2013– Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing Buddha-Majjhima Nikaya Sutra no. 118 translated from the Pali- Awakening of the Heart – essential Buddhist sutras and commentaries 2012 Thich Nhat Hanh pp 10-12
November 2019 -Bhaddekaratta Sutta – The Sutra of Knowing the Better Way to Live Alone – Buddha -Awakening the Heart compiled by Thich Nhat Hanh- pp 225-230
May -Awakening -Majjima Nikaya- Prajnaparamita-The Buddha Speaks edited by Anne Bancroft 2000 pp 7,8 27-28
July 2017-Questions of Bodhisattva Mahamati to the Buddha – from Buddha Dharma – The Way to Enlightenment -Numata Center for Buddhist Translation 2003 pp 103-105
Aug 2019 – Sermon in Tavatimsa Heaven from Buddha Dharma above pp 124-126
July 2020 – The Empty Bowl Sutra – A Day in the Life: The Empty Bowl and Diamond Sutras – Red Pine pp 1-4
Jan 2018 – Lankavatara Sutra – Chapters 24 and 30 tran by Red Pine pp 99-101 and 112-113
Feb 2017 Lankavatara Sutra – tran by Red Pine pp 129, 171, 175
Oct 2023 – Walking the Middle Path – Thich Nhat Hanh pp 470-472
Dec 2023 – Selections from the Diamond Sutra The Diamond Sutra and The Sutra of Hui-neng trans. by A. F. Price and Wong Mou-lam 1990 pp 52-53
Nov 2021 Buddhism is Natural Truth – excerpted from the Kalama Sutra – Buddhadhasa Bhikku
Earliest Writings
April 2008 – The Wise Ones of Old – Lao tse The Wisdom of Laotse translated by Lin Yutang, 1948
November – Stopping and Seeing – Wei-tse (d. 134) “Teachings of Zen” Edited by Thomas Cleary(1998) Shambhala pp. 169-171
October 2002– Records of the Teachers and Students of the Lanka Gunabhadra of the Song period – Gunabhadra (424-454) Zen Dawn – Early Zen Texts from Tun Huang – Translated by J.C. Cleary (1986) pp 27-31
Bodhidharma (440-528)
July 2011 – Wake-up Sermon Part 1 – Bodhidharma (440-528) – The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma – trans by Red Pine 1987 pp. 23-27
August 2011 – Wake-up Sermon Part 2 Bodhidharma (440-528) – The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma – trans by Red Pine 1987 pp 27-31
January 2019 – Wake-up Sermon pt3 -Bodhidharma (440-528) -The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma trans by Red Pine 1987 pp 31-33
May 2021 – Wake-up Sermon Pt 4 Bodhidharma -The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma trans by Red Pine 1987 pp 33-37
August 2012– Breakthrough Sermon – Bodhidharma (440-528) -The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma – trans by Red Pine 1987 pp 38-56 fini
Journal # 6 The Earliest Teachings of Ch’an Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices – Bodhidharma The Northern School and the Formation of Early Ch’an Buddhism by John R. McRae (1986 out of print)
Journal # 8 Fragmentary Notes of Bodhi Dharma’s Disciples Buddhism and Zen” edited and translated by Nyogen Senzaki and Ruth Strout McCandless
March 2017 Treatise on Contemplating Mindfulness Bodhidharma Zen Dawn – Early Zen Texts from Tun Huang- trans by J. C. Cleary 1986 pp 81-84, 99-102
Sept 2022 Bloodstream Sermon – Bodhidharma pp 6-12
October 2000 Journal # 24 Bloodstream Sermon – Bodhidharma The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma translated by Red Pine (1987) pp 9-13
Sept 2020 4 Bloodstream Sermon – Bodhidharma pt 2 Red Pine p 13-19
December 2007– Bloodstream Sermon – Bodhidharma (440-528) The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma Trans by Red Pine pp 14-18
Chih I (538-597)
October 2017 – Correct Practice – Chih I (538-597) – Zen is for Everyone – The Xiao Zhi Guan text byt Zhi Yi https://michaelsaso.org/store/#!/Zen-is-for-Everyone/p/254918/category=0 pp 36-39
Feb 2022 Other Ways to do Zen – Chih-I pp 50-52
Tao-shin (580-651)
July 2015 – Calming the Mind – Early Chan in China and Tibet – ed Whalen Lai and Lewis Lancaster pp 107-108, 109
May 2010 – The Teachings of the Fourth Patriarch of Early Chan -Early Ch’an in China and Tibet by David Chappell p 112
Nov 2008 – The Fundamental Expedient Teachings – same as above source
Yung-chia Hsuan-chueh (665-713)
March 2019-Selections from the Song of Awakening – Yung-chia Hsuan-chueh (665-713) -Commentary by Koda Sawaki (1885-1965) Commentary on the Song of Awakening trans by Tonen O’connor 2015 pp 149-154
October 2022 Selections from the Song of Awakening – Part 2 Yung-chia Hsuan-chueh (665-713) -Commentary by Koda Sawaki (1885-1965) Commentary on the Song of Awakening trans by Tonen O’connor 2015 pp 149-154
Hui-neng (638-713)
July 2003– The Platform Sutra Hui-neng (638-713) -Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch Translated by Philip Yampolsky (1967) pp 134-141
January 2009– Platform Sutra- Ta-chien Hui-neng (638-713) The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, translated by Philip Yampolsky 1967 pp 136-141
Oct 2012 – Platform Sutra trans Red Pine pp 10-11 Part 1
August 2003- The Platform Sutra Part 2 -Hui-neng (638-713) -Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch Translated by Philip Yampolsky (1967)pp 165-168
June 2013- Platform Sutra –Part 4 Hui-neng -The Platform Sutra – The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng translated by Red Pine pp. 24-28
April 2013– The Formless Precepts – The Four Boundless Vows pt 2– Hui-neng -The Platform Sutra – The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng translated by Red Pine 2006 pp 15-18
December 2018 – One Practice Samadhi – Hui-neng (638-713)
The Platform Sutra – The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng trans by Red Pine 2006 pt 1
October 2022 – One Practice Samadhi -The Platform Sutra – The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng trans by Red Pine 2006 Part 2
Hung-jen (600-674))
May 2007 Treatise on the Essentials of Cultivating the Mind Part 1 – Hung-jen (early 8th c) -The Northern School and the Formation of Early Ch’an Buddhism by John R. McRae 1986 pp. 121-123
June 2007- Treatise on the Essentials of Cultivating the Mind Part 2 – Hung-jen (early 8th c) -The Northern School and the Formation of Early Ch’an Buddhism-by John R. McRae 1986 pp 125-127
April 2017 and August 2022 Part 3 of above pieces pp 127-131
Ma-tsu (709-788)
July 2008- Sermons of Ma-tsu -translated by Cheng Chien Bhikshu Sun-Face Buddha: The Teachings of Ma-Tsu and the Hung-Chou School of Ch’an-pp 62-65
August 2008 – Sermons of Ma-tsu part 2 -translated by Cheng Chien Bhikshu Sun-Face Buddha: The Teachings of Ma-Tsu and the Hung-Chou School of Ch’an pp 65-68
Hui-hai (720-814)
October 2010– The Essential Gateway to truth by Means of Instantaneous Awakening – Hui-hai -Ch’an Master Hui Hai – Zen Teaching of Instantaneous Awakening-Translated by John Blofeld 1962 pp 42-48
November 2010 – Tsung Ching Record of Hui Hai -Zen Teaching of Instantaneous Awakening translated by John Blofeld pp 106,113 Part 1
June 2015 -Tsung Ching Record of Hui Hai Ch’an Master Hui Hai- Zen Teaching of Instantaneous Awakening translated b John Blofeld 1962 pp 113-123 part 2
June 2023 Tsung Ching Record of Hui Hai Ch’an Master Hui Hai- Zen Teaching of Instantaneous Awakening translated b John Blofeld 1962 pp120- part 3
Kamalasila (740-795)
Sept 2012 The Meditation of a Bodhisattva pt 1 The Buddhist Experience – Stephen Beyer 1974
Oct 2011 The Meditation of a Bodhisattva pt 2 The Buddhist Experience – Stephen Beyer 1974
Fen-chou Wu-yeh (761-823)
Sept 2008 – Sun Face Buddha – Sun-face Buddha: The Teachings of Ma-Tsu and the Hung-Chou School of Ch’an by Cheng Chien Bhikshu and Cheng Chien pp 127-131
Kuei-shan (771-854)
February 2020 – Admonitions – The Five Houses of Zen Trans by Thomas Cleary pp 16-20
Journal #1 Hsiang-yen and the Broken Tile (771-853) The Golden Age of Zen edited by John Chwan-Hwa Wu
Journal # 19 Guishan Da’an‘s address (793-883) and Tugging the Ox – Kaku-an (12th c) Zen’s Chinese Heritage; The Masters and Their Teachings by Andrew Ferguson
Guifeng Zongmi (780–841)
December 2005 – Treastise on the True Sudden Enlightenment School – Opening up Mind and revealing Reality–Nature Guifeng Zongmi (780–841)-Zen Dawn-Early Zen Texts from Tun Huang” Edited by J.C. Cleary(1986) pp 105-109
January 2006- Treastise on the True Sudden Enlightenment School – Opening up Mind and revealing Reality – Nature Guifeng Zongmi (780–841) Part 2 -Zen Dawn-Early Zen Texts from Tun Huang” Edited by J.C. Cleary(1986) pp109-111
June 2021 Part 3 to above and all linked 9.22
800-900
Feb 2002- The Wisdom of the Zen Masters -Kyogen (9th c) –The Wisdom of the Zen Masters; translated by Irmgard Schloegl (1975) pp 39-41
Lu Yan (829-874)
February 2006 – Secret of the Golden Flower – The Chinese Classic book of Life – Lu Yan (829-874)
March 2006 – Secret of the Golden Flower – The Chinese Classic book of Life – Lu Yan
February 2008 -The Living Method of Turning the Light Around – Lu Yan ( 829-874) Secret of the Golden Flower – The Chinese Classic book of Life – Lu Yan
February 2002 The Wisdom of the Zen Masters (Kyogen 9th c.) The Wisdom of the Zen Masters; translated by Irmgard Schloegl (1975)
Po Chi-i (816)
October 2013- Record of the Thatched Hall on Mount Lu – Po Chi-i (816) -Four Huts – Asian Writings on the Simple Life translated by Burton Watson 1994
Huang-po (d. 850)
Jan 1999 (Journal # 3)- Transmission of Mind Huang-po The Zen Teaching of Huang Po Trans John Blofeld 1958 pp 29-31
Dec 2000 (Journal # 26) – The Chun Chou Record of the Zen Master Huang Po- pp 31-33
December 2009 – Transmission of Mind Huang-po Part 3 pp. 33-36, 38
April 2015– The Chun Chou Record of Zen Master Huang-po – recorded b P-ei Hsiu (858) Translated by John Blofeld The Zen Teaching of Huang-po – On the Transmission of Mind pp 33-38 and 52-54
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Jan 2016 -Doctrine of Mind – pp 37-42, 43, 51, 53, 54
Dec 2022 – Transmission of Mind – pp 48-50
Nov 1999 (Journal #13 ) -Transmission of Mind Huang-po Trans John Blofeld 1958The Zen Teaching of Huang Po pp 54-58 pt 6
April 2007- Transmission of Mind Huang-po Trans John Blofeld 1958The Zen Teaching of Huang Po pp 57-60 pt 7
December 2004 – The Wan Ling Record of Zen Master Huang Po – Zen Teaching of Huang Po On the Transmission of Mind translated by John Blofeld pp 67-70 pt 8
January 2005 – The Wan Ling Record of Zen Master Huang Po – Zen Teaching of Huang Po On the Transmission of Mind translated by John Blofeld pp 70-73 pt 9
March 2005 – Questions from the Wan Ling Record Of Zen Huang Po – Zen Teaching of Huang Po On the Transmission of Mind translated by John Blofeld pp 74-77 pt 10
March 2011 – Questions from the Wan Ling Record – pp 81-85 pt 11
May 2014– Mind is the Buddha – Huang-po The Zen Teaching of Huang Po trans by John Blofeld 1958 pp 87-88 and 91-93 pt 12
November 2009– Transmission of Mind Huang-po Trans John Blofeld 1958The Zen Teaching of Huang Po pp 106-108 p 116 131 pt 13
May 2023 – Mind is Formless- Huang-Po (d. 850) pp 110-112
Hung-jen (early 8th c)
May – Treatise on the Essentials of Cultivating the Mind – Hung-jen (early 8th c) -The Northern School and the Formation of Early Ch’an Buddhism by John R. McRae 1986
Lin-chi I-hsuan (d.866)
January 2013 Discourse 18 Lin chi -The Recorded Sayings of Chan master Lin-chi Hui-chao of Chen Prefecture trans by Ruth Fuller Sasaki 1975 pp 7 – 10
June 2004– Instructing the Group part 1 – Lin-chi I-hsuan -Translated by Burton Watson “The Zen Teachings of Master Lin-Chi” pp.47-50
July -2004 Instructing the Group part 2 – Lin-chi I-hsuan -Translated by Burton Watson “The Zen Teachings of Master Lin-Chi”
August – Instructing the Group part 3 – Lin-chi I-hsuan -Translated by Burton Watson “The Zen Teachings of Master Lin-Chi pp 57-62
October 2003– From the Record of Lin-chi – Lin-chi The Five Houses of Zen, Lin-chi (d. 867)-Translated by Thomas Cleary (1997) pp 49-53
December 2003 second reading From the Record of Lin-chi – Lin-chi -The Five Houses of Zen, Lin-chi (d. 867)pp. 54-56
September -2013 Record of Linji – Sangha Instruction -The Record of Linji trans by Jeffrey Broughton 2013 pp 60-
Rinzai (d.866) taken from “The Zen Teaching of Rinzai” by Irmgard Schloegl (1976)
The Ten Ox Herding Pictures by Kaku-an Zen Flesh, Zen Bones; A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings by Paul Reps, Nyogen Senzaki
Fa-yen (885-958)
December 2011-Ten Guidelines for the Ch’an School -Fa-yen 885-958) The Roaring Stream – A New Zen Reader Edited by Nelson Foster and Jack Shoemaker pp 146-147
November 2000 Journal # 25 -The Perception of Sages – Xitang Zen Essence – The Science of Freedom translated and edited by Thomas Cleary (1989)
900-1000
December 2014– Zongjing Lu – Records of the Source Mirror Fascile 1 -Yongmin Yanshou (904-976) Conception of Chan in the Zongjing Lu trans by Albert Welter 2011
December 2024 – Zongjing Lu – Records of the Source Mirror Fascile 1 -Yongmin Yanshou (904-976) Conception of Chan in the Zongjing Lu trans by Albert Welter 2011part 2
September 2005– The Cooperation of Concentration and Insight Yung-ming (905-976) The Five Houses of Zen Trans by Thomas Cleary
1000-1100
Teachings of Yuanwu -Translated by J.C. Cleary and Thomas Cleary (1994) the following all came from this book:
October 2004– Transmitting Wisdom – Yuanwu pp 11-14
Dec 2001 (Journal # 38) – Move with a Mighty Flow- pp 20-23
September 2002 – Kindlng the Inexhaustible Lamp – Yuanwu – pp. 27-29
February 2005 – Hidden Treasure – Yuanwu pp 29-32
February 2010 – A Lotus in Fire – Yuanwu (1063-1135) – pp 32-35
May 2010– A Lotus in Fire Yuanwu (1063-1135)
April 2014 – A Boatload of Moonlight- (1067-1135) Zen Letters – pp 36-38
January 2002– Direct Pointing – Yuanwu Zen Letters – pp 41-43 pp 1
May 2022 – Always Mindful Zen Letters – pp 60-62
March 2021 – Joyously alive pp 75-77 November 2004– Essentials of Mind – Yuanwu The Five Houses of Zen Trans by Thomas Cleary and excerpt from “Subtle Wisdom – Understanding Suffering, Cultivating Compassion through Ch’an Buddhism” Master Sheng-yen pp. 59 -63
April 2005– The Ultimate Way – Yuanwu (1 -The Five Houses of Zen Trans by Thomas Cleary
May 2016 – Essentials of Mind Yuan wu (1063-1135) The Five Houses of Zen-Trans by Thomas Cleary pp 57 – 59
November 2004– Essentials of Mind – Yuanwu The Five Houses of Zen Trans by Thomas Cleary and excerpt from “Subtle Wisdom – Understanding Suffering, Cultivating Compassion through Ch’an Buddhism” Master Sheng-yen pp. 59 -63
May 2019 – How to be a Householder Bodhisattva – Yuan wu (1063-1135) A New Zen Reader ed Nelson Foster and Jack Shoemaker pp. 174-175
April 2005– The Ultimate Way – Yuanwu -The Five Houses of Zen Trans by Thomas Cleary pp 59-63
May 2019 – How to be a Householder Bodhisattva – Yuan wu (1063-1135) A New Zen Reader ed Nelson Foster and Jack Shoemaker pp. 174-175
Foyan (1067-1120)
August 2006– Wonder – Foyan -Instant Zen – Waking up in the Present Translated by Thomas Cleary pp 54-60
March 2012– Sitting Meditation – Foyan Instant Zen-Waking up in the Present trans by Thomas Cleary 1994 pp 111-113
November 2014 – Same Reality, Different Dreams -Foyan Instant Zen-Waking up in the Present trans by Thomas Cleary 1994 pp 82-83 and 86-87
December 2016 – Stop Opinions – Foyan Instant Zen-Waking up in the Present trans by Thomas Cleary 1994 pp 18-20
January 2023 – The Basis of Awareness – Instant Zen pp 33-35
Ta Hui (1088-1163)
Feb 2000 Journal # 16 -Clear the Mind – Ta Hui Zen Master Ta Hui Taken from Swampland Flowers Translated by Christopher Cleary (1977) pp 1-3
September 2000 Journal # 23 – The Great Affair – Ta Hui Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui translated by Christopher Cleary (1977) pp 30-31
November 2002- Nothing to Attain – Ta Hui -Swampland Flowers – The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui – Translated by Christopher Cleary (1977)
July 2023 – Treasury of the Eye of True Teaching Da hui – T. Cleary 2022 pp. 95-97
February 2008 – Do Not Grasp Another’s Bow – Letter to Li Hsien-ch’en by Master Ta Hui -Swampland Flowers The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui-Trans by Christopher Cleary
July 2023 – Treasury of the Eye of True Teaching – Dahui – Thomas Cleary 2022 pp 95-97
May 2000 Kaku-an -(12th century) The Ten Ox Herding Pictures –Manual of Zen Buddhism D.T. Suzuki 1960
Hung-chih Cheng-chueh (1091-1157)
June 2000 pt 1 Journal # 20 The Practice of True Reality Hung-chih – Cultivating the Empty Field – The Silent Illumination of Zen Master HongzhiTaigen Dan Leighton with Yi Wu pp 30-31
May 1999 pt 3 Cultivating the Empty Field – Hongzhi Zhengjue (1091-1157) pp 51- 52
April 2021 pt 2 Practice of True Reality pp 30- 32
June 2012– Practice Instructions – Hongzhi Zhengjue -Cultivating the Empty Field – The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongshi – tr Taigen Dan Leighton
Jan 2020 The Bright, Boundless Field pp 30-31
May 2002 – Emptying and Opening Body and Mind – Hung-chih Cheng-chueh (1091-1157) from Timeless Spring – A Soto Zen Anthology; Thomas Cleary
Nov 2000 Journal # 25 – Perception of Sages – Xiatang, 12th century – Zen Essence – The Science of Freedom translated and edited by Thomas Cleary (1989) pp 74-75
1100 – 1200
Mountain Poem Shih-wu (1271-1352) The Roaring Stream: A New Zen Reader-edited by Nelson Foster and Jack Shoemaker (1996)
Chinul (1158-1210)
August 2000 Journal # 22 Secrets of Cultivating the Mind – Master Chinul (1158-1210) Minding Mind – A Course in Basic Meditation, edited and translated by Thomas Cleary (1995)
pt 1 pp. 26-28, 32-37
June 2010- On Cultivating the Mind – Chinul (1158-1210) -Zen Sourcebook: Traditional Documents from China, Korea, and Japan-Trans by Stanley Lombardo
July 2012 Secrets of Cultivating the Mind – pp 37-39 pt 2
September 2016 Secrets on Cultivating the Mind- Chinul (1158-1210) – Tracing Back the Radiance- Chinul’s Korean Way of Zen- Robert E. Buswell 1991 pp 99-102
Mu-mon (1183–1260)
October 1999 Journal # 12 The Gateless Gate by Ekai-Mu-mon from the introduction to the Mu-mon-kan -Mu-mon (1183–1260) also a small piece from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones Paul Reps and Nyogen Senzaki (1957) pp 112-114
Master Ejo (1198-1282)
July 2010– Absorption in the Treasury of Light – Zen Master Ejo (1198-1282) -Minding Mind – A Course in Basic Meditation translated by Thomas Cleary pp 52-59
March-2013- Treasury of Light – Master Ejo (1198-1282) -Minding Mind: A course in Basic Meditation, trans by Thomas Cleary 1995 pp 59-62
August 2021 – part 3 pp 62-64
1200-1300
Dogen (1200-1253)
April 2009 Informal Talks – Enlightenment Unfolds pp. 52 – 53
May 2009 Divine Light – Shobogenzo Kosen Nishiyama and John Stevens pp 53-54
January 2001 Journal # 27 -Plum Blossoms – Honoring the Teachings of Spring – Dogen -Volume Two of the Shobogenzo translated by Kosen Nishiyama and John Stevens (1977) pp 145-146
June 2001 – Recommending Zazen to all People -Excerpted from Enlightenment Unfolds Kazuaki Tanahashi pp 32-34
July 2001 – Sayings of Rujing – Timeless Spring p. 91
January 2004 – Practice of Meditation – Dogen -Buddhism and Zen Translated by Nyogen Senzaki
and Ruth McCandless (1987) pp 24-27
February 2004– Essential Teachings of Dogen -Enlightenment Unfolds: The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Dogen
by Kazuaki Tanahashi (1999)
May 2006– Eight Awakenings of Great Beings Part 1– Dogen Enlightenment Unfolds : The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Dogen Translated by Kazuaki Tanahashi pp 270-272
June 2006 – Eight Awakenings of Great Beings Part 2– Dogen-Enlightenment Unfolds : The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Dogen Translated by Kazuaki Tanahashi pp 272, 37
November 2006– From the Record of Things Heard – Dogen The Roaring Stream – A New Zen Reader Edited by Nelson Foster and Jack Shoemaker 1996 pp 209-211
February 2007 – Only Buddha and Buddha – Dogen -Moon in a Dewdrop Edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi pp 165, 105
December 2008– King of Samadhis- Dogen -Beyond Thinking – A guide to Zen Meditation Edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi
December 2010– Making the Altruistic Vow – Dogen Master Dogen An Introduction with Selected Writings by Yuho Yokoi 1076 pp 61-62
November 2011-Guidelines for Studying the Way Dogen Moon in a Dewdrop – Writings of Zen Master Dogen, edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi pp 36-43
April 2012– Plum Blossoms – Dogen -Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen, edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi pp 114-118
May 2013– Eight Means to Enlightenment – The Eye and Treasure of the True Law Volume 4 -translated by Kosen Nishiyama 1983 pp 34-37
July 2013 – Great Enlightenment Shobogenzo Volume 1 – translated by Kosen Nishiyama and John Stevens 1975 pp 34-35
July 2016 – Journal of my Study in China – Dogen – Enlightenment Unfolds: The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Dogen – Kazuaki Tanahashi pp 3 – 10
August 2016 – Journal of my Study in China – Dogen – Enlightenment Unfolds: The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Dogen – Kazuaki Tanahashi pp 13-27
February 2019 – The Time-Being – Dogen -Enlightenment Unfolds: The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Dogen – Kazuaki Tanahashi pp. 69-78, 155
April 2022 Practice of Meditation Dogen from Buddhism and Zen – Nyogen Senzaki and Ruth pp 24-27
June 2022 Guidelines for Studying the Way Dogen pp 31-33
July 2024 – Constant Practice and Gratitude -Master Dogen An Introduction with selected writings by Yuho Yokoi pp 61-63
June 2002 – Instructions of Shoitsu (1201-1280) -The Original Face: An anthology of Rinzai Zen translated and edited by Thomas Cleary (1978)
pp. 45-46, 50,51
Shoitsu (1201-1280)
June 2002 – Instructions of Shoitsu (1201-1280) -The Original Face: An anthology of Rinzai Zen translated and edited by Thomas Cleary (1978) pp. 45-46, 50,51
Keizan Jokin (1264-1325)
July 2001 Journal # 33 -Sayings of Master Rujing of Tiantong and short piece by Keizan Jokin (1264-1325)-Timeless Spring: A Soto Zen Anthology, Thomas Cleary
July 2000 Journal # 21 -Zazen Yojinki – Keizan Jokan (1264-1325) Timeless Spring – A Soto Zen Anthology; edited and translated by Thomas Cleary (out of print)
Meiho (1277-1350)
June 2009 – Zazen- Meiho (1277-1350) Zen: Poems, Prayers, Sermons, Anecdotes, Interviews Edited and translated by Lucien Stryk and Takahashi Ikemoto pp 56-58
September 2015 – Zazen – Meiho (1277-1350) Zen: Poems, Prayers, Sermons, Anecdotes, Interviews Edited and translated by Lucien Stryk and Takahashi Ikemoto
Daikaku (1203-1268)
July 2002 – Sayings of Daikaku (1203-1268) Part 1 -Zen and the Ways by Trevor Leggett; Shambala (1978) pp 48-61
August 2002 – Sayings of Daikaku (1203-1268) Part 2 -Zen and the Ways by Trevor Leggett; Shambala (1978) pp 60-61
April 2018 – Zazenron – Daikaku Zen and the Ways Trevor Leggett pp 50–54
March 2004 – Treatise on Sitting Meditation – Daikaku (1213-1279) -Original Face: An Anthology of Rinzai Zen Translated by Thomas Cleary pp 20-24
Feb 2012 – Treatise on Sitting Meditation part 2– Daikaku (1213-1279) -“Original Face: An Anthology of Rinzai Zen “Translated by Thomas Cleary pp 24-28
May –2015 Treatise on Sitting Meditation – Daikaku (1213-1279) The Original Face: An Anthology of Rinzai Zen translated and edited by Thomas Cleary 1978 pp 31-36
Daio (1235-1309) Kao Feng (1238-1295)
Shih-wu (1271-1352) Keizan Jokan (1264-1325)
Feb 2001 Journal #28 -Daio’s Letters to Meditators – Daio (1235-1309) The Original Face; An Anthology of Rinzai Zen translated by Thomas Cleary (1978 – out of print) pp 69-70,71-72
August 2013 – Kao Feng’s Story (1238-1295) -The Practice of Zen – written by Chang Chen-Chi 1960
March 2000 Journal # 17 -Mountain Poems Shih-wu (1271-1352)The Roaring Stream:A New Zen Reader-edited by Nelson Foster and Jack Shoemaker (1996) pp 197-200
July 2000 Journal # 21 -Zazen Yojinki – Keizan Jokan (1264-1325)-Timeless Spring – A Soto Zen Anthology; edited and translated by Thomas Cleary pp 112-113
August 2013 – Kao Feng’s Story (1238-1295) -The Practice of Zen – written by Chang Chen-Chi 1960
Muso Kokushi (1275-1351)
December 2002 – Dream Conversations Muso Kokushi (1275-1351) -Dream Conversations on Buddhism and Zen – Translated by Thomas Cleary (1994) pp 62-64; 53-54
February 2011- Dream Conversations on Buddhism and Zen – Muso Kokushi (1275-1351)-Dream Conversations On Buddhism and Zen translated by Thomas Cleary 1994 pp. 29-30; 36-37
December 2015 -Aspiration for Enlightenment – Muso from Dream Conversations pp 31-34 and 37-38
Sun at Midnight links:
April 2016 West Evening Talk part 1 pp 143-147
Nov 2007 West Evening Talk part 2 pp 147-150
April-2011-West Mountain Evening Talks – Muso Soseki-Sun at Midnight – Poems and Sermons of Muso Soseki translated by W.S. Merwin and Soiku Shigematsu pp.150-153
January 2012– West Evening Talk part 2 -Muso Soseki (1275-1351) Sun At Midnight – Poems and Sermons Translated by W.S Merwin and Soiku Shigematsu 1989
February -2012 West Evening Talk part 3 -Muso Soseki (1275-1351) Sun At Midnight – Poems and Sermons Translated by W.S Merwin and Soiku Shigematsu 1989
June 2014– West Mountain Evening Talk – Muso Soseki Sun at Midnight pp154-159
April 2010– On Gardens and the Way – Muso Soseki (1275-1351)Sun at Midnight Poems and Sermons of Muso Soseki Translated by W.S. Merwin and Soiku Shigematsu pp.162-164
June 2020 – Cultivation and Worldly Activities – Muso Soseki – Dialogues in a Dream trans by Thomas Yuho Kirchner pp. 241-242
April 2001 Journal # 30 -Where to Locate the Mind – Muso (1275-1351) Dialogues in a Dream taken from The Roaring Stream – A New Zen Reader edited by Nelson Foster and Jack Shoemaker pp 243 plus anecdote from The World of the Buddha – Lucien Stryk 1968 pp 395-396
November – 2007 – West Mountain Evening Talk – Muso Soseki (1275-1351) -Poems and Sermons of Muso Soseki translated by W.S. Merwin pp 147-150
Daito Kokushi (1281-1337)
January 2000 Journal # 15-The Original Face -Master Myocho ( Daito Kokushi 1281-1337) A First Zen Reader – Compiled and translated by Trevor Leggett (1960) pp. 21-22
Mu-mon (1183–1260)
October 1999 Journal # 12 – The Gateless Gate by Ekai-Mu-mon – from the introduction to the Mu-mon-kan by Mu-mon (1183–1260) also a small piece from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones Paul Reps and Nyogen Senzaki (1957)
Mugai Nyodai (d 1298)
September 2009 – The Awakening of Mugai Nyodai (d 1298) Part 1 Zen Sourcebook Traditional Documents from China, Korea, and Japan Edited by Stephen Addiss 2008
October – 2009 The Awakening of Mugai Nyodai Part 2 (d 1298) Part 1 Zen Sourcebook Traditional Documents from China, Korea, and Japan Edited by Stephen Addiss 2008
1300-1400
Wei-tse (d 1348)
November 2005 – Stopping and Seeing – Wei-tse – The Teachings of Zen -ed Thomas Cleary also included a poem by Ryokan
Bassui (1327-1387)
April 2002– Mud and Water – Zen Master Bassui (1327-1387) A Collection of Talks by Zen Master Bassui; Translated by Arthur Braverman (1989) pp 52-54
October 2005 Mud and Water Pt 2– Zen Master Bassui (1327-1387) A Collection of Talks by Zen Master Bassui; Translated by Arthur Braverman (1989) pp 14-17
March 2010 Mud and Water – pt 1 Zen Master Bassui (1327-1387) A Collection of Talks by Zen Master Bassui; Translated by Arthur Braverman (1989) pp 28-32
September 2012- Sermon of Zen Master Bassui – Bassui Tokusho (1327-1387) -The Original Face: An Anthology of Rinzai Zen trans by Thomas Cleary 1978 pp 94-95
November 2013- Mud and Water – Bassui (1327-1387) Mud and Water – A Collection of Talks by the Zen Master Bassui translated by Arthur Braverman 1989 pp 8 – 14
December 2005- Treatise on the True Sudden Enlightenment School Opening up Mind and Revealing Reality-Nature Zong Mi (780-841)
T’aego (1301-1382)
August 2001 Journal # 34 The Mind Ground – T’aego (1301-1382) -A Buddha from Korea: The Zen Teachings of T’aego, Thomas Cleary (1988) pp 101-103
January 2017 Beyond Words – T’aego from -A Buddha from Korea: The Zen Teachings of T’aego, Thomas Cleary (1988) pp 112-113; 130-131
Wei-tse (d 1348)
November 2005 Stopping and Seeing – Wei-tse (d 1348) Teachings of Zen – Ed Thomas Cleary- also poem by Ryokan from One Robe, One Bowl, the Zen Poetry of Ryokan tr by John Stevens
Ikkyu (1394-1481)
July – Skeletons – Ikkyu (1394-1481) Wild Ways translated by John Stevens 2003
August – Skeletons Part 2 – Ikkyu (1394-1481) Wild Ways translated by John Stevens 2003
1400-1500
Suzuki Shosan (1467-1568)
December 1998 Journal # 2 Warrior Zen – Suzuki Shosan (1467-1568) The Diamond-hard Wisdom Mind of Suzuki Shosan edited by Arthur Braverman
1500-1600
So Sahn (1520-1604)
September 2007 – The Mirror of Zen-The Classic Guide to Buddhist Practice – So Sahn (1520-1604) -The Mirror of Zen – The Classic Guide to Buddhist Practice by Zen Master So Sahn Trans Boep Joeng pp 3-13, 43
August 2014 -The Mirror of Zen-Pt 2The Classic Guide to Buddhist Practice – So Sahn (1520-1604) -The Mirror of Zen – The Classic Guide to Buddhist Practice by Zen Master So Sahn Trans Boep Joeng pp. 3 – 20
September 2014- The Mirror of Zen-Pt 2The Classic Guide to Buddhist Practice – So Sahn (1520-1604) -The Mirror of Zen – The Classic Guide to Buddhist Practice by Zen Master So Sahn Trans Boep Joeng pp. 25,31,39-63
Chu-hung (1535-1615)
October 2007 – Pure Land Teachings of Master Chu-hung (1535-1615) -Pure Land Pure Mind-translated by J.C. Cleary
Han Shan (1545-1623)
Journal #9 Discourse of Master Han Shan Zen Master Han Shan (1545-1623) from The Practice of Zen by Chang Chen-Chi (1959) pp 90-92
Takuan (1573-1645)
March 2001 Journal # 29 Takuan’s Letter to Yagyu Munenori on the Mystery of the Immovable Mind Takuan (1573-1645) pp 106-107 111-113
Po Shan (1575-1630)
November 2017- Discourses of Master Po Shan (1575-1630) – The Practice of Zen – Chang Chen-chi 1960 pp 78-80
Man-an (1591-1654)
2003 March – Elementary Talk on Zen Part 1 Man-an (1591-1654) Minding Mind – A Course in Basic Meditation Translated by Thomas Cleary (1995)
2003 April – Elementary Talk on Zen Part 2 Man-an (1591-1654) Minding Mind – A Course in Basic Meditation Translated by Thomas Cleary (1995)
2003 May – Elementary Talk on Zen Part 3 Man-an (1591-1654) Minding Mind – A Course in Basic Meditation Translated by Thomas Cleary (1995)
2003 June – Elementary Talk on Zen Part 4 Man-an (1591-1654) Minding Mind – A Course in Basic Meditation Translated by Thomas Cleary (1995)
Suzuki Shosan (1579-1655)
2008 May – Five Points in Buddhist Practice – Suzuki Shosan (1579-1655) – Warrior Zen – The Diamond-hard Wisdom Mind of Suzuki Shosan Edited and trans by Arthur Braverman
1600-1700
Yuan-hsien (1618-1697)
2008 January – Avoiding Foxes and Dogs – Yuan-hsien (1618-1697) Teachings of Zen-Translated by Thomas Cleary
2017 August – True Mind – Yuan-hsien (1618-1697) Teachings of Zen-Translated by Thomas Cleary pp 189-192
January – Three Sources of Truth – Natural Real Buddha Nature – Ta-tu (17th c) Real Truth Hui-Ching (1528-1598) and The Spiritual Light Yuan-hsien (1618-1697) Teachings of Zen-Translated by Thomas Cleary
Bankei Yotaku (1622-1693)
March 1999 Journal # 5 – The Unborn – Bankei Yotaku (1622-1693) Unborn: The Life and Teaching of Zen Master Bankei translated by Norman Waddell pp 85-87
2008 October – The Ryumon-ji Sermons – Bankei (1622-1693) -The Unborn – The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei translated by Norman Waddell pp 56-58
2016 March The Unborn – Bankei (1622-1693) The Unborn The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei pp. 34 beginning of the book pp. 34- 37
2019 April The Hoshin-ji Sermons -Bankei (1622-1693) The Unborn The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei pp.77-80
2020 March – No Such Thing as Enlightenment -Bankei (1622-1693) Bankei Zen ed Yoshito Hakeda and Peter Haskel pp.82-84
Hakuin (1685-1768)
Journal #10 – True Meditation – Hakuin (1685-1768) – Zen Master Hakuin Selected Writings edited by Philip B. Yamplosky, 1971
2015 January – Idle Talk on a Night Boat – Hakuin Ekaku (1685-1768) -“Hakuin’s Precious Mirror Cave” edited and translated by Norman Waddell, 2009.
1700-1800
Torei Enji (1721-1792)
2014 Janurary – True Realization -Torei Enji (1721-1792) Part 1 -The Undying Lamp of Zen – The Testament of Zen Master Torei translated by Thomas Cleary 2010 pp 39-43
2014 February – Passing Through Barriers Part 2 The Undying Lamp of Zen – The Testament of Zen Master Torei translated by Thomas Cleary 2010 pp 52-57
2004 April – The Spur for a Good Horse part 1- Torei Enji (1721-1792) -The Three Ages of Zen – By Trevor Leggett, 1993 pp. 77-81
2004 May – The Spur for a Good Horse part 2- Torei Enji (1721-1792) -The Three Ages of Zen By Trevor Leggett, 1993 pp. 80-84
2006 July – The Essential Secrets for Entering the Way – Master Torei (1721-1792) The Original Face: An Anthology of Rinzai Zen Translated by Thomas Cleary pp 142-156
Liu-I-ming (1737-1829)
September 1999 Journal 11 – Climbing a Mountain, Crossing a River – Liu-I-ming (1737-?) Awakening to the Tao by Liu I-ming, translated from the Chinese by Thomas Cleary
Feb 2016 The Heart of the Pine – Liu-I-ming (1737-1829) Awakening to the Tao by Liu I-ming, translated from the Chinese by Thomas Cleary pp. 15-16; 70-71; 39-40
Liu-I-ming (1737-1829)
September 1999 Journal 11 – Climbing a Mountain, Crossing a River – Liu-I-ming (1737-?) Awakening to the Tao by Liu I-ming, translated from the Chinese by Thomas Cleary
Feb 2016 The Heart of the Pine – Liu-I-ming (1737-1829) Awakening to the Tao by Liu I-ming, translated from the Chinese by Thomas Cleary pp. 15-16; 70-71; 39-40
Author Unknown
2005 July – The Way – author unknown (discovered 1739) Taoist Meditation – Methods for Cultivating a Healthy Mind and Body Trans by Thomas Cleary pp 7-10
August 2005 -Heaven and Earth – author unknown (discovered 1739) Taoist Meditation – Methods for Cultivating a Healthy Mind and Body Trans by Thomas Cleary pp 10-16
1800-1900
Xuyun (1839-1959)
August 2015 -Jade Buddha Monastery Xuyun (1839-1959) –Chan and Zen Teaching ed Lu Kuan Yu 1960 pp 66-68
November 2015 – Investigating Chan and Contemplating Mind – Xuyun (1839-1959) Attaining the Way – A guide to the Practice of Chan Buddhism – Sheng Yen 2006
D. T. Suzuki (1870-1966)
2014 October – The Threefold Question in Zen – D. T. Suzuki (1870-1966) The Awakening of Zen edited by Christman Humphreys pp 33-34
Dec 2019 – Zen and the Art of Tea – D.T. Suzuki pp. 271-281
2015 March – Notes on Meditation – Nyogen Senzaki (1876-1958) Buddhism and Zen by Nyogen Senzaki and Ruth Strout McCandless 1953 pp 19-24
Shunryu Suzuki (1905-1971)
2015 February – Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind – Shunryu Suzuki (1905-1971) Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind – Informal talks on Zen meditation and practice 1970 pp 1-13; 11-14; 17-20
Jan 2011 -Constancy – Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind – Informal talks on Zen meditation and practice 1970 pp 71-74
Xu Yun (1839-1959)
2013 December – The Essentials of Chan Practice – Master Xu Yun (1839-1959) The Essentials of Chan Practice translated by Guogu as found in Attaining the Way-A Guide to the Practice of Chan Buddhism – Sheng Yen 2006
2015 -August – Jade Buddha Monastery 5th day of Ch’an Retreat 1953 -Hsu Yun (1840-1959) -Excerpted from Ch’an and Zen Teaching – edited and translated by Lu K’uan Yu 1960 pp.66-68
Shunryu Suzuki (1905-1971)
Jan 2011 -Constancy – Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind – Informal talks on Zen meditation and practice 1970 pp 71-74
2015 February – Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind – Shunryu Suzuki (1905-1971) Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind – Informal talks on Zen meditation and practice 1970 pp 1-13; 11-14; 17-20
Hakuun Yasutani (1885-1973)
2009 March – Shikantaza – Hakuun Yasutani -On Zen Practice by Hakuyu Taizan Maizumi. Boston: Wisdom Publications 2002
2015 March – Notes on Meditation – Nyogen Senzaki (1876-1958) Buddhism and Zen by Nyogen Senzaki and Ruth Strout McCandless 1953 pp 19-24
1900-2000
Takashina Rosen (1876-1968)
2006 December – A Tongue-Tip Taste of Zen – Takashina Rosen (1876-1968) -A First Zen Reader-Compiled and translated by Trevor Leggett 1960 pp 34-40
2020 November – The Sermon of No Words – Takashina Rosen (1876-1968) – The Tiger’s Cave – trans by Trevor Leggett pp
177-180
2017 September – The Sermon of No Words – Rosen Takashina (1876- 1968) – The Tiger’s Cave – Translations of Japanese Zen Texts Trevor Leggett 1964 pp 177-179
2021 Dec – Stillness in Action – Takashina Rosen – A Second Zen Reader – Trevor Leggett pp 188-189
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu (1906-1993)
2018 March Following the Breath with Mindfulness-Mindfulness with Breathing – A Manual for Serious Beginners trans by Santikaro Bhiddhu 1988 pp 31-36
Nov 2021 Buddhism is Natural Truth – Under the Bodhi Tree pp 1-5
Koun Yamada (1907-1989)
2018 Feb – All Beings are in the Process of Becoming Buddhas – Zen The Authentic Gate pp 160-162
Kusan Sunim (1909-1983)
August 2010– Essential Teachings of the Stone Lion – Kusan Sunim (1909-1983) Kusan Sunim -The Way of Korean Zen by Kusan Sunim pp 61-63
2010 September – Essential Teachings of the Stone Lion – Stages of Meditation Kusan Sunim (1909-1983) Kusan Sunim -The Way of Korean Zen by Kusan Sunim
2021 October – Advice and Encouragement – Kusan Sunim pp 127-134
Kosho Uchiyama (1912 -1999)
2008 June – World of Intensive Practice – Kosho Uchiyama (1912 -1999) -Opening the Hand of Thought by Kosho Uchiyama 2004 pp 70-73
2010 January – The Activity of the Reality of Life – Kosho Uchiyama (1912-1998) -Opening the Hand of Thought by Kosho Uchiyama 2004 pp 82-84
2022 Jan – Opening the Hand of Thought – Kosho -Uchiyama (1912-1998) -Opening the Hand of Thought – Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice pp 12-15
2024 Aug Interdependence and the Middle Way-Opening the Hand of Thought – Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice pp 97-100
Song-chol (1912-1993)
2011 June -Since I became a Buddha – Dharma lecture June 1981- Song-chol (1912-1993)-Echoes on Mt. Kaya – Selections on Korean Buddhism p. 49
2020 December – Since I Became Buddha pt 1 – Song-chol (1912-1993) – Echoes from Mt Kaya: Selections on Korean Buddhism pp 49-52
2021 January – Since I Became Buddha pt 2 – Song-chol (1912-1993) – Echoes from Mt Kaya: Selections on Korean Buddhism pp 52-55
2024 May No Mind is Buddha – Dharma lecture June 1981- Song-chol (1912-1993)-Echoes on Mt. Kaya – Selections on Korean Buddhism pp 91-92
AjahnChah (1919-1992)
2015 October – Understanding Mind – Ajahn Chah (1919-1992) -Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away- Teachings on Impermanence and the End of Suffering trans by Paul Beiter 2005
2016 June– On Meditation pt 1-
A Taste of Freedom from A Collection of Dhammatalks by Ajahn Chah available online
2017 December – Fundamental Principles – Ajahn Buddhadasa (1906-1993) Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree-The Buddha’s Teachings on Voidness pp 3-7
2019 July – About this Mind Excerpted from Food for the Heart – The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah 2002 pp 47- 48
2024 Nov – Convention and Liberation- Food for the Heart – The Collected Teaching of Ajahn Chah 2002 pp 307-310
Soko Morinaga (1925-1995)
2016 October No End to Practice – Soko Morinaga (1925-1995) -Novice to Master: An Ongoing Lesson in the Extent of my own Stupidity – Soko Morinaga 2002
Ajahn Buddhadasa (1906-1993)
2017 December – Fundamental Principles – Ajahn Buddhadasa (1906-1993) Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree-The Buddha’s Teachings on Voidness pp 3-7
2024 July – Search for the Pearl -Excerpted from Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree – The Buddha’s Teaching on Voidness 1994 pp 74-76
Sheng yen (1931-2009)
2004 Feb Methods of Practice -Sheng-yen (1931-2009)-Subtle Wisdom – Understanding Suffering, Cultivating Compassion through Ch’an Buddhism pp 69-70
2014 March Concentration and Wisdom are One Essence Sheng-yen (1931-2009)-Subtle Wisdom – Understanding Suffering, Cultivating Compassion through Ch’an Buddhism pp 138-140
2014 July – Silent Illumination – Sheng Yen (1930-2009) Attaining the Way- A Guide to the Practice of Chan Buddhism 2006 pp 162-165
2019 Oct – Cat and Mouse- Sheng Yen Attaining the Way- pp184-186
2019 Sept – Understanding Impermanence same as above pp 132-133 Attaining the Way
2020 August – Silent Illumination – Part 1 – Sheng Yen (1930-2009) Getting the Buddha Mind – On the Practice of Chan Retreat 1982 this is Hongzhi piece with commentary by Sheng yen pp 105-110
2016 November – Stages of Enlightenment – Sheng Yen (1930-2009) Getting the Buddha Mind-On the Practice of Chan Retreat 1982 Sheng Yen pp. 73-78
2022 March – Dreaming Asleep and Awake – Sheng yen – Dharma Drum pp 10-15
Dainin Katagiri (1928-1990)
2009 February – To Live is Just To Live – Dainin Katagiri (1928-1990) Returning to Silence: Zen Practice in Daily Life
Buddhadasa Bhikku (1906-1993)
2021 Nov Buddhism is Natural Truth – Buddhadasa Bhikku (1906-1993) Under the Bodhi Tree – trans and edited by Santikaro 2017 pp 1-3
