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Dec: Records of the Source Mirror - Part 2
Nov: Convention and Liberation
Oct: Delusion and Zazen - Part 2
Sep: Delusion and Zazen
Aug: Interdependence and the Middle Way
Jul: Search for the Pearl
Jun: The Four Great Barriers
May: “No Mind” is Buddha
Apr: West Evening Mountain Talk – Part 6
Mar: Reaching the Fundamental Ground
Feb: Mind is the One Vehicle
Jan: Great Enlightenment pt 2

Dec: Selections from the Diamond Sutra
Nov: Sermon of Zen Master Bassui - Part 2
Oct: Walking the Middle Path-Commentary on The Sutra of the Middle Way
Sep: Source-Ancestral Discourse
Aug: Everyone Instantly Becomes a Buddha
Jul: Treasury of the Eye of True Teaching
Jun: Tsung Ching Record of Hui Hai – Part 3
May: Mind is Formless
Apr: Huang po - Questions and Answers
Mar: Dharma Talks - Part 2
Feb: Discourses of Master Po Shan part 2
Jan: The Basis of Awareness

Dec: On the Transmission of Mind - Part 4
Nov: Selections from the Song of Awakening - Part 2
Oct: One Practice Samadhi Part 2
Sep: Bloodstream Sermon, Part 2
Aug: Essentials of Cultivating the Mind Part 3
Jul: On Gardens and the Way
Jun: Guidelines for Studying the Way
May: Always Mindful
Apr: The Practice of Meditation
Mar: Dreaming Asleep and Awake
Feb: Other Ways to do Zen
Jan: Opening the Hand of Thought - Part 2

Dec: Stillness in Action
Nov: Buddhism is Natural Truth
Oct: Advice and Encouragement
Sep: Discourse of Master Han Shan - Part 2
Aug: Absorption in the Treasury of Light pt 3
Jul: What is Zen?
Jun: Treatise on the True Sudden Enlightenment School - Part 3
May: Wake-up Sermon - Part 4
Apr: The Practice of True Reality - Part 2
Mar: Joyously Alive
Feb: Sayings and Dialogues
Jan: Since I became Buddha - Part 2

Dec: Since I became Buddha - Part 1
Nov: The Sermon of No Words
Oct: Mind of Enlightenment, Great Compassion, and Skillful Means
Sep: Hakuin's Song of Meditation
Aug: Silent Illumination Part 1
Jul: The Empty Bowl Sutra
Jun: Cultivation and Worldly Activities
May: Wisdom and Ignorance
Apr: Return to Spring
Mar: No Such Thing as Enlightenment
Feb: Admonitions
Jan: The Bright, Boundless Field

Dec: Zen and the Art of Tea
Nov: Bhaddekaratta Sutta
Oct: Cat and Mouse
Sep: Understanding Impermanence
Aug: Sermon in Tavatimsa Heaven
Jul: About This Mind
Jun: Questions of Bodhisattva Mahamati - Not a Word Uttered
May: How to be a Householder Bodhisattva
Apr: The Hoshin-ji Sermons
Mar: Shodoka - Song of Awakening
Feb: The Time-Being
Jan: Wake-up Sermon - Part 3

Dec: One Practice Samadhi pt 3
Nov: Great Vow
Oct: Kalama Sutra
Sep: The Mind Dharma
Aug: Great Doubt
Jul: Harmony - Part 3
Jun: Harmony - Part 2
May: Harmony - Part 1
Apr: Zazenron
Mar: Following the Breath with Mindfulness
Feb: All Beings are in the Process of Becoming Buddhas
Jan: The Lankavatara Sutra

Dec: Fundamental Principles
Nov: Discourses of Master Po Shan - Part 1
Oct: Correct Practice
Sep: The Sermon of No Words
Aug: True Mind
Jul: Questions of Bodhisattva Mahamati
Jun: Handbook for Zen Students - Part 2
May: Handbook for Zen Students - Part 1
Apr: Treatise on the Essentials of Cultivating the Mind - Part 4
Mar: Treatise on Contemplating Mindfulness
Feb: Questions from the Lankavatara Sutra
Jan: Beyond Words

Dec: Stop Opinions
Nov: Stages of Enlightenment
Oct: No End to Practice
Sep: Secrets on Cultivating the Mind
Aug: Journal of My Study in China - Part 2
Jul: Journal of My Study in China
Jun: On Meditation - Part 1
May: Essentials of Mind - Part 1
Apr: West Mountain Evening Talk - Part 1
Mar: The Unborn - Part 1
Feb: The Heart of the Pine
Jan: Doctrine of Mind

Dec: Aspiration for Enlightenment
Nov: Investigating Chan and Contemplating Mind
Oct: Understanding Mind
Sep: Zazen
Aug: Jade Buddha Monastery
Jul: Calming the Mind
Jun: Tsung Ching Record of Hui Hai - Part 2
May: Treatise on Sitting Meditation
Apr: Zen Teachings of Huang Po
Mar: Notes on Meditation
Feb: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Jan: Idle Talk On a Night Boat

Dec: Records of the Source Mirror
Nov: Same Reality, Different Dreams
Oct: The Threefold Question in Zen
Sep: The Mirror of Zen - Part 4
Aug: The Mirror of Zen - Part 3
Jul: Silent Illumination
Jun: West Mountain Evening Talk - Part 5
May: Transmission of Mind - Mind is the Buddha - Part 11
Apr: A Boatload of Moonlight - Letters of Yuanwu
Mar: Concentration and Wisdom are One Essence
Feb: Passing Through Barriers
Jan: True Realization Part 1

Dec: The Essentials of Chan Practice
Nov: Mud and Water
Oct: Record of the Thatched Hall on Mount Lu
Sep: The Record of Linji - Sangha Instruction
Aug: Kao Feng's Story
Jul: Great Enlightenment
Jun: Platform Sutra
May: Eight Means to Enlightenment
Apr: The Formless Precepts
Mar: Treasury of Light pt 2
Feb: Full Awareness of Breathing - Anapanasati Sutta
Jan: Discourse 18 Lin-chi

Dec: Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta - The First Sermon at Benares
Nov: The Stages of Meditation
Oct: Platform Sutra pt 2
Sep: Sermon of Zen Master Bassui
Aug: Breakthrough Sermon
Jul: Secrets of Cultivating the Mind
Jun: Practice Instructions
May: Inner Constancy
Apr: Plum Blossoms
Mar: Sitting Meditation
Feb: Treatise on Sitting Meditation Part 2
Jan: West Evening Mountain Talk Part 4

Dec: Ten Guidelines for the Ch’an School
Nov: Guidelines for Studying the Way
Oct: The Meditations of a Bodhisattva Part 2
Sep: The Meditations of a Bodhisattva
Aug: Wake-up Sermon Part 2
Jul: Wake-up Sermon Part 1
Jun: Since I became Buddha
May: Awakening
Apr: West Mountain Evening Talk - Part 3
Mar: Transmission of Mind -Questions from the Wan Ling Record pt 10
Feb: Dream Conversations On Buddhism and Zen
Jan: Constancy

Dec: On the Transmission of Mind - Part 3
Nov: On the Transmission of Mind - Pt 12
Oct: The Awakening of Mugai Nyodai Part 2
Sep: The Enlightenment of Chiyono
Aug: Skeletons Part II
Jul: Skeletons
Jun: Zazen
May: Divine Light
Apr: Informal Talks
Mar: Shikantaza
Feb: To Live is just to Live
Feb: To Live is just to Live
Jan: The Platform Sutra

Dec: King of Samadhis
Nov: The Fundamental Expedient Teachings
Oct: The Ryumon-ji Sermons - The Unborn pt 3
Sep: Readings from Sun Face Buddha
Aug: Sermons Part 2
Jul: Sermons
Jun: The World of Intensive Practice
May: Five Points in Buddhist practice
Apr: The Wise Ones of Old
Mar: The Living Method of Turning the Light Around
Feb: “Do not grasp another’s bow”
Jan: Avoiding Foxes and Dogs

Dec: Treatise on the True Sudden Enlightenment School - Part 2
Nov: Stopping and Seeing
Oct: Mud and Water - 2
Sep: The Cooperation of Concentration and Insight
Aug: Heaven and Earth
Jul: The Way
Jun: Song of the Mind (Xin Ming) - Part II
May: Song of the Mind (Xin Ming)
Apr: The Ultimate Way
Mar: Transmission of Mind -Questions from the Wan Ling Record pt 10
Feb: Hidden Treasure
Jan: Transmission of Mind from The Wan Ling Record pt 9

Dec: Transmission of Mind in The Wan Ling Record pt 8
Nov: Essentials of Mind pt 2
Oct: Transmitting Wisdom
Sep: Empty and Quiet
Aug: Instructing the Group Part III
Jul: Instructing the Group Part II
Jun: Instructing the Group Part I
May: The Spur for a Good Horse, Part II
Apr: The Spur for a Good Horse, Part I
Mar: Treatise on Sitting Meditation 3
Feb: Essential Teachings of Dogen
Jan: Practice of Meditation

Dec: Sayings of Lin-chi - Part II
Oct: Sayings of Lin-chi - Part I
Sep: The Practice of Compassion
Aug: The Platform Sutra - Part II
Jul: The Platform Sutra - Part I
Jun: An Elementary Talk on Zen - Concluding Remarks
May: An Elementary Talk on Zen - Part III
Apr: An Elementary Talk on Zen - Part II
Mar: An Elementary Talk on Zen - Part I
Feb: Essence of Perception
Jan: The Wise Ones of Old

Dec: Dream Conversations
Nov: Nothing to Attain
Oct: Gunabhadra Tripitaka
Sep: Kindling the Inexhaustible Lamp
Aug: Sayings of Daikaku
Jul: Sayings of Daikaku
Jun: Instructions of Shoitsu
May: Emptying and Opening Body and Mind
Apr: Mud and Water - Part 3
Mar: The Mind of No-Mind "Mushin no Shin"
Feb: The Wisdom of the Zen Masters
Jan: Direct Pointing

Dec: Move with a Mighty Flow
Nov: The Mind Monarch
Oct: Record of Things Heard - pt 2
Sep: Gems Along The Way
Aug: The Mind Ground
Jul: Sayings of Master Rujing of Tiantong
Jun: Recommending Zazen to all People
May: Bodhidharma's Breakthrough Sermon
Apr: Where to Locate the Mind
Mar: Mystery of Immovable Mind
Feb: Daio's Letters to Meditators
Jan: Plum Blossoms - Honoring the Teachings of Spring

Dec: Transmission of Mind from The Chun Chou Record part 2
Nov: The Perception of Sages
Oct: Bloodstream Sermon, Part 1
Sep: The Great Affair
Aug: Secrets of Cultivating the Mind
Jul: Zazen Yojinki
Jun: The Practice of True Reality Part 1
May: Tugging the Ox
Apr: The Wise Ones of Old
Mar: Mountain Poems
Feb: Clear the Mind
Jan: Original Face

Dec: Song of the Grass-Roof Hermitage
Nov: On the Transmission of Mind - Part 5
Oct: The Gateless Gate
Sep: Climbing a Mountain, Crossing a River
Aug: True Meditation
Jul: Discourse of Master Han Shan
Jun: Notes from Bodhidharma
May: Cultivating the Empty Field - Practice Instructions Part 3
Apr: Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices
Mar: The Unborn pt 4
Feb: Song of Realizing the Way
Jan: Transmission of Mind from The Chun Chou Record

Dec: Warrior Zen
Nov: Hsiang-yen and the Broken Tile

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