Daily Zen Library


Teachings of Zen

Essential Zen teachings on realizing the original mind in all of us.  These teachings have been selected from the voluminous Zen canon for their accessibility, their clarity, and above all their practical effectiveness in fostering Zen concentrations and insights.  This is Zen guidance presented by the masters for over a thousand years.

Daily Zen Tokonoma

Unadorned and awaiting your own small vase of flowers or statue.... "...if you go into a noon tea on some irritatingly hot summer day, you may discover in the darkened coolness of the tokonoma a single lily in a hanging vase; dripping with dew, it s...

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