PRACTICE:
Know yourself. Be yourself. Help yourself. Help others.
What do these words mean to us as Zen Buddhists, and how can our practice deepen our understanding of them? Click on a subject to start your journey and to learn more.
The Method of Zen.
Zen Master- disciple qualifications.
Tokudo Initiation
Zen Discipleship Initiation
The Zen Buddhist Religious Service Explained
The Significance of the Buddha Statue & Altar.
The Importance of the Zen Chanting.
Importance of the Incense Offering.
The Method of Kinhin (Zen walking meditation)
The Kyosaku- "stick of compassion".
Panca Sila- Five Buddhist Precepts
Paramitas- The Six Perfections
Zen Koan: Question & Answer
Cultivate, Do Not Verbalize!
Dokusan
Four Great Bodhisattva Vows
Ke Chi Myaku: The Significance of the Transmission of the Lamp
Ancestral Lineage of our Zen Teachers
Recommended Zen Reading