Zen Hara Breath Meditation
The question has been asked of me about Zen “Hara” Meditation as if this is a practice or not. Now
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Japanese Cultural Zen
Discussion of Japanese Cultural Zen
Is Japanese Zen dead?
In a conversation with a friend of mine about Zen, he mentioned that his Japanese Zen priest associates told him
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Meditation or Performance Art?
What Zen students think meditation is, is actually Performance Art – that seated meditation looking like a Buddha Statue! That
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Spiritual Materialism: An Exercise in Western Consumerist Vanity
When one thinks of themselves, as in ‘Who am I’, it is common to see yourself as in what you
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The cults of Sambo Kyodan
Created by Japanese WW2 Veterans, Harada Daiun Sogaku and Hakuun Yasutani, as a ‘New Lineage’ for the Lay practitioner and
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Dogenism and the Soto-shu
When you first go to a Zen center, here in the west, the first thing they teach you is the
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Western Zen failure and the cult of Dogenism
The reason why Western Buddhism has failed is the reluctance of those who engaged in the Asian and Far-eastern Buddhism
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The Japanese mind and Zen Buddhism
Zen Priest Martian Hughes gives a talk on the Japanese mind. He gives a thorough breakdown of how the Japanese see Zen and religion in general.
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