101 Zen Stories
Nyogen Senzaki
The classic compilation of 101 Zen koans and anecdotes transcribed by Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps in 1919, drawing on the 13th-century Japanese collection Shaseki shu. Includes A Cup of Tea, Is That So?, The Sound of One Hand, and other foundational stories.
Loading the book...
Keep reading
-
Next in this topic
Introduction to ZenA short primer published by the Zen Studies Society explaining what Zen is, how Ch'an traveled from India through China to Japan, and why zazen sits at the heart of the practice. A clear gateway for anyone new to the tradition.
Verified PDF · Secure download - The Basics of Zen Meditation
A friendly introduction to zazen from Open Way Zen, covering breath, posture, and shikantaza practice. Includes practical advice on how to integrate sitting into everyday life and a glossary of essential Zen vocabulary.
Verified PDF · Secure download - Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
The single most-read Zen book in English. Talks by Shunryu Suzuki, founder of San Francisco Zen Center, edited by Trudy Dixon, with a preface by Huston Smith. Covers posture, breath, right effort, single-mindedness, and the spirit of beginner's mind in plain language.
Verified PDF · Secure download - Walking in Zen, Sitting in Zen
Sixteen English discourses delivered by Osho between March and May 1980 in Buddha Hall, taking the teaching of Yoka as its starting point. Combines koans, dialogue and Osho's commentary on what it means to walk and sit in Zen at every moment.
Verified PDF · Secure download - Zen Buddhism: Sōtō Zen Essays from the Shōbōgenzō
Selected essays from Dogen Zenji's Shōbōgenzō (Treasury of the Eye of True Teaching), translated and introduced by Thomas Cleary. Includes Genjokoan, the founding text of Japanese Sōtō Zen written for both monastics and lay practitioners.
Verified PDF · Secure download
