The Five Ranks and Dogen’s “Genjokoan”
How the most famous lines of the Shobogenzo help to elucidate a watershed teaching
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Flying with Mazu
An 8th-century Zen master as a 21st-century traveling companion
Crossing Over
From messianic saving to the great boat of liberation
A Chan Challenge to Karma
Iconoclastic Mahayana Buddhist Línjì Yìxuán on rejecting conventional beliefs in favor of nonconceptual understanding
Remembering as an Act of Cultivating Clear Awareness
As a part of the May We Gather series, Chan teacher Rebecca Li reflects on the role of memory in healing and growing in wisdom and compassion.
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Beyond the Words
Chan teacher Rebecca Li describes her early days on the path
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Translating Silence
A multilingual practitioner’s nonlinear lineage
The Relentless Middle Way of Shenhui
A new book explores a fiery titan of Tang dynasty Chan Buddhism
Understanding Nonabiding as the Root of Compassion
A nondualistic look at the Chan concepts of huatou introspection and silent illumination and how, together, they plant the seeds of compassion
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