Zen Master Raven Stories
A brief excerpt from Zen Master Raven: The Teachings of a Wise Old Bird
Robert Aitken
Bonfire Buddha
The night is bitter cold, the temple an icebox. Winter grips the land and the monks shiver. A wanderer arrives, hoping to defrost a bit, maybe have a cup of tea. Problem is, the fire’s gone…
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A student offers glimpses of the late Zen master
Buddhist named U.S. Poet Laureate
Yesterday, the US Library of Congress named W.S. Merwin as the country’s Poet Laureate. Merwin, who moved to Hawaii in 1976 to study Zen with Robert Aitken, is a longtime Buddhist and a prolific writer. His…
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An introduction to Zen ethics
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The Bodhisattva Vows
The Great Vows, known as the Bodhisattva Vows, probably originated in China around the sixth century and may have been derived from an earlier Sanskrit gatha (a four-line verse that sums up an aspect of…
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