Credits
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Tony Bland - Calligraphy
Taisen Deshimaru
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- Tony Bland: Zen & Buddhism, Attitude of Mind
- Andrew Goetz: What Is Zen?, About Zazen, Posture, Kinhin, The Sangha, What Happens in a Sesshin?
- Elaine Konopka: Myth & Legend
- Roddy Schrock: Home Page
- George Thurmond: Soto & Rinzai, Breathing, Contact Us, Credits & Links
- Bebe Wolfe: The Teacher, Schedule & Events
Links
- New Orleans Zen Temple, established by Tony’s master, Robert Livingston-Roshi. Richard Collins is the current abbot.
- Association Zen International, established by Livingston-Roshi's master, Taisen Deshimaru
- Antaiji, temple of Kodo Sawaki and Kosho Uchiyama
- Sanshin Zen Community, established by Shohaku Okumura, disciple of Uchiyama
- Zen Road, established by Philippe Coupey, a disciple of Deshimaru's
- American Zen Teachers Association, an organization of ordained and lay Zen Buddhist teachers
Books
For an introduction to the practice of Zen, see:
- Questions to a Zen Master, by Taisen Deshimaru (available through Amazon.com). See also Deshimaru's The Way of True Zen, an edited version of his essential teaching, also available through Amazon.
- Opening the Hand of Thought, by Kosho Uchiyama. Written by a disciple of Kodo Sawaki, this book contains an excellent description of shikantaza Zen practice.
- No Fear Zen, by Richard Collins. Written by Tony's dharma brother, an excellent introduction to Zen practice in the Deshimaru tradition as it comes through Robert Livingston.
- Buddha Takes No Prisoners, by Patrick Ophuls. Although written by a practitioner of Insight Meditation, this is an excellent introduction to practice. See Tony's review here.
- The Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo, a little gem, recently republished, with commentary by Kosho Uchiyama and Shohaku Okumura.
- Discovering the True Self: Kodo Sawaki’s Art of Zen Meditation. A concise biography, selected teachings, and remembrances by his students of Kodo Sawaki, translated and edited by Arthur Braverman.
