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On The Way: The Daily Zen Journal
Readings by Date Published
2024
Aug:
Interdependence and the Middle Way
Jul:
Search for the Pearl
Jun:
The Four Great Barriers
May:
“No Mind” is Buddha
Apr:
West Evening Mountain Talk – Part 6
Mar:
Reaching the Fundamental Ground
Feb:
Mind is the One Vehicle
Jan:
Great Enlightenment pt 2
2023
Dec:
Selections from the Diamond Sutra
Nov:
Sermon of Zen Master Bassui - Part 2
Oct:
Walking the Middle Path-Commentary on The Sutra of the Middle Way
Sep:
Source-Ancestral Discourse
Aug:
Everyone Instantly Becomes a Buddha
Jul:
Treasury of the Eye of True Teaching
Jun:
Tsung Ching Record of Hui Hai – Part 3
May:
Mind is Formless
Apr:
Huang po - Questions and Answers
Mar:
Dharma Talks - Part 2
Feb:
Discourses of Master Po Shan part 2
Jan:
The Basis of Awareness
2022
Dec:
On the Transmission of Mind - Part 4
Nov:
Selections from the Song of Awakening - Part 2
Oct:
One Practice Samadhi Part 2
Sep:
Bloodstream Sermon, Part 2
Aug:
Essentials of Cultivating the Mind Part 3
Jul:
On Gardens and the Way
Jun:
Guidelines for Studying the Way
May:
Always Mindful
Apr:
The Practice of Meditation
Mar:
Dreaming Asleep and Awake
Feb:
Other Ways to do Zen
Jan:
Opening the Hand of Thought - Part 2
2021
Dec:
Stillness in Action
Nov:
Buddhism is Natural Truth
Oct:
Advice and Encouragement
Sep:
Discourse of Master Han Shan - Part 2
Aug:
Absorption in the Treasury of Light pt 3
Jul:
What is Zen?
Jun:
Treatise on the True Sudden Enlightenment School - Part 3
May:
Wake-up Sermon - Part 4
Apr:
The Practice of True Reality - Part 2
Mar:
Joyously Alive
Feb:
Sayings and Dialogues
Jan:
Since I became Buddha - Part 2
2020
Dec:
Since I became Buddha - Part 1
Nov:
The Sermon of No Words
Oct:
Mind of Enlightenment, Great Compassion, and Skillful Means
Sep:
Hakuin's Song of Meditation
Aug:
Silent Illumination Part 1
Jul:
The Empty Bowl Sutra
Jun:
Cultivation and Worldly Activities
May:
Wisdom and Ignorance
Apr:
Return to Spring
Mar:
No Such Thing as Enlightenment
Feb:
Admonitions
Jan:
The Bright, Boundless Field
2019
Dec:
Zen and the Art of Tea
Nov:
Bhaddekaratta Sutta
Oct:
Cat and Mouse
Sep:
Understanding Impermanence
Aug:
Sermon in Tavatimsa Heaven
Jul:
About This Mind
Jun:
Questions of Bodhisattva Mahamati - Not a Word Uttered
May:
How to be a Householder Bodhisattva
Apr:
The Hoshin-ji Sermons
Mar:
Shodoka - Song of Awakening
Feb:
The Time-Being
Jan:
Wake-up Sermon - Part 3
2018
Dec:
One Practice Samadhi pt 3
Nov:
Great Vow
Oct:
Kalama Sutra
Sep:
The Mind Dharma
Aug:
Great Doubt
Jul:
Harmony - Part 3
Jun:
Harmony - Part 2
May:
Harmony - Part 1
Apr:
Zazenron
Mar:
Following the Breath with Mindfulness
Feb:
All Beings are in the Process of Becoming Buddhas
Jan:
The Lankavatara Sutra
2017
Dec:
Fundamental Principles
Nov:
Discourses of Master Po Shan - Part 1
Oct:
Correct Practice
Sep:
The Sermon of No Words
Aug:
True Mind
Jul:
Questions of Bodhisattva Mahamati
Jun:
Handbook for Zen Students - Part 2
May:
Handbook for Zen Students - Part 1
Apr:
Treatise on the Essentials of Cultivating the Mind - Part 3
Mar:
Treatise on Contemplating Mindfulness
Feb:
Questions from the Lankavatara Sutra
Jan:
Beyond Words
2016
Dec:
Stop Opinions
Nov:
Stages of Enlightenment
Oct:
No End to Practice
Sep:
Secrets on Cultivating the Mind
Aug:
Journal of My Study in China - Part 2
Jul:
Journal of My Study in China
Jun:
On Meditation - Part 1
May:
Essentials of Mind - Part 1
Apr:
West Mountain Evening Talk - Part 1
Mar:
The Unborn - Part 1
Feb:
The Heart of the Pine
Jan:
Doctrine of Mind
2015
Dec:
Aspiration for Enlightenment
Nov:
Investigating Chan and Contemplating Mind
Oct:
Understanding Mind
Sep:
Zazen
Aug:
Jade Buddha Monastery
Jul:
Calming the Mind
Jun:
Tsung Ching Record of Hui Hai - pt 2
May:
Treatise on Sitting Meditation
Apr:
Zen Teachings of Huang Po
Mar:
Notes on Meditation
Feb:
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Jan:
Idle Talk On a Night Boat
2014
Dec:
Records of the Source Mirror
Nov:
Same Reality, Different Dreams
Oct:
The Threefold Question in Zen
Sep:
The Mirror of Zen - Part 3
Aug:
The Mirror of Zen Part 2
Jul:
Silent Illumination
Jun:
West Mountain Evening Talk - Part 5
May:
Transmission of Mind - Mind is the Buddha pt 11
Apr:
A Boatload of Moonlight - Letters of Yuanwu
Mar:
Concentration and Wisdom are One Essence
Feb:
Passing Through Barriers
Jan:
True Realization Part 1
2013
Dec:
The Essentials of Chan Practice
Nov:
Mud and Water
Oct:
Record of the Thatched Hall on Mount Lu
Sep:
The Record of Linji - Sangha Instruction
Aug:
Kao Feng's Story
Jul:
Great Enlightenment
Jun:
Platform Sutra
May:
Eight Means to Enlightenment
Apr:
The Formless Precepts
Mar:
Treasury of Light pt 2
Feb:
Full Awareness of Breathing - Anapanasati Sutta
Jan:
Discourse 18 Lin-chi
2012
Dec:
Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta - The First Sermon at Benares
Nov:
The Stages of Meditation
Oct:
Platform Sutra pt 2
Sep:
Sermon of Zen Master Bassui
Aug:
Breakthrough Sermon
Jul:
Secrets of Cultivating the Mind
Jun:
Practice Instructions
May:
Inner Constancy
Apr:
Plum Blossoms
Mar:
Sitting Meditation
Feb:
Treatise on Sitting Meditation Part 2
Jan:
West Evening Mountain Talk Part 4
2011
Dec:
Ten Guidelines for the Ch’an School
Nov:
Guidelines for Studying the Way
Oct:
The Meditations of a Bodhisattva Part 2
Sep:
The Meditations of a Bodhisattva
Aug:
Wake-up Sermon Part 2
Jul:
Wake-up Sermon Part 1
Jun:
Since I became Buddha
May:
Awakening
Apr:
West Mountain Evening Talk - Part 3
Mar:
Transmission of Mind -Questions from the Wan Ling Record pt 10
Feb:
Dream Conversations On Buddhism and Zen
Jan:
Constancy
2010
Dec:
Making the Altruistic Vow
Nov:
Tsung Ching Record of Hui Hai
Oct:
The Essential Gateway to Truth by Means of Instantaneous Awakening
Sep:
Essential Teachings of the Stone Lion: Stages of Meditation
Aug:
Essential Teachings of the Stone Lion: Instructions for Meditation
Jul:
Absorption in the Treasury of Light pt 1
Jun:
On Cultivating the Mind
May:
The Teachings of the Fourth Chan Patriarch Tao-shin
Apr:
On Gardens and the Way
Mar:
Mud and Water 1
Feb:
A Lotus in Fire 1
Jan:
The Activity of the Reality of Life
2009
Dec:
On the Transmission of Mind - Part 3
Nov:
On the Transmission of Mind - Pt 12
Oct:
The Awakening of Mugai Nyodai Part 2
Sep:
The Enlightenment of Chiyono
Aug:
Skeletons Part II
Jul:
Skeletons
Jun:
Zazen
May:
Divine Light
Apr:
Informal Talks
Mar:
Shikantaza
Feb:
To Live is just to Live
Feb:
To Live is just to Live
Jan:
The Platform Sutra
2008
Dec:
King of Samadhis
Nov:
The Fundamental Expedient Teachings
Oct:
The Ryumon-ji Sermons - The Unborn pt 3
Sep:
Readings from Sun Face Buddha
Aug:
Sermons Part 2
Jul:
Sermons
Jun:
The World of Intensive Practice
May:
Five Points in Buddhist practice
Apr:
The Wise Ones of Old
Mar:
The Living Method of Turning the Light Around
Feb:
“Do not grasp another’s bow”
Jan:
Avoiding Foxes and Dogs
2007
Dec:
Bloodstream Sermon, Part 4
Nov:
West Mountain Evening Talk - Part 2
Oct:
Pure Land Teachings of Master Chu-hung
Sep:
The Mirror of Zen - with commentary
Aug:
Sho-do-ka – Song of Realization Part II
Jul:
Sho-do-ka – Song of Realization
Jun:
Treatise on the Essentials of Cultivating the Mind Part 2
May:
Treatise on the Essentials of Cultivating the Mind
Apr:
Transmission of Mind inThe Chun Chou Record pt 6
Mar:
Anthology on the Cultivation of Realization
Feb:
Only Buddha and Buddha
Jan:
Three Sources of Truth
2006
Dec:
A Tongue-Tip Taste of Zen
Nov:
From the Record of Things Heard
Oct:
From the Record of Lin-chi
Sep:
Anthology on the Cultivation of Realization
Aug:
Wonder
Jul:
The Essential Secrets for Entering the Way
Jun:
Eight Awakenings of Great Beings – Part II
May:
Eight Awakenings of Great Beings – Part I
Apr:
Sho-do-ka Song of Realization
Mar:
The Secret of the Golden Flower - Part II
Feb:
The Secret of the Golden Flower
Jan:
Treatise on the True Sudden Enlightenment School - Part 1
2005
Dec:
Treatise on the True Sudden Enlightenment School - Part 2
Nov:
Stopping and Seeing
Oct:
Mud and Water - 2
Sep:
The Cooperation of Concentration and Insight
Aug:
Heaven and Earth
Jul:
The Way
Jun:
Song of the Mind (Xin Ming) - Part II
May:
Song of the Mind (Xin Ming)
Apr:
The Ultimate Way
Mar:
Transmission of Mind -Questions from the Wan Ling Record pt 9
Feb:
Hidden Treasure
Jan:
Transmission of Mind from The Wan Ling Record pt 8
2004
Dec:
Transmission of Mind inThe Wan Ling Record pt 7
Nov:
Essentials of Mind pt 2
Oct:
Transmitting Wisdom
Sep:
Empty and Quiet
Aug:
Instructing the Group Part III
Jul:
Instructing the Group Part II
Jun:
Instructing the Group Part I
May:
The Spur for a Good Horse, Part II
Apr:
The Spur for a Good Horse, Part I
Mar:
Treatise on Sitting Meditation 3
Feb:
Essential Teachings of Dogen
Jan:
Practice of Meditation
2003
Dec:
Sayings of Lin-chi - Part II
Oct:
Sayings of Lin-chi - Part I
Sep:
The Practice of Compassion
Aug:
The Platform Sutra - Part II
Jul:
The Platform Sutra - Part I
Jun:
An Elementary Talk on Zen - Concluding Remarks
May:
An Elementary Talk on Zen - Part III
Apr:
An Elementary Talk on Zen - Part II
Mar:
An Elementary Talk on Zen - Part I
Feb:
Essence of Perception
Jan:
The Wise Ones of Old
2002
Dec:
Dream Conversations
Nov:
Nothing to Attain
Oct:
Gunabhadra Tripitaka
Sep:
Kindling the Inexhaustible Lamp
Aug:
Sayings of Daikaku
Jul:
Sayings of Daikaku
Jun:
Instructions of Shoitsu
May:
Emptying and Opening Body and Mind
Apr:
Mud and Water
Mar:
The Mind of No-Mind "Mushin no Shin"
Feb:
The Wisdom of the Zen Masters
Jan:
Direct Pointing
2001
Dec:
Move with a Mighty Flow
Nov:
The Mind Monarch
Oct:
The Mountain and River Sutras
Sep:
Gems Along The Way
Aug:
The Mind Ground
Jul:
Sayings of Master Rujing of Tiantong
Jun:
Recommending Zazen to all People
May:
Bodhidharma's Breakthrough Sermon
Apr:
Where to Locate the Mind
Mar:
Mystery of Immovable Mind
Feb:
Daio's Letters to Meditators
Jan:
Plum Blossoms - Honoring the Teachings of Spring
2000
Dec:
Transmission of Mind from The Chun Chou Record part 2
Nov:
The Perception of Sages
Oct:
Bloodstream Sermon, Part 1
Sep:
The Great Affair
Aug:
Secrets of Cultivating the Mind
Jul:
Zazen Yojinki
Jun:
The Practice of True Reality Part 1
May:
Tugging the Ox
Apr:
The Wise Ones of Old
Mar:
Mountain Poems
Feb:
Clear the Mind
Jan:
Original Face
1999
Dec:
Song of the Grass-Roof Hermitage
Nov:
On the Transmission of Mind - Part 5
Oct:
The Gateless Gate
Sep:
Climbing a Mountain, Crossing a River
Aug:
True Meditation
Jul:
Discourse of Master Han Shan
Jun:
Notes from Bodhidharma
May:
Cultivating the Empty Field - Practice Instructions Part 3
Apr:
Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices
Mar:
The Unborn pt 4
Feb:
Song of Realizing the Way
Jan:
Transmission of Mind from The Chun Chou Record
1998
Dec:
Warrior Zen
Nov:
Hsiang-yen and the Broken Tile
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