Abbess Mugai Nyodai (1223-1298)
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ealac/imjs/programs/1998-fall/mugai_history.html

Anniversaries and Festivals of Zen Buddhism
http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVLPages/ZenPages/ZenCalendar.html

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Bay Zen Center The Bay Zen Center (BZC) originated in 1985 as a group of students studying with Charlotte Joko Beck, teacher at the Zen Center of San Diego. After receiving Dharma Transmission from Joko in 1994, Diane Eshin Rizzetto became the teacher and abbot of the Bay Zen Center. BZC, which is a member of the Ordinary Mind Zen School, is open to people of all traditions as well as beginners and experienced students.

Bodhidharma's Practice of Recompense and Formation of Chan Buddhism
http://kr.buddhism.org/zen/koan/kiyotaka_kimura.htm

Book of Rinzai by Eido Shimano - book - The recorded sayings of Zen Master Rinzai

 

 

Boonville One Drop Zendo Boonville, Missouri; Japanese Rinzai School, lineage is Mumon Yamada, affiliated with Sogenji, Okayama, Japan
http://zen.columbia.missouri.org/

Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans to Bring You Joy by John Tarrant - book

Buddhist Temple of Chicago Chicago, IL; Information about Buddhism
http://www.budtempchi.org/

Building Blocks of Chan Buddhism
http://www.purifymind.com/BuildingBlocks.htm

Burning House Zen Community Baltimore, MD; A Rinzai Zen Buddhist Zazankai (group of zen practitioners).
http://burninghousezendo.org/

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Cedar Rapids Zen Center Cedar Rapids, IA; Japanese Soto school; teacher is Zuiko Redding
http://www.avalon.net/~crzc/contact-information.html

Chan Buddhism - Dimensions of Asian Spirituality by Peter D. Hershock - a book

Chan Buddhism
http://www.imperialtours.net/chan_buddhism.htm

Chan Buddhism in Ritual Context by Bernard Faure - a book

Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism is Introduced to Japan
http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/China/ZenBudd.CP.html

Ch'an & Zen Lineages
http://www.oller.net/zl.htm

Ch'an and Zen Teaching by Kuan Yu Lu - book

Chan Insights and Oversights by Bernard Faure - book

Clouds in Water Zen Center St. Paul, MN; Japanese Soto School, teacher is Dosho Port; lineage is Dainin Katagiri
http://www.cloudsinwater.org/

Columbia Zen Center Columbia, MO; Japanese Rinzai School, lineage is Mumon Yamada, affiliated with Sogenji, Okayama, Japan
http://zen.columbia.missouri.org/

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Dai Bai Zan - Cho Bo Zen Ji, Seattle WA; A Seattle Zen Temple in the Rinzai Dharma line
http://www.choboji.org/

Desert Lotus Sangha Chandler, AZ; Japanese Soto/Rinzai
http://vuu.org/zen/

Development of Chan in China
http://www.hku.hk/philodep/courses/religion/Buddhism.htm#DevChan

Dharma Drum: The Life & Heart of Ch'an Practice by Sheng-Yen - book

Dragon Flower Ch'an Temple provides translations of Buddhist texts
http://www.dragonflower.org/

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Early Ch'an in China and Tibet by R. Lewis Lancaster - a book

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Five Mountains: The Rinzai Zen Monastic Institution in Medieval Japan by Martin Collcutt - book

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Hau-un-ji Zen Center Tempe, AZ; A Kyozan Joshu Sasaki order
http://www.zenarizona.com/

Heart Land Sangha Evanston, IL; Heartland Sangha is a group of American Buddhists who practice a non-dualistic, pan-sectarian Buddhism drawn from the original teachings of Gautama Buddha, Jodo Shinshu, Zen Buddhism and engaged Buddhism. We have members from several Buddhist traditions.
http://www.heartlandsangha.org/

Hoofprint of the Ox: Principles of the Chan Buddhist Path As Taught by a Modern Chinese Master by Ch'an Master Sheng-yen - book

 

 How Zen Became Zen: The Dispute over Enlightenment and the Formation of Chan Buddhism in Song-dynasty China by Morten Schlutter

 

 

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Kansas Zen Center Kansas, IA; BACK button in Netscape browser will not work at this site. KCZ members meet at 1423 New York Street for regular daily/weekly practice and frequent retreats. There are also satellite Zen centers in Topeka, Kansas City, and Manhattan. The heart of the Kwan Um School of Zen and the Kansas Zen Center is Zen practice.
http://www.kansaszencenter.org/

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Liberating Intimacy: Enlightenment and Social Virtuosity in Ch'an Buddhism by Peter D. Hershock - book

Linguistic Strategies in Daoist Zhuangzi and Chan Buddhism: The Other Way of Speaking by Youru Wang - a book

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Manual of Nichiren Buddhism
http://la.nichirenshu.org/history/history.htm

Master Yunmen: From the Record of the Chan Master "Gate of the Clouds" by Urs App - book

Meetingbrook Dogen & Francis Hermitage Camden, ME; Honoring Dogen and St. Francis of Assisi; a tradition between Soto Zen and contemplative Christian
http://www.meetingbrook.org/

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On Trusting the Heart: A Commentary on an Early Ch'an (Zen) Poem by Seng Ts'an by Jim Wilson - a book

Once-Born, Twice-Born Zen: The Soto and Rinzai Schools of Japan by Conrad Hyers - book

Opening a Mountain: Koans of the Zen Masters by Steven Heine - book

Original Face: An Anthology of Rinzai Zen by Thomas Cleary - book

Original Teachings of Ch'an Buddhism: Selected from the Transmission of the Lamp by Shih. Tao-Yuan - a book

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Points of Departure: Zen Buddhism With a Rinzai View by Eido T. Shimano - book

Practical Buddhism: The Application of Ch'an Teaching to Daily Life by K'uan Yu Lu - a book

Prairie Zen Center Champaign, IL; A group of individuals studying Zen in the lineage established by Charlotte Joko Beck of the Zen Center of San Diego.
http://www.prairiezen.org/

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Rhetoric of Immediacy: A Cultural Critique of Chan/Zen Buddhism by Bernard Faure - a book

Rinzai
http://buddhism.about.com/cs/zen/a/Rinzai.htm

Rinzai
http://www.allspirit.co.uk/rinzai.html

Rinzai Zen Buddhism
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/falaiseverte.org/EnZenRinzai.htm

Rinzai: Master of the Irrational by Osho - book

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Sangamon Zen Group Springfield, IL; We practice Zen in the lineage of the Ordinary Mind Zen School which was founded by Charlotte Joko Beck of the San Diego Zen Center. We are fortunate to receive guidance and instruction from a Dharma heir of Joko Beck, Elihu Genmyo Smith. Elihu is resident teacher at the Prairie Zen Center in Champaign, Illinois and is able to visit us on a regular basis. We occasionally travel to Champaign individually and in groups for service and sesshin. Our zendo is located at the Namaste Yoga Center, 2160 S. 6th Street in Springfield, Illinois.
http://www.sangamonzen.org/

Seeing Through Zen: Encounter, Transformation, and Genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism by John R. McRae - book

Self Discovery Multi site portal; Ch'an masters home page; philosophical self inquiry
http://www.selfdiscoveryportal.com/

Share a dream of Love Using art to make a difference, in this world of wars, hunger and greed.
http://www.roseandpeaches.com/

Studies in Ch'an and Hua-Yen by Robert M. Gimello, Peter N. Gregory - book

Sun Face Buddha: The Teachings of Ma-Tsu and the Hung-Chou School of Ch'an by Chen Chien - book

SunGag ascetic Zen practician in Korea
http://sungag.buddhism.org/zen.html

Sutra of Hui Neng Sutra spoken by the sixth patriarch on the high seat of The Treasure of the Law
http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Clubs/buddhism/huineng/content.html

Syncretism of Ch'an and Pure Land Buddhism by Heng-Ching Shih - a book

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Takuan Soho - figure in Rinzai variety of Zen Buddhism
http://www.japan-101.com/culture/takuan_soho.htm

Teachings of Sudden Illumination
http://www.selfdiscoveryportal.com/ChanMasters.htm

Three Chan Classics by Yixuan Linji Lu - book

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Unborn: Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei, 1622-1693 by Bankei, Normal Waddell - book

Unified Buddhist Church Plum Village, France; Vietnamese Zen order lead by Thich Nhat Hanh
http://www.parallax.org/

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Vilniaus Zen center southern TN; Teacher: Khenpo Rinpoche
http://www.zen.lt/

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Warrior Koans: Early Zen in Japan by Trevor Leggett - a book

White Wind Zen CommunityThe sangha of students practising Hakukaze Soto Zen under the direction of Ven. Anzan Hoshin roshi.
http://www.wwzc.org/

Will to Othodoxy: A Critical Genealogy of Northern Chan Buddhism by Bernard Faure, Phyllis Brooks - book

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Zen
http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/easia/zen.html

Zen Buddhism an introduction by Richard Hooker
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/FEUJAPAN/ZEN.HTM

Zen and Business Integrating business thinking with a meditative practice.
http://www.zenandbusiness.com/

Zen Buddhist Order of Hsu Yun Honolulu, HI; Hsu Yun Chan Yuen, center for the study of Zen
http://www.HsuYun.org/

Zen Center of Bloomington Bloomington, IN; Welcome to Zen Center of Bloomington (ZCB) online. We are a community of Zen practitioners in south-central Indiana. In addition to our weekly practice schedule, we offer a number of other activities, including discussion groups, yoga, special lectures, workshops, and prison retreats. We also host a vipassana meditation group. Sesshin (three, five or seven day intensive retreats) are led by our teachers Myoyu Andersen Sensei, Rev. Shohaku Okumura, Rev. Teijo Munnich, or Rev. Taiken Yokoyama.
http://www.bloomingtonzen.org/

Zen Community of Baltimore Baltimore, MD; Interface practice, Japanese Soto/Rinzai Zen
http://www.zcbclaresangha.org/

Zen Debating
http://www.the-judges.com/zen.html

Zen Koan: Its History and Use in Rinazi Zen by Isshu Miura, Ruth Sasaki - book

Zen Metalab
http://www.ibiblio.org/zen/

Zen Poems of China & Japan: The Crane's Bill by Lucien Stryk - book

Zen Sand: The Book of Capping Phrases for Koan Practice by Victor Sogen Hori - book

Zen Teachings of Rinzai by Irmgard Schloegl, Lin-chi Lu - book

Zen Wisdom by Chan Master Sheng-Yen - book

Zenophilia Zen and Tao inspired; haiku, koan, poetry, paintings, photos, and graphics
http://www.koanic.com/index.htm

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