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Cold Mountain Zen offers this list of classic and current Zen and Buddhist books to support your practice and increase your understanding of Zen Buddhism. The list begins with Kurt Spellmeyer’s Buddha at the Apocalypse: Awakening from a Culture of Destruction, and includes books by Pema Chodron, Alan Watts, Thich Nhat Hanh, Shunryu Suzuki, Red Pine, […]

A teisho is a formal dharma talk, given on a specific koan or zen text. This collection of teishos was given by Kankan Roshi and senior students during a zen retreat (sesshin) or half-day sit. The teisho name corresponds to a specific “case” or chapter in The Mumonkan, Hekiganroku, or Book of Serenity. The Mumonkan […]

Sutras are sacred texts attributed to the Buddha or one of his close disciples. Cold Mountain Zen uses sacred texts, including the Heart Sutra and the Four Great Vows, to prepare the mind and deepen meditation practice. Sutra recitation occurs prior to morning and afternoon meditation practice, and before a teisho. Grouped by Morning Sutras, […]

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Baso’s “This Very Mind Is the Buddha”

Date: Jan. 29, 2022

Book: Mumonkan

Case#30

Ummon’s “One Treasure”

Date: Jan. 16, 2022

Book: Hekiganroku

Case#62

Linji’s True Person

Date: Jan. 15, 2022

Book: Book of Serenity

Case#38

The World Honored One Ascends the Seat

Date: Jan. 14, 2022

Book: Book of Serenity

Case#1

Two Monks Roll Up the Blinds

Date: Jan. 13, 2022

Book: Mumonkan

Case#26

Emperor Wu Asks Bodhidharma

Date: Jan. 12, 2022

Book: Hekiganroku

Case#1

Ummon Stretches Out His Hands

Date: Jan. 1, 2022

Book: Hekiganroku

Case#54

Ummon’s “Particle After Particle Samadhi”

Date: Dec. 11, 2021

Book: Hekiganroku

Case#50

Ummon’s One Treasure - Audio Not Found

Date: Nov. 27, 2021

Book: Hekiganroku

Case#62

Tipping Over a Water Bottle

Date: Nov. 13, 2021

Book: Mumonkan

Case#40

Kyogen’s “Man Up a Tree”

Date: Oct. 30, 2021

Book: Mumonkan

Case#5

Chosha Went for a Walk

Date: Oct. 16, 2021

Book: Hekiganroku

Case#36

Ungan’s “Do You Have Them or Not?”

Date: Oct. 2, 2021

Book: Hekiganroku

Case#72

Joshu’s Cypress Tree-Audio Not Found

Date: Sept. 18, 2021

Book: Mumonkan

Case#37

Zizhao’s Succession

Date: Sept. 4, 2021

Book: Book of Serenity

Case#64

The Master of Rengeho’s Staff

Date: Aug. 22, 2021

Book: Hekiganroku  

Case#25

Caoshan’s “Reality Body”

Date: Aug. 21, 2021

Book: Book of Serenity

Case#52

Yanyang’s “Thing”

Date: Aug. 20, 2021

Book: Book of Serenity

Case#57

Joshu’s Cypress Tree

Date: Aug. 19, 2021

Book: Mumonkan

Case#37

Yunmen’s “ Sumeru”

Date: Aug. 18, 2021

Book: Book of Serenity

Case#19

Nanyang’s “Water Pitcher”

Date: Aug. 7, 2021

Book: Book of Serenity

Case#42

Banzan’s “Three Worlds, No Dharma”

Date: July 24, 2021

Book: Blue Rock Collection

Case#37

Ganto Laughed Loudy

Date: July 10, 2021

Book: Blue Rock Collection

Case#66

Yunyan Sweeps the Ground

Date: June 26, 2021

Book: Book of Serenity

Case#21

Gensha’s Man of Three Disabilities

Date: June 12, 2021

Book: Blue Rock Collection

Case#88

The Girl Comes out of Samadhi

Date: May 22, 2021

Book: Mumonkan

Case#42

Mi Hu's "Enlightenment or Not?"

Date: May 8, 2021

Book: Book of Serenity

Case#62

Ummon’s “No Preaching on Oneness”

Date: April 24, 2021

Book: Blue Rock Collection

Case#15

Yuima’s “The Gate to the One and Only”

Date: April 10, 2021

Book: Blue Rock Collection

Case#84

Hyakujō and a Wild Duck

Date: Mar. 27, 2021

Book: Blue Rock Collection

Case#53

Emperor Wu Asks Bodhidharma

Date: Mar. 13, 2021

Book: Blue Rock Collection

Case#1

Shoushan's "New Bride"

Date: Feb. 27, 2021

Book: Book of Serenity

Case#65

Dongshan's "No Grass"

Date: Feb. 13, 2021

Book: Book of Serenity

Case#89

The Girl Comes out of Samadhi

Date: Jan. 30, 2021

Book: Mumonkan

Case#42

Daowu Tends the Sick

Date: Jan. 17, 2021

Book: Book of Serenity

Case#83

Jiashan "Swinging the Sword"

Date: Jan. 16, 2021

Book: Book of Serenity

Case#68

The Flower Ornament Scripture's "Wisdom"

Date: Jan. 15, 2021

Book: Book of Serenity

Case#67

Yunmen's "Sumeru"

Date: Jan. 14, 2021

Book: Book of Serenity

Case#19

INCOMPLETE-Linji's Great Enlightenment

Date: Jan. 13, 2021

Book: Book of Serenity

Case#86

INCOMPLETE-Ruiyan's "Constant Principle"

Date: Jan. 9, 2021

Book: Book of Serenity

Case#75

Chōkei and Hofuku Discuss the Buddha’s Words

Date: Dec. 12, 2020

Book: Blue Rock Collection

Case#95

Jōshū’s “I Alone Am Holy Throughout Heaven and Earth”

Date: Dec. 12, 2020

Book: Blue Rock Collection

Case#57

Fayan's Boat or Land

Date: Nov. 28, 2020

Book: Book of Serenity

Case#51

Haryō’s Sword Against Which a Hair Is Blown

Date: Nov. 14, 2020

Book: Blue Rock Collection

Case#100

Ummon’s “Everybody Has His Own Light”

Date: Nov. 1, 2020

Book: Blue Rock Collection

Case#86