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The Three Types of Zen Student

Gateway talks
We look at the three different classes of Zen students and why the teaching methods of the Zen masters can sometimes seem so bizarre. 

Life on Dry Land: A dialogue with Master Torie

Blog
When training for something it's sensible to keep track of our progression. When it comes to Zen training however, this doesn't quite seem to work, in fact it can become quite a serious obstacle.

How are Koans supposed to work?

Zen Koans are infamous for their cutting dialogues and confusing narratives. In this article we examine the principles behind them, and how we can integrate this practice into our daily lives.

The Zen Garden: A Path towards 'Right Mind'

Sophie Walker takes us on a guided tour around the Zen Garden, an experience which can bring the heart to a state of rest

Transcending Mindfulness: 5 | The Awakend Ape

Martin and Jamie explore the concept of ‘Paleo-living’, an attempt at living a more natural way of life inspired by tribal and indigenous cultures

Latest Articles

Audio Talks

The Three Types of Zen Student
Series

Transcending Mindfulness

Transcending Mindfulness: 5 | The Awakend Ape

Practice

Series

The Five Hindrances | Martin Goodson

These are the factors that hinder progress in meditation and daily life practice.

“Is there someone else I can ask?”

Exercises in Mindfulness
Why can life be so upsetting? Cut through the mental noise in this simple exercise. 

Chanting

Exercises in Mindfulness
The benefits of chanting are many! Find out how to get started in this introduction to a key component of Buddhist practice.

What is Samadhi Power?

Exercise in Mindfulness
Daily life practice gives us the key to freeing the mind.

Enter Sandman

Exercises in Mindfulness
What can we do about sleepiness during mediation?

Magazine

The Zen Garden: A Path towards 'Right Mind'

Sophie Walker takes us on a guided tour around the Zen Garden, an experience which can bring the heart to a state of rest

Hanshan's Poem | with commentary by Michael Haggiag

Poet's Corner 
Can there ever be beauty in pain and loss? The master poet Hansen captures the bittersweet nature of impermanence in this poem.

A Year in View: 2024

A roundup of the best articles and talks from 2024.

A Christmas Mystery

The Alchemy of Transformation
The heart-stopping mystery of the numinous reveals itself in many of the most beloved Christmas-time stories.

Chanouyu by Maria V.A. Eckhart | with commentary by Michael Haggiag

Poet's corner
Poet Maria Eckhart captures the essence of doing, without doing

Buddhism

Verses from the Dhammapada 114

Why are we so easily carried away by the tides of the heart-mind and what awaits us on the other side?

Taking the Medicine: The Noble Eightfold Path

The Four Noble Truths
The fourth and final Noble Truth (the way out of suffering) is not a theory or philosophy, it is a call to practice.

The Great Medicine of the Buddha

The Four Noble Truths
Unless we can practice what we have learned, we do not have the means of understanding it or an ability to make it a lived experience.
Series

The Four Noble Truths | Dr. Alan Sidi

Dr. Alan Sidi explores the way out of suffering by bringing to life The Four Noble Truths, the first set of teachings given by the Buddha.

Verses from the Dhammapada 132

As ‘I’ am gradually emptied out, the beauty of the world begins to fill the heart.

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