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Ananda and the Untouchable Woman

Parables
What is it we are escaping from when we get bored? Martin explores the deeper processes that are taking place that can show us the way to awakening.
Series

The Stories of Monkey

The magical stories of Monkey, from the novel Journey to the West, are retold by The Zen Gateway.

How to Sit Zazen (meditation)

Fundamentals of Zen
An instructional video on how to achieve the correct posture and perform the correct mudras for Rinzai Zen meditation, finishing with instructions on how to count the breath.

Extract | Poems of the Japanese Zen Masters

Book Extracts
The Zen masters reveal some of the secrets of Zen practice through poetry.

Monkey | Chapter 9

Stories Retold: Journey to the West
We take a break from the fantastical misadventures of Monkey to tell a story of love, betrayal and redemption.

Latest Articles

Audio Talks

Daito Kokushi's Admonition - A Dharma Talk

Rinzai’s Neither Outside nor Inside

Just Be Your Ordinary Selves

Practice

What is Rohatsu?

Exercises in Mindfulness
The memorial to the Buddha's Enlightenment is a week long Zen retreat that tests the monastic's inner strength to the full.

Bamboo on the Mountain: A story of patient endurance

Exercises in Mindfulness
How can we connect with the natural flow of things?

Know Thyself and then Get a Move On!

Exercises in Mindfulness
While the Buddha taught the self is delusion, if we get to know this self instead of denying it’s existance we can find a powerful way to form new habits.

The Seven-Part Worship of Shantideva

How does Shantideva's formula for worship relate to the different parts of Zen Practice?

The Story of Sanakavasa | Part 2

"In this lump of red flesh there is one who goes in and out of the sense gates a thousand times a day. Do you know him?”

Magazine

Monkey | Chapter 9

Stories Retold: Journey to the West
We take a break from the fantastical misadventures of Monkey to tell a story of love, betrayal and redemption.

Extract | Poems of the Japanese Zen Masters

Book Extracts
The Zen masters reveal some of the secrets of Zen practice through poetry.

Daito Kokushi's Admonition

Book Extracts
Shūhō Myōchō known as Daito Kokushi (1283-1338) founded the great training monastery of Daitokuji in Kyoto. His memorial day is on 22nd November.

Monkey | Chapter 8

Stories Retold: Journey to the West
Monkey has now been imprisoned under a mountain by the Buddha but a Bodhisattva who’s on a mission, may be able to get this monkey out of its cage.

Extract | Zen at Daitokuji by Dr. Jon Covell & Abbot

Book Extracts
A historic debate takes place between the Zen school and one hundred monks representing all the other Buddhist sects from the local area.

Buddhism

Ananda and the Untouchable Woman

Parables
What is it we are escaping from when we get bored? Martin explores the deeper processes that are taking place that can show us the way to awakening.

Verses from The Dhammapada 147

The Buddha said, ‘Look at the body, sickly racked with pain, which does not endure.’ Jenny Hall investigates... 

Verses from The Dhammapada 217

Jenny Hall examines the passing away of Queen Elizabeth II and her long reign as the Monarch of the United Kingdom.

Scheme of the Eightfold-Consciousness

Teachings from the Yogacara School
In this part we take a look at the different types of consciousness that affect our day to day (and past) lives.

Dhammapada Verse 19

Verses from the Dhammapada
How can knowledge become an obstacle to awakening?

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