Subscribe to our weekly newsletter
NEW!
Dharma Centre

We have just launched our online Dharma Centre. All are welcome...

Join our Community!

Donate

The virtue of generosity, charity or giving. Your donations are welcomed.

Learn more

Troubleshooting Zen Study & Practice

Do you have a question about the study and practice of Buddhism, Zen, the teachings, meditation, mindfulness, the concepts or philosophy in Buddhism?

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.

Moving Around the Zen-do

Fundamentals of Zen
An instructional video on how to practice ‘the form’ in and around the Zen-do.

On the terrace

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Dylan is ready to return to the mediation cushion so Jizo gives him some further instruction.

Mumonkan: The Gateless Gate by Mumon Ekai, with commentary by Soko...

Book Extract
Soko Morinaga Roshi describes what it is like to experience the passions in a state of emptiness.

Latest Articles

Audio Talks

Bai Jiyu and Jingzhao Discuss Opposites and the Illusory Power of Words.

The Buddha is a Privy Hole!

The Tricky Relationship between Practice and Insight

Practice

Enter Sandman

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

Seeing is Believing, Right?

The iceberg story
How do we become conscious of the unconscious?

The Blind Men and the Elephant

How Forms Shape Perspectives
Why is it that we don’t see thing clearly? 

Empty the Cup

How the inner narration prevents clear seeing.
To empty your cup’ is a Chinese proverb that is also used in practice but what does it actually mean?

We use it every day but are not aware of it

A Zen Teaching
Buddha Nature is closer than you think!

Magazine

Mumonkan: The Gateless Gate by Mumon Ekai, with commentary by Soko...

Book Extract
Soko Morinaga Roshi describes what it is like to experience the passions in a state of emptiness.

On the terrace

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Dylan is ready to return to the mediation cushion so Jizo gives him some further instruction.

Faith in the Practice

Blog
Zen practice can’t stop bad things from happening to us but it can help us face them. Michael O’Neill concludes his experience of dealing with disappointment and loss.

Shame

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Dylan has a visionary experience on the meditation cushion

Solo

THE BUDDHA BLOG
The Buddha, having been saved by a 13 year old girl, learns a lesson that will lead him to full  enlightenment.

Buddhism

Red Demon, Blue Demon

Stories from the Tradition
A supernatural experience leaves a merchant wondering if he still exists.

Dhammapada Verse 184

Verses from the Dhammapada
The key to emptying the heart is not just patience, it’s patient endurance.

The Bandit and the Spider

Stories from the Buddhist Tradition
An evil-doing Bandit gets one last chance at saving himself after helping a spider.

Kokūzō Bosatsu

The Way of Devotion
This Bodhisattva symbolises the cosmic functioning of the Buddha and represents ‘the great wisdom gone beyond.’

Happy Birthday Buddha!

An Easter Essay
The ‘miraculous birth’ is a symbol that appears in many religions, but in the case of the Buddha what it represents might not be what you think.

This week in the Dharma Centre...

We have just launched our online community to complement The Zen Gateway online resource and magazine.

Visit our Dharma Centre