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On the terrace

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

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.

Form

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Dylan finds it difficult to sit still, so Jizo instructs him on the correct form for sitting Zazen (meditation).

The Ascetic

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Jizo explains the Middle Way to Dylan.

King Bimbisara

THE BUDDHA BLOG
A king who hears that the Buddha has just given up his kingdom offers the young seeker a very tempting propisition.

The Five Disciples

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Gautama (who will become the Buddha) has fled the luxuries of his palace, but five men who know who will become decide to track him down.

The Restaurant

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Jizo has finished the story of how he became a monk but Dylan has a question for him.

Jizo’s Own Story

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Jizo remembers his first real test as a monk  in the Japanese.

Pondering

THE BUDDHA BLOG
In this episode Jizo reveals why his life was not so different from the Buddha’s.

Leaving Home

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Prince Gautama faces a moral dilemma. 

The Third Meeting

THE BUDDHA BLOG
In this episode Prince Gautama, the Buddha to be, encounters death for the very first time

Outside the Palace

THE BUDDHA BLOG
In this episode, Jizo tells the story about how the Buddha  came to experience death for the first time.

Prince Siddhartha Gautama

THE BUDDHA BLOG
In this Episode, Jizo explains to Dylan how the Buddha became the Tathagata

Buddha the Pointer

THE BUDDHA BLOG
In this episode Jizo explains the insight of the Buddha in such a way that even a 15 year old with ADHD can understand it.

Call me Dylan

THE BUDDHA BLOG
A hyperactive teenager strikes an unlikely friendship with an elderly Japanese gardener who seems to know a thing or two about the Buddha.

Monkey | Chapter 15

Stories Retold: Journey to the West
Everyone is blaming Monkey for their misfortune again but surely this time it isn’t his fault?

Monkey | Chapter 14

Stories Retold: Journey to the West
In this episode, the monk Tripitaka stumbles across a particular Monkey who has been trapped under a mountain…

Monkey | Chapter 13

Stories Retold: Journey to the West
In this episode the monk Tripitaka sets out on his long journey to retrieve the lost Buddhist texts but what will the naïve monk do when he comes face to face with the horrible dangers he was warned about?

Monkey | Chapter 12

Stories Retold: Journey to the West
In this chapter, the unfortunate couple Liu and his wife Blue lotus, who having being returned to the land of the living, finds that her soul has been placed in the recently deceased Princess Jade Bud's body.

Monkey | Chapter 11

Stories Retold: Journey to the West
In this Episode, the Emperor faces a trial by the Judges of Death for killing the Dragon King in his dream.

Monkey | Chapter 10

Stories Retold: Journey to the West
In this Episode, the Dragon King makes a bet with a fortune teller unaware that his bet is against Fate itself.

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.

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.

Monkey | Chapter 7

Stories Retold: Journey to the West
Although the God's have managed to capture Monkey but he has become so strong the Gods have no way of actually getting rid of him. With no one else left to turn to, the western Buddha is called.

Monkey | Chapter 6

Journey to the West Retold
With no one able to defeat the monkey king the great magician Erh-lang comes up with a cunning plan...
Series

The Stories of Monkey

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

Monkey | Chapter 5

Journey to the West Retold
Monkey, now the Great Sage and Equal of Heaven, has become so powerful that even the emperor of heaven is scared of him, after all he’s still a monkey.

Monkey | Chapter 4

Journey to the West Retold
In this Episode the Jade Emperor of heaven, the planet Venus and multi limbed transforming warriors all attempt to get the precocious monkey under control.

Extract | The Shadow Book of Ji Yun - Imperial librarian and Investigator of...

Book Extracts
A strange dancing creature appears every night on a family's estate. Bewildered and afraid, the family investigates in this Book Extract.

Monkey | Chapter 3

Journey to the West Retold
In this episode, Monkey ransoms one of the four dragons of creation and gets kidnapped and dragged down into the underworld.

Monkey | Chapter 2

Journey to the West Retold
Monkey learns the secrets of immortality from a Daoist mystic, but how long will his teacher’s patience last?

Monkey | Chapter 1

Journey to the West Retold
A precocious monkey seeks out the secrets to immortality in this retelling of the Chinese classic Journey to the West.

Extract | Arresting the Stone Buddha

Book Extracts
 A judge has a stone Buddha arrested for theft in this book extract. 

Extract | Bankei Zen: Translations from the Record of Bankei by...

Book Extracts
After pushing his body too far in the pursuit of insight, a young Master Bankei finds himself on the verge of death when something miraculous suddenly happens.

Staying at Home

Co-founder Michael Haggiag discusses the mind-made qualities of 'detention' and 'opportunity' from his personal experience of incarceration.

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