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23. Dr. Buddha

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Rather than create a new philosophy, the Buddha decides to offer up a cure for old age, sickness and death in one simple formulation.

21. The Morning Star

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Why is the Buddha’s birthday the same day as his death and enlightenment? Jizo has some interesting ideas about why this could be.

20. The Buddha’s Path

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Will Dylan understand what Jizo is trying to teach him?
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THE BUDDHA BLOG

Books
A teenager's life begins to change in ways he could never have imagined after encountering the teachings of the Buddha. Michael Haggiag makes Zen practice and Buddhism easy to grasp in this coming of age story.

19. Daily Life Practice

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Jizo's instructions for daily life practice leave Dylan less than thrilled.

The Catalpa Bow: A Study of Shamanistic Practices in Japan...

Book Extract
When a Buddhist priest finds out that his kinsman has been reborn into an agonising hell, a yamabushi holds the key to helping his friend

17. Enlightenment

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Siddhartha faces his final test under the Bodhi tree.

16. On the terrace

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Dylan finds the courage to return to the meditation cushion so Jizo gives him some further instructions on meditation.

15. Shame

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Dylan has a terrifying experience on the meditation cushion.

14. Solo

THE BUDDHA BLOG
A 13 year old girl gives Gautama the final lesson that will lead him to full Buddhahood.

Form

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

13. The Ascetic

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Jizo explains the Middle Way to Dylan.

12. Learning to bow

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Jizo teaches our hyperactive protagonist the secret to finding inner stillness.

11. King Bimbisara

THE BUDDHA BLOG
King Bimbisara makes a very tempting offer that will surely test the Buddha's resolve.

10. The Five Disciples

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Five friends search for prince Gautama after he flees the palace. 

9. The Restaurant

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Dylan has an important question for Jizo.

8. Jizo’s Own Story

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Jizo faces life and death in his first real test as a Zen monk

7. Pondering

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Jizo reveals something about his mysterious past...

6. Leaving Home

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Having faced the reality of life for the first time, prince Gautama now faces a difficult moral dilemma. 

5. The Third Meeting

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Prince Gautama had never thought about old age or sickness before and he's not handling it all that well. How will he take this last revelation?

4. Outside the Palace

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Prince Gautama, encountering old age and sickness for the first time, finds his world beginning to crumble.

3. Prince Siddhartha Gautama

THE BUDDHA BLOG
How did prince Guatama become the Buddha?

2. Buddha the Pointer

THE BUDDHA BLOG
Even a 15 year old with ADHD can understand the teachings of the Buddha when Jizo explains it!

1. Call me Dylan

THE BUDDHA BLOG
A hyperactive teenager strikes an unlikely friendship with a Japanese gardener who seems to know more than he lets on.

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.

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 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.

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...
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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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