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Deepening and intensify my Dharma practice influenced by all of Buddhism, with book reviews, cultural notes, photography, and anything Buddhisty.

Showing posts with label The Circle of the Way. Show all posts

Showing posts with label The Circle of the Way. Show all posts

Thursday, November 21, 2019

The Circle of the Way by Barbara O'Brien

This book had some interesting synthesis of global history with spiritual history, great teachers and great literature, and the forces arou...

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Zen in Japan

I'm reading The Circle of the Way by Barbara O'Brien, a history of Zen. I'm on the chapter where Zen comes to Japan. Reading a...

Zen in Vietnam: Thien

I'm reading The Circle of the Way by Barbara O'Brien, a history of Zen, and she has half a chapter on Vietnam, where it is called ...

Chapter 6: Zen leaves China: Korea

I'm reading The Circle of the Way by Barbara O'Brien, and she has half a chapter on Korea. The story of Buddhism coming to Korea...

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Chapter 5 in O'Brien: Song Dynasty

I like it that neo-confucianism was against supernaturalism. The Jingde Record of the Transmission of the Lamp includes Budai , the fat...

Thursday, November 14, 2019

Zen Books

I started reading the Barbara O'Brien book first. I've never seen her blog before but she has a blog called Mahablog . Like ma...

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