Category: Zen Masters

Quotes – From Inside the Grass Hut

Reading “Inside the Grass Hut” by Ben Connelly, an analysis of Shitou’s “Song of the Grass-Roof Hermitage”. When...

Zen Master Shitou Xiqian is famous for two poems that are classic Zen texts. I recently started reading...

The great fool’s voice echos through empty hallways and into the grand chamber where the king sits in...

This is a follow-up to my previous post about the book “Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination...

The one single book that has helped me to focus, let go, and where to find the answers...

Eihei Dogen (1200-1253) Founder of Japanese Soto Zen “Studying the Buddha Way is studying oneself. Studying oneself is...

Song of the Grass-Roof Hermitage, written by Shitou Xiqian (700 – 790). I’ve built a grass hut where there’s...

The poem Harmony of Difference and Equlity (or Sameness) is a classic Chan Zen poem known for its...

I am reading the “Cultivating the Empty Field” for the second time, and also Dogen’s “Moon in a...

I have read many books, different views, and different schools of thought. Everything I study now is focused...