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Fundamentally, our experience as experienced is not different from the Zen master's. Where
we differ is that we place a fog, a particular kind of conceptual overlay onto that experience
and then make an emotional investment in that overlay, taking it to be "real" in and of itself.
ALL THINGS ZEN
Web site focuses on Chinese Zen master Ch'ing yuan Wei-hsin's famous discourse on mountains being mountins and waters being waters and how it relates to Zen and views of illusion/delusion and emptiness.
AN INTRODUCTION TO ZEN BUDDHISM
By D.T. Suzuki. Several full chapters from Suzuki's book including such subjects as "What Is Zen," "Satori," etc. Also has biography and information regarding his wife.
AWAKENING 101
A free on-line college level course exploring the Enlightening experience and the Dharma in the Zen tradition.
AWAKENING 101 APPROVED SITE LIST
Easy click-through access to many of the major sites used by AWAKENING 101. Hundreds of sites are accessible. Includes new and updated site links as well.
AWAKENING EXPERIENCE IN THE MODERN ERA
Ten typical common run-in-the-mill everyday garden variety type folks Enlightened out of the blue tell their stories. They didn't used to be nothing, now they are not not nothing, but all nothing.
BODHISATTVA VOWS
The Four Bodhisattva Vows. What they are and what they mean.
BUDDHISM IN FORTY-EIGHT CHAPTERS
Forty-Eight quick, easy-to-read, concise chapters on the fundamentals of Buddhism. Covers all major schools of Buddhism including seven chapters on Zen. An expert in ninety minutes!
BUDDHIST ENLIGHTENMENT AND THE INTERNET
Biologically people today are very similar to people at the time of the Buddha, however, modern communication devices that relay information instantaneously make modern society very different from the that of the Buddha.
BUDDHIST MESSAGE BOARDS AND FORUMS
If you would like to read, post, reply, or leave messages on various online message boards related to Zen, the Tao, or Buddhism this page offers quick easy access to most of the major boards and some minor ones.
DARK LUMINOSITY
SMASHING THE BLACK LACQUER BARREL: Transmission of the Light. An Enlightenment experience in the Zen tradition.
DEATH HAD A FACE
The Specter of Death in Shamanism and Zen.
DOGEN ZENJI
Dogen Zenji (1200-1253) the founder of the Soto school of Zen and considered by some as 24th in succession in the lineage of Zen from Bodhidharma.
ENLIGHTENMENT
Eveywhere you go all over the internet in Zen and Buddhist related areas everyone is Enlightened. Can you do it?
FALSE GURU TEST
Worried about a false guru? Find out now before you waste anymore of your precious life.
FIVE VARIETIES OF ZEN
The five different levels of Zen: Bompu, Gedo, Sojo, Diajo, and Saijojo are explored and compared.
"HANDICAPPED" BUDDHISM
BUDDHISM PLUS DISABILITY: One "Step" Closer To Nirvana.
ILLUM A NATION
Illum A Nation is a group of friends who are here for you, to assist you in finding real Awakening.
LIST OF SPIRITUAL TEACHERS
Comprehensive "Click-through Accessible" list of nearly every spiritual teacher, master, or guru on the net.
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M - SBHAGAVAN MAHARSHI SRI RAMANA
Written in India by an east Indian this page offers an indepth look into the life and background of the self-Enlightened sage of Arunachala.
MESSAGE BOARD: by the Wanderling
An outpost in the wilderness for all wanderlings, seekers along the path, and others to rest, discuss, or leave their reflections on things-Zen.
MOVING EYES
In your search along the path for things-Zen have you ever had the feeling you are being watched? The eyes of Zen are following you.
NAGARJUNA
Samsara and Nirvana = Sunyata. Nagarjuna's Middle Way.
OBEAH
Obeah is African-Jamaican shamanism. An Obeahman is a revered man of spells, a sort of cross between a voodoo witchdoctor, medicine man, root doctor, and "Travels with Don Juan" occult spiritualist.
POWER OF THE SHAMAN
Explores if a special or secret "power source" exists for use by Shamans and others. Discusses if so, what is it, where does it comes from.
SHIKANTAZA
Shikantaza explores the BEST meditation method around. Dogen's gate to Enlightenment.
SIDDHIS
Supernormal Perceptual States In Buddhism and Zen.
SUNYATA
Samsara at one end, Nirvana at the other, Sunyata in the middle for the Middle Way....NOT SO! Sunyata explained.
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T - WTE SHAN
Zen master Te Shan burnt all of his commentaries and books on Zen within hours of his Enlightenment. Find out his reasoning why.
"IN THE WAY OF ENLIGHTENMENT: The Ten Fetters of Buddhism." In the Sutras the Buddha described ten hurdles standing in the way of ultimate Attainment. They are called Fetters and this site explores all ten using an understandable common everyday approach.
THIRTY MINUTES TO ENLIGHTENMENT
A classic page once lost in cyber space just waiting for you to set your stopwatch.
TYING SHOES
What does tying your shoes have to do with Zen? Take a little Zen shoe tying test and find out. The sound of one hand shoe-tying.
UPAKA THE WANDERING ASCETIC
Upaka met the Buddha on the road to Benares following the Buddha's Enlightenment experience under the Bodhi-tree.
VULTURE PEAK
On Vulture Peak Mountain the Buddha held up a flower and his successor was made known.
WOMEN IN BUDDHISM
Zen, the Tao, Enlightenment and Buddhism from the women's perspective. Lots of links. Dharma Ring member.
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X - ZYASUTANI
Brief biographical page on Yasutani Hakuun Roshi the founder of Sanbo Kyodan, the Fellowship of the Three Treasures, combining what he regarded as the best of the Rinzai and Soto schools of Zen.
ZEN AND RELATED WEB RINGS
Using this site, through access to the various Zen and Related web rings listed, you can reach hundreds if not thousands of web pages related to Zen, Buddhism, the Dao, Dharma, and Enlightenment.
ZEN AND THE ART OF WOODIE WAGONS
How a onetime teenager's ownership of a Ford woodie wagon led to the meeting of an Enlightened Zen master and the to-this-day downstream outflow from that encounter.
ZEN BUDDHISM
Zen Enlightenment, Zen, Zen Buddhism, Buddhism, Enlightenment, Meditation, Hui-neng, Satori, Kensho, Sri Ramana, Maharshi, Guru, Te Shan, Carlos Castaneda, Bodhidharma, Four Noble Truths, Emptiness, Samsara, Sunyata, the Tao, The Razor's Edge, W. Somerset Maugham, Leonardo DaVinci, Obeah, Shamanism, Inka Shomei.
ZEN ENLIGHTENMENT IN A NUTSHELL
Ever ask the question "How do I get Enlightened?" and wonder if there is an answer?
SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI: THE LAST AMERICAN DARSHAN
RECOUNTING A YOUNG BOY'S NEARLY INSTANT TRANSFORMATION INTO THE ABSOLUTE DURING HIS ONLY DARSHAN WITH THE MAHARSHI
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