Thomas seemed reluctant to explain this koan to me. A holder of the soto and rinzai zen lineages, daido roshi drew on his background as a scientist, artist, naturalist, parent and zen priest to establish a uniquely american zen buddhist training center. The eight gates of zen by john daido loori overdrive. It is a collection of problems, called koan that zen teachers use in guiding their students toward release, first recorded by a chinese master in the year 1228. A program of zen training by john daido daido loori at indigo. This accessible introduction to the philosophy and practice of zen buddhism includes a program of study that encompasses practically every aspect of life. Daido loori received shiho dharma transmission from taizan maezumi in 1986 and also received a dendo kyoshi certificate formally from the soto school of japan in 1994. For any reader, the book will be an encouragement to realize his own nature, his own zen mind. Ebook zen sourcebook as pdf download portable document format.
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