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Resources

ARTICLES, LECTURES & TALKS BY THE MINISTERS

 

Articles by Rev. Kojima

RO'RUI: A Melting Candle's Tears

 

Bishop Akiba’s talks on Fukanzazengi at a monastery in France 2008

Fukanzazengi 1      Fukanzazengi 2      Fukanzazengi 3

 

Sara’s Blog - Adventures of a Reluctant Nomad

Her experiences in Jordan, Uganda, etc.

 

 

LINKS

 

Soto Zen Net

Soto Zen Temples

Soto Zen Buddhism North America facebook

 

Soto Mission of San Francisco, Sokoji

Tassajara Zen Mountain Center (Zenshinji)

Zen Center of Los Angeles

Yokoji Zen Mountain Center

Mt. Baldy Zen Center

 

Japanese American Cultural and Community Center

Japanese American National Museum

Little Tokyo Business Association

 

 

Zen Buddhism

 

Basic Buddhist Concepts

Kogen Mizuno (Author)

 

What the Buddha Taught

Walpola Rahula (Author)

 

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (Shambhala Library)

Shunryu Suzuki (Author)

 

Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen

Eihei Dogen (Author), Kazuaki Tanahashi (Editor)

 

Meditation

 

Beyond Thinking: A Guide to Zen Meditation

Eihei Dogen (Author)

 

Zen Meditation in Plain English

John Daishin Buksbazen (Author), Peter Matthiessen (Author)

 

Japanese Language

 

Remembering the Kana: A Guide to Reading and Writing the Japanese Syllabaries in 3 Hours Each

James W. Heisig (Author), Helmut Morsbach (Author), Kazue Kurebayashi (Author)

 

Remembering the Kanji: A Complete Course on How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Japanese Characters

James W. Heisig

 

Let's Learn Hiragana: First Book of Basic Japanese Writing (Kodansha's Children's Classics)

Yasuko Kosaka Mitamura (Author)

 

Let's Learn Katakana: Second Book of Basic Japanese Writing

Yasuko Kosaka Mitamura (Author)

 

Japanese I - 3rd Ed.: Learn to Speak and Understand Japanese with Pimsleur Language Programs (Audio CD)

Pimsleur (Author)

 

Japanese Culture

 

Chado: The Japanese Way of Tea

by Sioshitsu Sen (Author)

 

Illustrated Festivals of Japan (Japan in Your Pocket Series, Vol 4)

Japan Travel Bureau (Author)

 

Children’s Literature

 

Zen Shorts (Caldecott Honor Book)

Jon J Muth (Illustrator)

 

Tea Ceremony: Asian arts & crafts for creative kids (Asian Arts & Crafts for Creative Kids Series)

Shozo Sato (Author), Alice Ogura Sato (Author), Masturah Jeffrey (Illustrator)

 

Ikebana: Asian Arts & Crafts for creative kids (Asian Arts & Crafts for Creative Kids Series)

Shozo Sato (Author), Alice Ogura Sato (Author)

2022

 

Zenshuji 100th Anniversary Lecture Series

 

 

 

NEW DHARMA TALKS BY THE MINISTERS - March 2020

 

“VIRUS, HUMANITY and PRAJNA”

By Rev. Shumyo Kojima, Head Priest of Zenshuji

 

法話 「ウイルスと人類と智慧」

曹洞宗北米別院 禅宗寺 国際布教主任 小島秀明

 

“SOLIDARITY SUTRA”

By Rev. Duncan Ryūken Williams