Category: Rinzai Zen

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  October 10, 2017

  見牛　(kengyu)

  Ann talked about 見牛(kengyu) from Ten Bulls. Here is the poem. I hear the song of the nigtingale. The sun is warm, the wind is mild,  willows are green along the shore- Here no bull can hide! What artist can draw that massive head, those majestic horns?

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  September 22, 2017

  [Time to explore] Coming Home on the Ox’s Back

  Ann’s talk on Coming Home on the Ox’s Back.  It was a time for the boy to explore…   Along the riverbank under the trees, I discover footprints. Even under fragrant grass, I see his prints. Deep in remote mountains they are found. These traces can no more be hidden than one’s nose, looking heavenward

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  August 17, 2017

  What is the Rinzai School?

  Quoted from Rinzai-Obaku zen (Link) The Rinzai school emerged in China from the teaching line of Linji Yixuan 臨濟義玄 (J., Rinzai Gigen, d. 866), and was first introduced to Japan by the Japanese monk Myoan Eisai 明菴榮西(1141-1215). In Japan the Rinzai teachings underwent further refinement, especially in the lineage of Hakuin Ekaku 白隱慧鶴 (1686–1769), the…