Single Stone Zen Sangha

Miscellaneous Talks on Zen Practice

Denkoroku #33, The Story of Eno, The Sixth Ancestor

Daikan Eno Zenji, 33rd ancestor in line from the Buddha, 6th ancestor in line from Bodhidharma   PART ONE   He worked in the rice-hulling quarter of Ôbai.   Ôbai is the ...

Koans

A monk asked Joshu, "What is the meaning of the Patriarch's coming from the west?" Joshu said, "The Oak Tree in the Garden." ...