Master Fat Wei Shakya
Practicing the Ten Benevolences

Ven. Ming Zhen Shakya
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Presented in 1996
  On Fa Shi's "I've Come To See The Pigeons Ride"
  On Shi Ke's Two Minds In Harmony
  What is Zen Buddhism?
  The White Birds
  Zen and Money
  The Right Stuff
  A Nobel prize, Lunar Communion, The Beatitudes
  and a Song of David's
  Heaven and Hell
  Martha
Presented in 1997
  Kudzu, Black Pearls, and Dangerious Beliefs
  "Righteous" Venom
  Dharma and Karma
  Anita O'Day's Buddhist Prayer Book
  Barnaby the Juggler
Presented in 1998
  Heisenberg, Zen, and the Images of Death
  Shooting Yourself in the Foot
  The Diamond and Heart Sutras
  Talk given to the Nan Hua Zen Buddhist Society
  Sesshin
Presented in 1999
  Zen For Profit
  Telephone Atrocities and Other Crimes Against Nature
  The Lex Talionis and Desire
  The Habit of Seeking Truth
  Sex, Semantics, and Chauvinism
  The Importance of Being Wanted
Presented in 2000
  Zen, Justice and the Martial Arts
  Sound Versus Sight
  Cults And Not Quitting Your Day Job
  Zen Abuses
  Karma Yoga: Zen for the Discontented Worker
  The Middle Way
  Petty Atrocities
  Essence and Expectations
  "Lift me to Paradise" Revisited
  The Olympic Gold that wasn't given
Presented in 2001
  Alchemical Detachment and Integration
  Detachment
  Death and Life
  Violating Trust
  Diane's War In Afghanistan
  Expectations
Presented in 2002
  Socrates Teaches Zen to Phaedrus
  Sweet Charity
  Sexism and Pedophile Priests
  Connections
  Giving and Receiving
  Living out a Fantasy
  Selling Pain & Silence in the Golden Age of Torts
  The Fail-Safe Solution
  Collective Dangers
Presented in 2003
  Thoughts on the War
  Ulterior Defenses
  Tale of Two Cities
  Holier Than Anybody
  Life After Death and Other Inconveniences
  Gay Marriage
  A Religion Called Zen Buddhism
  On Zenmar's Presentation of The Sutta
  on Antecedentness by Breath
  Exhibitionist Politics
Presented in 2004
  Master Jy Din - A Tiny Remembrance
  A Zen Buddhist Looks at Mel Gibson's
  The Passion of The Christ
  Commentary on Wayman'sYoga of the
  Guhyasamajatantra with Yin Shan Shakya
  Speculatorii
  A Possible Reason For Commemorating Highway Signs
  A review of Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring
  (A Film by Kim Ki-Duk)
  Baseball and Zen's Kids
  Shakespeare's Christmas Message to a Zen
  Buddhist Prison Sangha
Presented in 2005
  The Simpsons Take on Gay Marriage
   Ka'ba'a In The Cross-Hairs
  ONG BAK: a review of a Martial Arts film
  Devi and the Anatomy of Belief
  Mary Dann: Uncommon Valor
  Religious Persecution and Charity Fraud in Indonesia
  Sneak Thieves
  Katrina
  Intelligent Design
  Gilding the Lily
  Brokeback Mountain.
Presented in 2006
  Hagakure "Hidden by the Leaves"
  Hagakure Part 1: The Extraordinary Yukio Mishima
  Hagakure Part 2: The Roots of the Samurai
  Hagakure Part 3: The Samurai and the Shogun
  Hagakure Part 4: The Twilight of the Samura
  Hagakure Part 5: The Rising Sun Sets Upon the Samurai
  Hagakure Part 6: A review of the Jim Jarmusch film
  Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
  Hagakure Part 7: The Secret of Spit
  Mel Needs to Trade His Lexus In
  Hagakure Part 8: Don't Ask. Don't Tell
  Hagakure Part 9: Being Resolute
  One Small Step For A Man
  The Other Side of Charity
Presented in 2007
  Intellectual Snobbery
  Hagakure Part 10: Cultivating the poise of a dead man.
  Early Release for Non-Violent Prisoners: A Bad Idea
  Atheists and Believers
Presented in 2008
  Japan, Zen, and WWII
  Detachment and The Metastatic Need
  Road Rage Redux
  Bee Season
  FLUKES OF CLAY: Deconstructing the Heroic Dolphin Image
  Science of the Dead
Presented in 2009
  SciQ's Judgment Day Via Nanotechnology
  Goethe And The Indestructible Word
  The Science Channel's Mystery of the Tibetan Mummy
  Silver Blaze
  Remembering David Carradine
  ERASERHEAD: a Commentary
  The Failure Of Handicapped Parking
Presented in 2010
  Global Warming, Al Gore, and Sycophant Science
  The Call Of The Wild Answers A New Disease
  A Quick Course In Zen Theology
  Knowing When It's No We Can't
Presented in 2011
  Kitty Genovese and Death on Everest
  The Peter Principle In Government and Religion
  Home Owner Associations and the Law
  Buerocratic Greed And Sloth
  The Amitayur Dhyana Sutra
  Tattoo Messages
  Dali's Christus Hypercubus: a case of desacralization
Presented in 2012
  The Stolen Valor Act: a Zen Buddhist view
  Abortion: the emotional debate
  Veteran Suicide and the Failure of Black Leadership
  Regulatory Agency Insanity and the Three Gram Samurai
Presented in 2013
  Sudden School Zen and Gradual School Zen
  Likability: Lexi Alexander's film Lifted


Rev. Yin Din Shakya (Abbot John)
  Staring at Tigers
  What time is it, anyway?
  Spiritual Experiences in the Surangama
Presented in 2004
  In the Realm of the Buddha Dream
  The Importance of Moments
Presented in 2005
  A Greetings Message
  Pennies from Heaven
  Nan Yar
Presented in 2006
  Greetings Again This New Year (Tempis Fugit)
  Words And Eternal Mysteries
  Thinking on Ahead
  Try taming this Ox, Buddy
  Zen and the Son of Bucephalus
  Recipes
  My Confession
Presented in 2007
  The Sound That Lights the World
  To a Fellow Priest
  The Fox Ate My Golf Ball
  Late Night Thoughts On The Avatamsaka
  Zen, Golf and the 82nd Airborne
Presented in 2008
  Golf and the Transcendence of Pure Love
  The Problem of Infinity
  Strange Arrivals in a Stranger Town
  Mind Without Marks
  High Water Everywhere (A Welcome to Our New Priests)
  False Hope and Other Lies of Spring
Presented in 2009
  A Salute to the 82nd Airborne
  Fall's First Fire
Presented in 2010
  No One Nose
  Comments On THE HURT LOCKER
  Letter To A Zen Golf Beginner


Presented in 2011
  White Death


Rev. Yin Cai Shakya
Presented in 2008
  Does a Dog Have Buddha Nature?
  Life Imitating Art
  Sympathy for the Devil
Presented in 2009
  The Death of a Good Dog
  Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay
  The Buddha's Fire Method
  SRANGE BEDFELLOWS
  Buddhism In The Time Of Blizzards
Presented in 2010
  A Man Among Wolves
Presented in 2011
  Black Iron
  On Getting Divorced


Rev. Chuan Pu Shakya
Presented in 2000
  Staying Sober: Getting Out of the Swamp
  Staying Sober: "Hey, Doc, it hurts when I do this!"
  Staying Sober: White Flags and Making Friends
  Staying Sober: Pregnancy and Drinking
  Staying Sober: Breaking Habits
Presented in 2001
  Staying Sober: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Rev. Fa Tian Shakya
Presented in 2006
  My Father and Me
  A Tangled Web
  The Truth About Rainbows
  Toward A Mindful Merry Christmas
Presented in 2007
  Weeds of Thought
  Zen and Repentance

Da Shi Yin Zhao
  The Goose That Laid The Golden Egg
  Sour Grapes
  Chasing Enlightenment

Rev. Yin Shan Shakya
  Commentary on Wayman's Yoga of the
  Guhyasamajatantra with Ven. Ming Zhen Shakya
  The Cobra Spirit
  The New Skin of a Buddhist Robe
  The Monocled Mandala
  Staying Involved

Zheng He Shakya
  There is no Utopia in Samsara

Rev. Yin Cheng Shakya
  Why I Practice



Rev. Yao Xiang
Presented in 2008
  One Way to Help
Presented in 2009
  Kanzeon, The Goddess of Mercy, Remixed
  Listen for the Master's Voice
Presented in 2009
  You Are Free To Appreciate The Middle Way
  ">Non-Attachment, Stupid!


Upasaka Fa Tien
  Free Expense

Guest Contributors
  The Secret of the Hua-Tou Method, by Zenmar
  Comments on the Sutta on Antecedentness
  by Breath, by Zenmar
  A Taste of Tendai, by Rev. Jion Prosser
  The Spiritual and Psychological Foundations of
  The Higher Martial Arts, by Shifu Nagaboshi

Empty Cloud
The Seventh World of Chan Buddhism
The Autobiography of Master Han Shan
Ruminations on Zen's Cows
Assault On The Summit

The Collected Poems of Zen Master Hsu Yun

Da Shi Yin Zhao
Poems by Da Shi Yin Zhao

Robert Rhodes (Yao Xin)
  Kwan-Yin in Wichita   [in Vietnamese ]
  Two Tributes to Ryokan
  African Creche
  Informal Tanka
  Easterly
  Dr. Dzung in Kansas   [in Vietnamese ]
  Metta
  Phuket/Christmas
  Ikkyu on Douglas Avenue
  A New Year's Calligraphy
  A White Man's Lament for Mary Dann
  Li Po in Montana
  A Selection of Poems
  Red Rice
  Emily Lantz
  Clairvoyance
  Tide Map: Mississippi River
  July 30, In The Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Public Library
  Visiting The Matisses


Guest Contributors
  Muhammed and the Huge Eater
  Poems by Zenmar

The Heart Sutra
The Diamond Sutra
Gatha of the Third Patriarch

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