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Materials by and about the founders of our style

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Kodo Sawaki
16 June, 1880 - 21 December, 1965
  • Biography of Master Kodo Sawaki
  • Sawaki and Uchiyama: Two former abbots of Antaiji
  • ​What is so great about Kodo Sawaki?
  • ​To You
  • ​To You (2)
  • The Dharma of Homeless Kodo
  • The Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo
  • Commentary on the Song of Awakening
  • ​Audio interview with Kodo Sawaki with English transcript​
  • ​RENOWNED ZEN MASTER DIES in Volume V, No. 1 of the Wind Bell (1966)
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Kosho Uchiyama
1912 - 13 March, 1998
  • ​To you who are still dissatisfied with your zazen
  • Seven points of practice
  • To you who has decided to become a Zen monk
  • ​Opening the Hand of Thought
  • ​How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment
  • ​The Wholehearted Way
  • Laughter Through the Tears: Kosho Uchiyama Roshi on Life as a Zen Beggar
  • ​Deepest Practice, Deepest Wisdom: Three Fascicles from Shobogenzo with Commentary
  • ​Video: Okumura Roshi on Kosho Uchiyama's Life, Death, and Practice
  • ​The Roots of Goodness
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Shohaku Okumura
22 June, 1948 - 
  • See all of Okumura Roshi's publications and genzo-e lectures at the Dogen Institute
  • How Insentient Beings Expound Dharma
  • ​Good for Nothing
  • ​Interviews for Interior Mythos Journeys
  • ​Recordings for Berkeley Zen Center
  • SIT, a documentary by Yoko Okumura
  • Listen to an extended interview with Okumura Roshi on the Wisdom Publications website.  He tells stories of Sawaki Roshi and Uchiyama Roshi, and explains the emphasis on zazen over monastic rituals within our lineage, drawing parallels to both Dogen’s teachings as well his teachers’ own personal encounters with zazen.
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    • practice vision diagram
  • zazen
    • Understanding Sanshin style sesshin
    • Sanshin Solo
  • work
    • bodhi leader >
      • board members
      • practice leaders >
        • tenzo
        • ino >
          • liturgy and chants
      • novices >
        • steps to ordination
        • sotoshu essentials
        • core competencies
        • personal vows
        • roles and training
        • preparing senmon sodo
        • family and ordination
        • religious education
        • shuso >
          • shuso tasks
          • determine theme
          • tips for talks
          • four corners
          • material and inspiration
    • nyoho
  • study
    • Buddhist essentials
    • Tonen's teachings
    • fuji
    • menju
    • bussho
    • shusho itto
    • uji
    • ippo gujin
    • jinshin inga
    • igisoku buppo
    • dotoku
    • shikantaza
  • ritual
    • origin of kinhin
    • ceremonies
    • manners and customs
  • Sangha and Society
    • Environment
    • Ethics >
      • precepts
    • Human relationships >
      • practicing in community
      • spiritual health
    • Creativity
  • Sanshin Zen Community