Henry Chinaski, Zen Master: <i>Factotum</i>, the Holy Fool, and the Critique of Work by Andrew J. Madigan

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Mutterings to the Wall by Kevin C. Taylor

“…This paper takes up Hadot’s call for more comparative work on Buddhism and Philosophy as a Way of Life by comparing Zen Master Hakuin Ekaku’s artwork Pilgrims with the graffiti artist Banksy’s The Street is in Play. …”
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Smuggled Hinduism—From Dōgen’s Viewpoint by Atsushi (Shōken) Hayakawa

“…To answer this question is to trace the fundamental boundary between Buddhism and Hinduism according to the outstanding Zen master. In this study we adopt the usual method of textual analysis. …”
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Spiritual Exercises in the Rinzai Zen Tradition: Imminence and Disruption in Ikkyū Sōjun and Hakuin Ekaku by Kevin Taylor, Eli Kramer

“…In this paper, we will present Rinzai practices from Zen Masters Ikkyū Sōjun (一休宗純, 1394–1481) and Hakuin Ekaku (白隠 慧鶴, 1686–1769) as offering a distinctive kind of spiritual exercise: disruptive reorientation to transcendence (enlightenment) through immanence (a return to the world in all its ugly distractions, beauty, and insight). …”
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