The Dude and the Zen master / by Bridges, Jeff, 1949-, author, Glassman, Bernard (Bernard Tetsugen), author

ZEN MASTER RAVEN : Saying and Doings of a Wise Bird / by Aitken, Robert, 1917-2010, author, Crosby, Jennifer Rain, illustrator

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

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The Meaning of the Patriarch’s Coming from the West: A Study of Triptych of Three Zen Masters: Linji, Bodhidharma, and Deshan by Yuyu Zhang

“…Using the <i>Triptych of Three Zen Masters: Linji, Bodhidharma, and Deshan</i> as a case study, this paper explores the role of portraiture in visually conveying Ōbaku teachings and the religious aspirations of those Chinese immigrant monks. …”
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Interbyt, uważność i takość – mistrz zen, Thich Nhat Hanh, cytuje Biblię by Piotr Lorek

“… Thich Nhat Hanh, well known Vietnamese Buddhist monk and Zen master in his bestselling book Living Buddha, Living Christ aims at showing that differences between Buddhism and Christianity are of secondary importance. …”
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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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Ōbaku Zen portrait painting as part of the chinzō tradition of Buddhist art by A. P. Lugavtsova

“…The author concludes that, despite the obvious differences (a clear emphasis on frontality, a special use of light and shadow borrowed from Western artists, a large number of works produced as opposed to uniqueness), the essence of Ōbaku Buddhist portraits corresponds to the chinzō tradition, which was intended to express a close relationship between a Zen master and his student, to confirm his achievement of enlightenment, and were also used as a substitute for a deceased monk during temple rituals. …”
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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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