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The Zen Gateway Interviews

A collection of written and audio interviews with people of interest for those walking the Buddha's Way.

Book Extract: Hidden Zen by Meido Moore

Practices for Sudden Awakening & Embodied Realization
In his latest book the abbot of Korinji monastery in Wisconsin introduces us to the less-well known (at least in the West), Rinzai practices of internal energy cultivation and mantra practices. 

News Round Up w/e 19 September 2020

A round up of news and snippets from Zen cyber-space.

News Round Up w/e 13th September 2020

Clippings from Zen Cyber Space

Book Extract: The Embossed Tea Kettle by Hakuin Ekaku

Following a life-threatening sickness Master Hakuin was advised to take up a new practice by a mountain mystic. This practice not only cured his sickness but, so Hakuin claimed, gave him great health benefits.

News Round Up

w/e 5th September 2020

Book Extract: Contemplative Science:

Where Buddhism and Neuroscience Converge by B. Alan Wallace
In this extract Alan Wallace explores the question, why Western science is disposed against a science of introspective investigation. This lack, he argues, means that complementary epistemologies are not open for examination. 

News Round Up

29th August 2020

Tibetan Zen by Sam van Schaik

Discovering a Lost Tradition
Michael O'Neill reviews a book about a forgotten history of Zen in Tibet by the Head of Endangered Manuscripts at The British Library.
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Books, films, exhibitions and assorted media.
Welcome to our review page where we review books and other media that we hope will be of interest to our readers.

Book Review: Buddhist Magic by Sam van Schaik

Divination, Healing, and Enchantment through the Ages 
How did the practice of magic help with the spread of Buddhism through SE Asia? A new translation of a book of spells from the Dunhuang caves may help answer this question. 

Atlantis

The myth of Atlantis, the city that sank beneath the waves, is a tale of pride before a fall. A civilisation that grew so strong that the gods feared them and destroyed the city overnight sending it to the bottom of the ocean that still bears its name.
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