Martin explores what the heart really wants and how to discover it.

Shi Tou asks Shishi for a knife but instead receives illumination. We take a look at what this unusual exchange is all about.

Before thinking of good or bad, what is your true face?

Why were the Zen masters so disrespectful to the Buddha?

Master Rinzai tells us that if we want to act we should just act, but how can we do that when so much of Zen practice prevents me from doing just that?

The 3rd patriarch of Zen says, ‘The Great Way is not difficult, it merely avoids picking and choosing.’ This week’s Gateway Talk unpacks what these lines mean and why it holds the essence of all Buddhist teachings within it.

An interview and discussion with Meido Moore Roshi, Abbot of Korinji Training Temple and author of Hidden Zen: Practices for Sudden Awakening and Embodied Realization.

“What is the meaning of Bodhidharma’s coming from the West?" Martin explains this famous Zen Koan.

Because of our tendency to view opposites as being in conflict with each other, we can't see situations clearly. Martin reveals how we can use skillful means to let problems resolve themselves in harmony with natural rhythm of life.

Before his death he gave his admonition to his monk which gives the essence of his teaching and points to just that which is most important for the training of his monks.

Is the truth within us or outside of us?

The state of enlightenment points to something far more ordinary than we might assume.