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​Zen as taught by Bodhidharma and passed on down through China & Japan was an adaptation to Chinese culture of what, essentially, appears to be a Zen Buddhist approach to enlightenment. One could even say that Zen is the philosophy of the Tao and the "Tao Te Ching is the worlds oldest zen poem" (Alan Watts).

The word Zen itself is the Japanese word for Dhayana meditation from the Indian Yogic culture (derived from the Chinese word for it, i.e."Chan"). Where yogic culture sees meditation (za-zen or blank minded sitting meditation) as one technique to master to the zenist reaching and maintaining this meditative, spontaneous mind and living directly from the mind, is the goal itself. This site explores zen buddhism.

Original Works

Zen Sage Zen Warrior: Applications Of Zen From Sage To Samurai
Zen Sage Zen Warrior: Applications Of Zen From Sage To Samurai To Jedi - An expanded version of the above book to include ideas George Lucas must have derived from Eastern meditation traditions.
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Introduction To Zen Buddhism With The Ancient Masters (Commentary On Ancient Texts)
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Commentary On The Yoga Sutras from a Zen Perspective 
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Classics

The Religion Of The Samurai By ​Kaiten Nukariya (1913) - A great introduction to Zen Buddhism and Taoist philosophy.
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​Tao Te Ching from a Zen Buddhist perspective Or The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue - Translated By D.T.Suzuki & Paul Carus {1913}
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A standard translation of the Tao Te Ching by James Legge. (1891)
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A poetic translation of the Tao Te Ching by Frederic Henry Balfour (1884)
​Warriors of Old Japan and Other Stories
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  • Books
  • Tao Of Zen
  • Path Of Zen
  • Zen Sage Zen Samurai
  • Alan Watts On Zen
    • Alan Watts On Taoism