Resources

I.  SOURCES FOR TRAINING CLOTHING

Our standard practice uniform of keikogi, hakama and obi is the same as that worn by practitioners of traditional Japanese arts like Kendo, Aikido or Kyudo.  It is suitable for meditation, internal training and all other activities at Daiyuzenji.   Acceptable colors:  indigo or white for the keikogi top, indigo or black for the hakama.  Daiyuzenji has obi available; please inquire.  For keikogi and hakama the following suppliers are dependable and offer reasonably priced options:

• Nine Circles
  

• The Kiyota Company (no web site, but highly recommended for quality and fast shipping. Call Mr. Kiyota at 1-800-783-2232)
  

• E-bogu
  

• Tozando
  

II.  READING SUGGESTIONS

The following texts have been useful for our Zen students; some have been recommended by our teachers.  This is not a comprehensive list by any means; please contact us if there's something you'd like to suggest for inclusion.  Most books listed are available online or at local bookstores.  Various translations of essential texts (e.g. sutras and koan collections) are also available online:  do a search.

Recommended Text for Beginners:

•    An Introduction to Zen Training, by Omori Sogen
  

Texts for Historical Background and Reference

•    Buddha, by Karen Armstrong
  

•    Basic Buddhist Concepts, by Kogen Mizuno
  

•    What the Buddha Taught, by Walpola Rahula
  

•    What the Buddhat Thought, by Richard Gombrich
  

•    History of Zen Buddhism, Vol. 1 (India and China) and Vol. 2 (Japan), by Heinrich        Dumoulin
  

•    Buddhism in China, A Historical Survey, by Kenneth Kuan Sheng Ch'en
  

•    Ch'an and Zen Teaching, by Charles Luk
  

•   Zen's Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings, by Andy Ferguson
  

•    The Bodhidharma Anthology: The Earliest Records of Zen, by Jeffrey L. Broughton
  

•    Seeing through Zen: Encounter, Transformation, and Genealogy in Chinese Chan
  

             Buddhism, by John R. McRae

•    Eloquent Zen: Daito and Early Japanese Zen, by Kenneth Kraft
  

•    A Manual of Zen Buddhism, by D.T. Suzuki
  

•    Art of the Zen Master [a biography of Omori Sogen], by Dogen Hosokawa
  

Buddhist Sutras and Writings by Zen Masters

•    The Heart Sutra
  

•    The Diamond Sutra, transl. by Red Pine
  

•    The Lankavatara Sutra:  An Epitomized Version, transl. by D.T. Suzuki
  

•    The Vimilakirti Nirdesa Sutra, transl. by Burton Watson
  

•   The Surangama Sutra
  

•    The Lotus Sutra
  

•    The Avatamasaka Sutra
  

•    The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma, transl. by Red Pine
  

•    The Recorded Sayings of Ma-tsu
  

•    The Recorded Sayings of Joshu
  

•    The Zen Teaching of Huang-Po, transl. by John Blofeld
  

•   The Recorded Sayings of Layman P'ang
  

•    The Zen Teachings of Master Lin-Chi, by Burton Watson
  

•    The Record of Lin-Chi, by Ruth Fuller Sasaki
  

•    The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
  

•    Dream Conversations, by Muso Soseki (transl. by Thomas Cleary)
  

•    Zen Words for the Heart: Hakuin's Commentary on the Heart Sutra, by Norman 
  

             Waddell

•    Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin, by Hakuin Ekaku and
  

             Norman Waddell

•    The Zen Master Hakuin, Selected Writings, by Philip Yampolsky
  

•    Fudochi Shimmyo Roku, by Takuan Soho (transl. by Tenshin Tanouye)
  

Texts for Students Engaged in Koan Training with a Teacher

•    Two Zen Classics: The Gateless Gate and The Blue Cliff Records, by Katsuki
  

             Sekida

•    The Gateless Barrier: Zen Comments on the Mumonkan, by Zenkei Shibayama
  

•    The Zen Koan as a Means of Attaining Enlightenment, by D.T. Suzuki
  

•   The Zen Koan: Its History and Use in Rinzai Zen, by Isshu Miura and Ruth Fuller
  

              Sasaki

•    Entangling Vines:  Zen Koans of the Shumon Kattoshu, by Thomas Yuho Kirchner
  

•    Zen Sand: The Book of Capping Phrases for Koan Practice, by Victor Sogen Hori
  

•    Zen Dust: The History of the Koan and Koan Study in Rinzai (Lin-chi) Zen, by Isshu
  

             Miura

•    Discourse on the Inexhaustible Lamp, by Torei Enji
  

Zen and Related "Ways"

•    Zen and the Art of Calligraphy: The Essense of Sho, by Omori Sogen and  
  

             Terayama Katsujo

•    "Zen and Budo", by Omori Sogen
  

•    Zen and the Ways, by Trevor Legget
  

Misc. Other

•    Toward a Philosophy of Zen Buddhism, Toshihiko Izutsu
  

III.  DAIYUZENJI POLICIES

The following policies have been adopted by the Daiyuzenji board of directors for the protection of our community:

• Daiyuzenji Harassment Policy
  

• Daiyuzenji Policy on Teacher-Student Relationships
  

• Daiyuzenji Policy Regarding Ordained or Teacher Status in Zen