Your Very Mind is Buddha

Recommended readings from the January 2018 intensive retreat titled Your Very Mind is Buddha. The following list has been provided by Reverend Vivian Gruenenfelder for study.

Shobogenzo, by Great Master Dogen, Chapter 6 “Your Very Mind Is Buddha”

Two translations: RM Hubert (The pdf is available online.) Nishima and Cross “Shobogenzo” (pdf  available online). We have also made a pdf available of just Chapter Six, translated by Mishima and Cross.

The Gateless Barrier: Zen Comments on the Mumonkan by Zenkei Shibayama (“Mumonkan” translates as “gateless barrier” or “gateless gate”), Case 19. (Available from booksellers.)

The Gateless Barrier: The Wu-Men Kuan (Mumonkan) translation and commentary by Robert Aitken Case 19. (Available from booksellers.)

(Another translation of the koan, referred to as Case 19, discussed in the above two books, is available online as a pdf.)

Master Ma’s Ordinary Mind: The Sayings of Zen Master Mazu Daoyi by Fumio Yamada

Ordinary Mind as the Way:  The Hongzhou School and the Growth of Chan Buddhism by Mario Poceski
Two short sections are recommended: “Mind and Buddha” (begins on p.168); and “Ordinary Mind” (begins on p.182).  A pdf of the entire book is available online. We have also pulled out the two recommended sections, and made them available as pdfs here: Mind and Buddha and Ordinary Mind.

You Have to Say Something: Manifesting Zen Insight by Dainan Katagiri (Available through bookstores.)

Everyday Zen: Love and Work by Charlotte Joko Beck

Joko is well-known for her ability to teach “everyday Zen”  (Available through bookstores in paperback and Kindle. Also available online as pdf and as eBook.)

Everyday Mind Is the Way, Dharma talk by Reverend Master Daizui MacPhillamy, former Head of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives. The link to the audio for the talk is https://shastaabbey.org/blog/mixed_audio_post/everyday-mind-is-the-way/.