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		<title>A dialogue about Zen Koans</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: What is the basic purpose of koans?

A: Mainly to put a stop to representational thinking.
Q: Just what exactly do you mean by representational thinking?
A: Basically, representational thinking deals with the habitual use of mental images at a very subtle level. The major problem with such thinking is that we believe it matches the object [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Zen Buddhism</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sensei Andrew Scarborough</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zen in India
The history of Zen begins in India. In Buddha’s lifetime, yoga as a practice in the concentration of the spirit was widespread. It is in the nature of yoga to concentrate the spirit on one point: the achievement of serenity through seated meditation. In fact, the yoga methods of the day were limited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Examples of Zen</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sensei Andrew Scarborough</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. A cup of tea
Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868 &#8211; 1912), received a university professor who came to enquire about Zen.
Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor&#8217;s cup full, and then kept on pouring.
The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. &#8220;What are you doing?!? It is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Zen Koans</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sensei Andrew Scarborough</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is a Koan?
One of the most commonly met but most puzzling aspects of Zen is koan. Literally, koan means &#8220;public case&#8221;. It is not, as some of us may imagine, a public case in law courts, but a record often in the form of a short story of an encounter between a master and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zen Meditation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sensei Andrew Scarborough</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zazen is a particular kind of meditation, unique to Zen, that functions centrally as the very heart of the practice. In fact, Zen Buddhists are generally known as the &#8220;meditation Buddhists.&#8221; Basically, zazen is the study of the self.
The great Master Dogen said, &#8220;To study the Buddha Way is to study the self, to study [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Points to Watch in Zazen</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sensei Andrew Scarborough</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Points to Watch in Zazen (excerpts from Zazenyojinki)
Introduction
Keizan, the founder of Sojiji wrote this manuscript, while he was staying at Yokoji, a temple in Ishikawa prefecture. Dogen, in Fukanzazengi gave the basic rules for zazen, but Keizan made these rules more explicit. In the full text of Zazenyojinki, Keizan goes into such details as choosing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Bulls &#8211; Kakuan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sensei Andrew Scarborough</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classical Texts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The enlightenment    for which Zen aims, for which Zen exists, comes of itself. As consciousness,    one moment it does not exist, the next it does. But physical man walks in the  element of time even as he walks in mud, dragging his feet and his true nature.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tao Teh Ching</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sensei Andrew Scarborough</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lao-tzu&#8217;s Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, is the classic manual on the art of living, and one of the wonders of the world. In eighty-one brief chapters, the Tao Te Ching looks at the basic predicament of being alive and gives advice that imparts balance and perspective, a serene and generous spirit. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tai Chi Chuan Classics</title>
		<link>http://www.karate.butsu.net/sydney/?p=184</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sensei Andrew Scarborough</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following translations are based initially on The Essence of T&#8217;ai Chi Ch&#8217;uan: The Literary Tradition by Lo, Inn, Amacker, and Foe. By comparing and contrasting with other translations I have made changes in the English wording, but not in the underlying ideas. I&#8217;ve been collecting commentary from a variety of sources, both written and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sun Tzu &#8211; Art of War</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sensei Andrew Scarborough</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IntroductionThe writings of the ancient warrior Sun Tzu have provided tremendous wisdom to generations through the ages. Written in China over two thousand years ago, Sun Tzu&#8217;s The Art of War provides the first known attempt to formulate a rational basis for the planning and conduct of military operations. These wise, aphoristic essays contain principles [...]]]></description>
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