Rainflower is a Directory of Zen and
Buddhism Resources on the Internet

Providing annotated lists of reference materials, publications
journals, sutras, koans and Zen centers.

Petals open in the Rain
Frogs croak
Small waves ripple outward
The Sun Breaks Through the Clouds.
....gbh

Padma Sambhave Noted figure in the history of Tibet One of the Great Adept of Nyingma Order OM AH HOM BASA GURU PADMA SIDDHI HOME "It Is Wisdom Which Is Seeking for Wisdom" ...Shunryu Suzuki First Master of Zen Center, San Francisco and Carmel Valley

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Zen and Buddhism Resources
Reference Materials and Journals
Zen Stories
Koans
Sutras
Zen Centers

Zen and Buddhism Resources

DharmaNet's Buddhist InfoWeb is a central directory of lay and monastic Dharma centers and organizations.

The DharmaNet maintains a great list of online Zen Buddhist Centers around the world.

Buddhist Studies at ANU: The WWW Virtual Library: Buddhist Studies. Leading information facilities in the field of Buddhism and Buddhist studies. Very cool and very complete library of Tibetan, Buddhist and Zen texts and resources.

The Dzogchen Foundation was organized in March, 1991 by Lama Surya Das and a small group of Dzogchen Buddhist teachers and practitioners. The Foundation's mission is to preserve the precious teachings of Dzogchen and transmit them to Westerners in an accessible form.

The Dzogchen Foundation Photo Gallery offers perhaps the most complete and comprehensive gallery of photos of Buddha, Mandalas, Stupas, Sacred Objects, and Meditation Deities. This collection is awesome, don't miss it if you have the time!

The Dzogchen Foundation
PO Box 734
Cambridge, MA 02140-0006
Voice: 617-628-1702 - Fax: 508-486-8410
Email: foundation@dzogchen.org

Reference Materials and Journals

Dharma Communications: "A not-for-profit religious corporation dedicated to providing resources on Buddhism and world religions, pertinent to the challenges and opportunities encountered by spiritual practitioners today."

DharmaNet Home Page: Gateway to Buddhist Resources. Maintained by DharmaNet International.

Dragon Flower Ch'an Temple, Inc.: One of the main functions of DFCT is to provide English translations of Buddhist Texts for those who would benefit from them. Most of the translations are from Chinese sources, but a few are from Sanskrit or Pali. A significant collection of these translations make up the Ch'an Men Jih Sung which will eventually be posted in its entirety.

International Journal of Tantric Studies: The IJTS Journal was primarily established to publish on Tantras (or Agamas or Samhitas in Sanskrit) scholarly topics concerning one or more parts of them. This includes the philosophy of language, of knowledge, aesthetics, rhetorics, etc. It also includes architectural Tantric-based items, stotras, papers on Tantric authors, medicine, chemistry, astronomy/astrology, history of Tantrism, etc.

Tricycle Buddhist Review is the interactive forum of: Trycycle: The Buddhist Review, an independent Buddhist quarterly.

Mountain Record Online Journal: "Each issue presents dharma words from modern American Zen masters, as well as some of the greatest teachings of the mystical traditions of Buddhism and Zen."

The Gospel of Buddha: The Buddhist Gospel.

The International Meditation Centers Home Page: The International Meditation Centers. In the Tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin

The Mind Only Cafe - Buddhism in Cyberspace: Welcome to the Sems tsam Za khang - the Mind-Only Cafe'. Originally founded in India by the Celebrated Yogacara Brothers, Asanga and Vasubundhu. Hosted by Joe Wilson, Assoc. Professor of Asian Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Zen Arts: "In the training program of the Mountains and Rivers Order, the Zen arts are taken up as a powerful and subtle way of realizing the Buddha Way in one's own creative expression. The implicit question, "What is the self that is expressed in self-expression?" not only addresses the creative process but the ultimate nature of reality itself."

Zen Stories

The Ten Bulls

In the pasture of this world, I endlessly push aside the tall grasses in search of the bull. Following unnamed rivers, lost upon the interpenetrating paths of distant mountains, My strength failing and my vitality exhausted, I cannot find the bull. I only hear the locusts chirring through the forest at night.

10 Bulls by Kakuan. Transcribed by Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps. Illustrated by Tomikichiro Tokuriki. HTML version by Jamie Andrews. These words and images were transcribed from the book Zen Flesh, Zen Bones, a collection of Zen and pre-Zen writings collected by Paul Reps and translated by Paul Reps and Nyogen Senzaki. Email: jamie@cs.sfu.ca

10 Oxherding Pictures: These pictures originated in China in the 12th century during the Sung Dynasty.

Koans

Has a dog Buddha-nature? This is the most serious question of all. If you say yes or no, You lose your own Buddha-nature.

Library of Dharma Discourses: "A Dharma Discourse is a presentation of a traditional Zen koan — an apparently paradoxical statement that challenges who we think we are, what the nature of the reality is, and what the true activity of our life expresses. The purpose of these Discourses is for the listeners to experience the ground of being for themselves and transform their lives."

The Gateless Gate: A wonderful collection of Zen Koans by Ekai, called Mumon. Includes: Joshu's Dog; A Beardless Foreigner; Nansen Cuts the Cat in Two; Everyday Life is the Path; Do Not Think Good, Do Not Think Not-Good; Blow Out the Candle, and A Philosopher Asks Buddha.

Sutras

Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha

This is the Buddhist Sanskrit Version of the Heart Sutra, with translation.

The Mahamangals Sutta: The mahamangala-sutta: Discourse of the Supreme Blessings (text file)

Metta Sutra: The Buddha's Words on Kindness

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