Articles
We are currently featuring articles from past editions of the IZAUK newsletter: Zen News. Zen News is published twice yearly (in spring and autumn) and receiving a free copy is a benefit of Friends of IZAUK membership; non-members may purchase a copy of the current issue from their dojo.
Two of our regular columns are "Ask a Godo" and "What the Sutra Says". "Ask a Godo" is a column in which readers are invited to send a question to one of our senior dharma teachers (Godos) and he or she will then select a question to answer in more depth. Each edition features a different one of several Godos answering the question.
"What the Sutra Says" gives a translation of some of the sutras commonly used in our tradition.
Please help us ! Submit a Question to Ask-A-Godo - your question may be featured in a future edition of Zen News!
- Write to the Zen News Editor, 9 Arlington Crescent, Brighton, BN1 9AP
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Ask A Godo Questions & Answers
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"How does practising zazen help other people?"
Mokuho Guy Mercier responds ... Read More > > > "The various sects within buddhism appear to differ in their teachings on karma and rebirth. If all phenomena are impermanent and there is no "I", what is there to be reborn?"
Taiun Jean-Pierre Faure responds ... Read More > > >"In Soto Zen there is great emphasis on correct posture. Why is this? And what about those who through injury or infirmity are prevented from maintaining a 'correct' posture?"
Reiryu Philippe Coupey responds ... Read More > > >"What is Ku?"
Mokuho Guy Mercier responds ... Read More > > >"I want to ask about suffering in the world. I find it very difficult to understand and to find reasons why powerless people - Third World children, for instance - have to suffer. Do you have an explanation for all this seemingly unnecessary suffering?"
Jean Baby responds ... Read More > > >
What the Sutra Says
- Gyohatsunenju - The Meal Sutra ... Read More > > >
- Tak Kesa Ge - The Kesa Sutra ... Read More > > >
- Shi gu sei gan mon - The Four Boddhisattva Vows and the Fueko, the Universal Dedication of Merit ... Read More > > >
- Maka Hannya Haramita Shingyo (The Heart Sutra or 'Heart of the Great Perfect Wisdom Sutra') ... Read More > > >
- A part of the meal sutra (Verse of purity while abiding in the world) and the Shosaimyo Kichijo Darani - The Disaster-Preventing Dharani ... Read More > > >
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