They provide Koans, the mystic questions Zen masters use to "awaken" (induce Satori) to thier students. And some books: The Essential Teachings of the Zen Master Hakuin (Have read...it's difficult, but good). The Holy Teachings of Zen Master Vilmalakirti (Haven't read) The Unfettered Mind by Takuan (Have read...it's pretty good.)
As far as Zen goes, it's not hard to understand intellectually, but understanding is only half of the whole Zen picture. Zen (and some of it's hard spirited adepts) seem at first to be scattered and lacking continiuity. But there is structure there, you're just not supposed to see it.
Unfortunately, I am still only a seeker.
What I can give are these wonderful websites:
http://www.ashidakim.com/zenkoans/zenindex.html ( a collection of Koans)
http://www.ibiblio.org/zen/cgi-bin/koan-index.pl ("The Gateless Gate", classical introduction to Zen koans)
They provide Koans, the mystic questions Zen masters use to "awaken" (induce Satori) to thier students.
And some books:
The Essential Teachings of the Zen Master Hakuin (Have read...it's difficult, but good).
The Holy Teachings of Zen Master Vilmalakirti (Haven't read)
The Unfettered Mind by Takuan (Have read...it's pretty good.)
As far as Zen goes, it's not hard to understand intellectually, but understanding is only half of the whole Zen picture. Zen (and some of it's hard spirited adepts) seem at first to be scattered and lacking continiuity. But there is structure there, you're just not supposed to see it.
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