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  Commentaries by Steve Hagen  
Commentaries on Zen texts by Steve Hagen.  
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THE ZEN TEACHINGS OF HUANG PO
Commentaries by Steve Hagen on the teachings on this great Zen Master.
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  1  The One Mind
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  2  Only Awake to the One Mind
  3  There is Only the One Mind
  4  Forming No Concept Whatever
  5  The Real Nature of Things
  6  Transcend Conceptual Thought
  7  There is Nowhere Outside the One Mind
  8  Knowing is Nothing to Seek
  9  The Body is Neither Self Nor Thing
10  Complete Relinquishment
11  Mistaking a Thief for Your Son
12  The Carriage of the Buddhas 
13  Nothing to Get
14  The Fundmental Principle
15  The City of Illusion and the Place of Precious Things
16  Mind is Dharma
17  Rest Your Frontal Lobe
18  A Mind Like the Void
19  The Wordless Transmission of Mind
20  There is No Dharma to Explain
21  Do Not Look to What is Called the Dharma
22  Unlocatable Mind
23  Ordinary and Enlightened
24  Seeing Directly
25  By No Means
26  Don’t Waste Time
27  Knowing How Cool the Water Is
28  Knowing the Nature of Mind
29  Mind Baffles Description
30  Just Discard Your Sickbed
31  Mind Without Identity or Difference
32  Do Not Seek Truth – Part 1
33  Do Not Seek Truth – Part 2
34  The Gateway of Stillness
35  Stilling Your Thinking Process
36  Forty-nine Years of Teaching and Not a Word Spoken
37  Keeping Up Appearances, Driving Buddha Away
38  No Body and No Mind
39  Beyond Thought
40  Watch Your Mind
41  What is There to Discuss? 
42  A Liberated One 
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BLUE CLIFF RECORD
Steve Hagen’s complete commentaries on this key collection of Zen koans.
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 1  The Highest Meaning of Truth
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 2  The Ultimate Path Has No Difficulty
 3  Sun Face Buddha, Moon Face Buddha
 4  Te Shan Carries His Bundle
 5  This Grain of Rice
 6  Every Day is a Good Day 
 7  Asking About Buddha
 8  Tsui Yen's Eyebrows
 9  Chao Chou's Four Gates
10 Mu Chou's Thieving Phony
11 Gobblers of Dregs
12 Three Pounds of Flax
13 Snow in a Silver Bowl
14 & 15 Yun Men's Duo Statements
16  Man in the Weeds
17  Sitting Long, Growing Weary
18a The Seamless Monument – Part 1
18b The Seamless Monument – Part 2
19  Chu Ti's One-Finger Ch'an
20  Yas Meaning of Coming from the West
21  Lotus Flower, Lotus Leaves
22  The Turtle-Nosed Snake
23  The Summit of Supreme Enlightenment
24  Kuei Shan and Iron Grindstone Liu
25  The Hermit's Staff
26  Sitting Alone on the Great Sublime Peak
27  Yun Men's Autumn Wind
28  Truth That's Never Been Spoken
29  The Kalpic Fire
30  Big Radishes
31  Carrying the Ringed Staff
32  Elder Ting Stands Motionless
33  Tzu Fu Closes the Door
34  Where Have You Just Come From?
35  Manjusri's Three by Three
36  Ch'ang Sha Wandering in the Mountains
37  Three Worlds, No Dharma
38  The Workings of the Iron Ox
39  Yun Men's Flowering Hedge
40  This Flower
41  One Who Died the Great Death
42  Good Snowflakes
43  No Cold or Heat
44  Knowing How to Beat the Drum
​45  Chao Chou's Cloth Shirt
46  The Sound of Raindrops
47  Not Contained in Six
48  Upsetting the Tea Kettle
49  Passing Through the Net
50  Dust-Mote Concentration
​51  What Is It?
52  Chao Chou's Stone Bridge
​53  Pai Chang's Wild Ducks
54  Yun Men Extends Both Hands
​​55  Won't Say
56  Breaking Through Three Barriers
57  Where Is There Preference?
58 & 59  No Explanation, Just State it Fully
​​60  Yun Men's Staff
61  One Particle of Dust
62  Hidden in the Mountain of Form
​​63 & 64  Nan Ch'uan Kills a Cat
65  A Philosopher Questions Buddha
66  Getting the Sword
67  Expounding the Sutra
​​68  What's Your Name?
​69  Nan Ch'uan's Circle
70, 71, 72   How Will You Speak?
73  Beyond Assertion & Denial
74  Dancing with Rice Pail
75  Unjust Blows
76  Have You Eaten?
​​77  Yun Men's Cake
78  Awakening in the Bath
79  Every Sound
80  On Rushing Water
81  The Elk of Elks
82  The Immutable Body of Reality
83  Ancient Buddhas and This Pillar Merge
84  Vimalakirti's Gate of Nonduality
85  A Tiger's Roar
86  See For Yourself
87  Medicine & Disease Cure Each Other
88  Blind, Deaf, Mute
89  Hands and Eyes Throughout
90  The Essence and Function of Wisdom
91  The Rhino
92  Conclude Before Beginning
93  Imitation of the Dance
94  Not Seeing
95  Two Kinds of Speech
96  Three Pivotal Sayings
97  Scornful Revilement
98  Wrong, Wrong, Wrong
99  The Ten-Bodied Herder
100 The Razor-Sharp Sword
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ONE BRIGHT PEARL
A commentary on this classic Zen text by Dogen Zenji.
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1  The Story of Gensha ​     Sample - click to listen
2  All the World is One Bright Pearl
3  The Pearl
a dialog on the contemplation-extinguished
A commentary on this obscure Zen text.
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1  Parts 1 & 2
2  Parts 3–5
3  Part 6
4  Parts 7–9
5  Part 10
6  Parts 11–13
7  Part 14
8  Parts 15
FAITH WITHOUT BELIEF​
Steve Hagen’s commentary on the classic Mahayana text attributed to Ashvaghosha.
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1  Commentary #1
2  Commentary #2
SONG OF THE JEWEL MIRROR AWARENESS​
TENDO WANSHI'S ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE OF ZAZEN
A commentary on this pithy teaching by one of Dogen Zenji’s forebears.
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1  Commentary #1
2  Commentary #2
KATAGIRI ROSHI'S YOU HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING​
FUKANZAZENGI​
SUZUKI ROSHI'S ZEN MIND, BEGINNERS' MIND​
Steve Hagen’s commentaries on this modern Zen classic by Shunryu Suzuki.
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