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This page provides links to select commentaries on Zen texts by Steve Hagen.  The entire collection of commentaries are in our COMPLETE TALKS section..  For details on becoming a member or audio subscriber please visit our membership page.

zen mind, beginners mind

Steve Hagen’s commentaries on this modern Zen classic by Shunryu Suzuki.
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  1  Beginner’s Mind
  2  Control
  3  Single-minded Way
  4  No Trace
  5  Traditional Zen Spirit
  6  Believing In Nothing
  7  Posture
  8  The Marrow of Zen
  9  No Dualism
10  Mistakes in Practice
11  Negative and Positive
12  Nirvana, the Waterfall
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YOU HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING

Steve Hagen’s commentaries on teachings by his teacher, Dainin Katagiri.
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  1  Just Take One Step
  2  Touching the Source of Existence
  3  Refined Action
  4  Facing Life and Death
  5  A Painting of a Rice Cake
  6  Make Yourself at Home
  7  Where Are You Now?
  8  Using the Selfish Self
  9  Learning the Way
10  When You Can’t Move an Inch
11  To Live As All Beings
12  The Host Within the Host
13  Life Beyond Explanations
14  Before Thoughts Arise
15  Living in the Universal Marketplace
16  Knowing the Whole
17  When There’s Nothing to Say
18  Zen in Everyday Life

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FUKANZAZENGI

A commentary on this classic Zen text by Dogen Zenji​.
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1  The Way is Perfect and All Pervading
2  The Slightest Discrepancy
3  Learn the Backward Step
4  Think of Not-thinking
5  The Manifestation of Ultimate Reality
6  The True Dragon