Magazine News Round Up w/e 12th December 2020 News and snippets from Zen cyber-space Dec 12, 2020 Jātaka Tales: The Carpenter's Boar pt. 2 Dec 12, 2020 The final part of this Jātaka tale sees the Boar defeat the tiger and the sham ascetic, liberating the boars from danger, whilst the tree sprite reveals the details of who each character is in this birth. Review: In China Root: Taoism, Ch’an, and Original Zen by David Hinton Dec 8, 2020 Rachel Hilton assesses David Hinton's new book which argues that Zen schools have a greater debt to Taoism than previously realised in the West. The author yakes a philological journey into the problem of translating Chinese characters into Western languages. News Round Up w/e 5th December 2020 News and snippets from Zen cyber-space Dec 5, 2020 Jātaka Tales: The Carpenter's Boar Part One Dec 3, 2020 Artist Roberta Mansell illustrated some of the stories of the Buddha's previous births (Jātakas), for her children. She has kindly allowed The Zen Gateway to feature some of them. We present some here with extracts of text from the original story. Book Review:Entangled Life How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures” by Dec 1, 2020 Peter Glynne Jones reviews this book from biologist Merlin Sheldrake (son of Rupert), on the fascinating world of fungi. A book that challenges our sense of who we are and what we think our role in this life may be. News Round Up w/e 28th November 2020 News and snippets from Zen cyber-space Nov 28, 2020 News Round Up w/e 22nd November 2020 News & snippets from Zen cyber-space Nov 21, 2020 Review: My Octopus Teacher A Netflix documentary Nov 18, 2020 Craig Foster spent a year following and learning from a wild octopus. It became a relationship that changed his life forever. News Round Up w/e 14th November 2020 News and snippets from Zen cyber-space Nov 14, 2020 Images of Truth: Bodhisattva - Central Tibet 13th/early 14th century Nov 11, 2020 Tibet became a refuge for Tantric teachings once persecution took hold in India. Bodhisattvas came to represent the function of the Buddha nature in the world and devotional images began to be formed in this Himalayan kingdom. News Round Up w/e 7th November 2020 News and snippets from Zen cyber-space Nov 7, 2020 Previous Next 26 of 33 pages (There are 386 posts) Previous 1 2 ... 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 ... 32 33 Next Topics AUDIO COURSES BLOG BOOK BOOK EXTRACTS BOOK REVIEWS BOOKS BUDDHISM AND THE ARTS DAILY LIFE PRACTICE EXERCISES IN MINDFULNESS FILM REVIEWS FOLKLORE IN LIGHT OF ASIA INTERVIEWS NEWS PEOPLE PSYCHOLOGY REVIEWS STORIES Donate The virtue of generosity, charity or giving. Your donations are welcomed. Learn more Dharma Centre Our online community to complement The Zen Gateway online resource and magazine. Visit Dharma Centre
