An Initial Teisho Curriculum

for Public Students

Compiled by Ven. Mishin tando, June 12, 2004


 

The recorded teisho library offers students a vast treasury of recorded Teachings that may be borrowed or purchased for use in home practice. The library contains many of the over 1,700 teisho, Dharma Talks and classes presented by Zen Master Anzan Hoshin, as well as Dharma Talks and mondo presented by Ven. Shikai Zuiko osho, Ven. Jinmyo Renge osho and practice advisors.

 

      With so much to choose from, students often wonder where to begin or what to listen to next. New students are advised to start with Before Thinking: Foundations of Zen Practice . Although by no means a comprehensive list, what follows is an initial teisho curriculum which students can work their way through as part of developing an understanding of practice and familiarizing themselves with the Teachings of the Buddhas and Awakened Ancestors.

 

    The first section lists the series that comprise the teisho curriculum. The second section concerns the series Before Thinking: Foundations of Zen Practice, and indicates which of the Dharma Talks can be accessed as MP3 files on the Sound Site. A complete list detailing which presentations in each series are available on the Sound Site is being worked on, but will take some time to develop.

 

    The list below can be copied and pasted into a Word file in which you can keep an ongoing record of the teisho you have listened to. When you wish to request a new series of tapes, send your list so that a recommendation can be made. It is necessary to keep a list because with the number of students requesting tapes, it would be impossible to keep track of what you have listened to or not and so you need to take responsibility for keeping an accurate record and sending it each time you submit a request.

Thank you.

Gassho,

Mishin tando

Librarian, WWZC Archives

mishin@trytel.com

 

 


Title

Presented by

Number of tapes in series

Year

Before Thinking: Foundations of Zen Practice

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

15

1990-1991

Sitting and Walking

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

1

1993

The Tiny Book of Stopping and Looking

Ven. Shikai Zuiko osho

1

1996

Thinking of Not Thinking

Ven. Jinmyo Renge osho

1

1997

Sitting Up Straight

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

9

1999

Zen Arts: The Flowering of the Senses

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

3

1999

Being Breathed

Ven. Shikai Zuiko osho

1

2000

Mula Paryiya Sutta

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

1

1991

Flowering Garbage

Ven. Jinmyo Renge osho

1

1996

The Activity of the Primordial Mirror

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

1

1993

Is There a Problem?

Ven. Jinmyo Renge osho

1

1996

Monkey in the House of Six Windows

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

1

1991

The Circle

Ven. Jinmyo Renge osho

1

1997

Zazen: The Practice of Realization

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

3

1989

The Four Noble Truths

Ven. Shikai Zuiko osho

1

1998

The Eightfold Path

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

2

1989

The Unborn

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

1

1994

This World of Ten Directions

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

3

1989

Eight Awarenesses

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

3

1989

Four Dhyanas

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

1

1991

The Four Great Vows

Ven. Shikai Zuiko osho

1

1997

A Right Word

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

1

1990

Mind Cannot be Grasped

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

1

1990

Responsibility

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

1

1990

Realm of Appearances

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

1

1992

The Wheel of Becoming

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

1

1991

Freedom and Tyranny

Ven. Shikai Zuiko osho

2

2001

Immo: Suchness

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

5

1992

Landscape of Reality

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

6

1997

Shodoka by Yoka Daishi

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

1

1988

Painting Reality

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

7

1999-2000

Development of Buddhist Psychology

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

9

1990-1991

Bodhidharma's Eyes

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

7

2000-2001

Round and Bright

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

12

1997-1998

Playing with Space

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

4

2001

Five Fingers, Ten Directions

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

5

2001

Turning the Wheel of the Way

Zen Master Anzan Hoshin

22

2001-2001

 

 


 

Before Thinking: Foundations of Zen Practice

Dharma Talk Title

Tape #

On Sound Site?

What are We Doing Here?

1

Yes

Samatha and Vipashyana

1

Yes

Five Styles of Zen

2

No

Bodymind and Zazen

2

No

Snow

3

Yes

The Single Bodymind

3

Yes

Beyond Convenience

3

Yes

Uncertainty

3

Yes

The Great Matter

4

Yes

Inside and Outside

4

Yes

Self-doubt and No-self

4

Yes

Simplicity

4

Yes

Clouds and Water

4

Yes

The Rabbit-Killing Tree

5

Yes

Questioning (The Arising of Spring)

5

Yes

Beginner's Mind Introductory Talk

5

Yes

 


Before Thinking: Foundations of Zen Practice

Dharma Talk Title

Tape #

On Sound Site?

What are We Doing Here?

1

Yes

Samatha and Vipashyana

1

Yes

Five Styles of Zen

2

No

Bodymind and Zazen

2

No

Snow

3

Yes

The Single Bodymind

3

Yes

Beyond Convenience

3

Yes

Uncertainty

3

Yes

The Great Matter

4

Yes

Inside and Outside

4

Yes

Self-doubt and No-self

4

Yes

Simplicity

4

Yes

Clouds and Water

4

Yes

The Rabbit-Killing Tree

5

Yes

Questioning (The Arising of Spring)

5

Yes

Beginner's Mind Introductory Talk

5

Yes

 

 

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