January-February, 1983

The Year of the Pig/or Boar
Book Noted, by John Storm, Zen Inklings: by Donald Ritchie
Joshu Sasaki Roshi Says, by Mary Farkas -- Study first the activity of Dharma
A French Connection, Noted by John Storm
An End To Zen? From the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, by Nichole Larkin
Letter to Mary Farkas, by Norman
The Record of Lin Chi, 162 Discourses, IX, 6/19/1935, by Sokei-an Sasaki
Sesshin with Joshu Sasaki Roshi March 19 - March 25
Conversations with Farkas, Noted by Hackney -- Anger
The Record of Bankei, Translated by Haskel -- Creating a mind on top of your mind
Cover: Boar, by Gesshin Myoko

March, 1983

Joshu Sasaki Roshi Says -- The Zen we practice now is different from the way it was.
Conversations with Farkas -- More on Anger
The Record of Lin Chi -- I take you away from the surroundings
The Record of Bankei, Translated by Haskel -- The merit of practicing Zazen
Noted by John Storm: The Heart's Repose
Cover: "The Bears" award winning photograph

April, 1983

Buddha's Birthday, Phyllis Jumana Bahi
Conversations with Farkas -- When Rage Rises
The Record of Lin Chi, by Sokei-an Sasaki -- The Four Measures
The Record of Bankei, Translated by Haskel -- Changing the one Buddha mind for a beast
City Sights, Noted by Storm -- The fountain doesn't know that it's raining
Cover: Anthony Tudor dancing

May-June, 1983

Obituary: Christmas Humphreys 1901-1983
The Record of Lin Chi, by Sokei-an Sasaki -- The Four Measures
The Record of Bankei, Translated by Haskel -- Abiding at the source of all things
Cover: Christmas Humphreys 1901-1983

July, 1983

Joshu Sasaki Roshi Says -- Buddha's Peace Movement
Twelve Principles of Buddhism, by Christmas Humphreys
Buddhism for the West, by Christmas Humphreys
More on Christmas Humphreys, by Mary Farkas
Correspondence with Mary Farkas & Christmas Humphreys
Cover: Photo by Christmas Humpreys, Frontspiece from Via Tokyo

August, 1983

Sixth Patriarch's Teaching, Vol IV,1, By Sokei-an Sasaki -- Samadhi and wisdom
The Record of Bankei, Translated by Haskel -- If you become a Buddha
The London Vihara Revisited, by Robert Schwarz
Joshu Sasaki Roshi Says -- On Old Ladies
Noted by John Storm -- St. Francis de Sales
Joshu Sasaki Roshi Says, Noted by Mary Farkas -- The Four Dhyana Heavens
Freud and Buddha, Two Physicians of the Mind, by Howard Pashenz, PhD.
Cover: Mary Farkas and Vanessa Coward

September, 1983

Sixth Patriarch's Teaching, IV,2, by Sokei-an Sasaki -- Samadhi and wisdom
A comparison of Freudian and Buddhist throught, by Howard Pashenz, PhD.
Cover: From Zen Brush Strokes, by Vanessa Coward

October, 1983

Obituary: Yoshito Hakeda, 1924-1983, by Peter Haskel
Sixth Patriarch's Teaching, IV, 3, by Sokei-an Sasaki - Straightness of Mind
Cover: Photo and Calligraphy by Yoshito Hakeda

November, 1983

Sixth Patriarch's Teaching, IV, 4, by Sokei-an Sasaki - Dharmakaya
Book Noted, by John Storm: Getting the Buddha Mind, by Sheng Yen
Buddha, Freud and Kohutian Self Psychology, by Mary Reinhart
Animal Trainers EST, Noted by Farkas
Joshu Sasaki Roshi Says, Translated by Lynn Bryce -- The Religious Person's Problem
Cover: from Zen Brush Strokes, by Vanessa Coward

December, 1983

Odds and Ends: The Pierpont, Hitachai and Zen, Rev. Piyatissa, goodbye to pig year
Moon Meditation, an introductory note and gatha
Buddha, Freud and Kohutian Self Psychology, by Mary Reinhart
Sixth Patriarch's Teaching, IV, 5, by Sokei-an Sasaki - Two Schools of Zen in China
Book Noted, by John Storm: Zen and Reality, by Robert Powell
Book Noted, by John Storm: Hi, Hai, High: Zen and the art of Backpacking, by Fil Lewitt
Book Noted, by John Storm: The Threefold Refuge in the Theravada Tradition
Book Noted, by John Storm: This Book Needs no Title, by Raymond Smullyan
Editor's Note: Thanks for Zen Notes donations
Cover: The Pierpont, a Condominium for Connoisseurs

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