ZEN NOTES, 2004
Winter, 2004

The Sutra of Perfect Awakening, 29th Lecture Feb 11, 1939, by Sokei-an Sasaki
Twenty-five Zen Koans, First Koan: the 2nd Patriarch questioned Bodhidharma, by Sokei-an Sasaki
Photo of Sokei-an's wood carving: "The Koan"
Note from the Editor: on continuous Zen transmission, by Peeter Lamp
Bankei and his World: Zen in the Muromachi Period, #1.01, by Peter Haskel
Back page: Cat drawing and poem by Peeter Lamp
Cover: 'Winter flowers sipping wine in summer bloom', Flower arrangement by Chamaiporn Shaefer<
Spring, 2004

The Sutra of Perfect Awakening, 30th Lecture Feb 18, 1939, by Sokei-an Sasaki
A Body-Centered Spirituality--the First Zen Institute's Bushmen Connection, by Peeter Lamp
The Bushmen's 'Trail of Tears', by Ian R. Chandler
Bushmen party photos--After the United Nations Appearance, by Ian R. Chandler
Bankei and his World: Zen in the Muromachi Period, #1.02, by Peter Haskel
Back page: Cat Drawing, by Peeter Lamp
Cover: Dawid Kruiper, photo by Ian R. chandler
Summer, 2004

The Sutra of Perfect Awakening, 31st Lecture Feb 25, 1939, Samsara and Nirvana, by Sokei-an Sasaki
Three-Hundred-Mile-Tiger, the Record of Lin-Chi, Volume X, Nos. 1 & 2, by Sokei-an Sasaki
Picture of a Dragon, by Sesson, Japan, 1480-1560
Bankei and His World: Zen in the Muromachi Period, #1.03, by Peter Haskel
The Master and the Warrior, by Peter Haskel
D.T. Suzuki at the Institute, November 21, 1936, by D. T. Suzuki
Cover: Threading the Needle, drawing by Susan Morningstar, after a 15th Century Chinese original.
Fall, 2004

Three-Hundred-Mile-Tiger, the Record of Lin-Chi, Volume X, No. 3, by Sokei-an Sasaki
Early Memories, by D. T. Suzuki
Recollections of Kosen, by Peter Haskel
The Sutra of Perfect Awakening, 32nd Lecture March 4, 1939, by Sokei-an Sasaki
Bankei and His World: Zen in the Muromachi Period, #1.04, by Peter Haskel
Picture of Muso Kikushi, property of Tenryuji
Back page: Cat Drawing and Poem, by Peeter Lamp
Cover: A pure wind comes from every direction
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