General Buddhist Links
Basic Buddhism Studies
A comprehensive site which helps new learner to Buddhism understand the fundamental teachings of Buddhism
Spiritual Teachers
The value of having a Buddhist or Zen teacher.
Buddhist Terminologies
A list of Buddhist terms as they are translated in English.
Major Mahayana Texts & Sutras
An overview of the major Mahayana Sutras.
Zen Teachings
Heart Sutra
A beautiful Mahayana Sutra which is the heart of the Zen practice.
Surangama Sutra
One of the essential Sutra of Mahayana Buddhism which relates to Zen practice.
Six Paramitas
Three phrases of Zen training and six paramitas.
Diamond Sutra
Essential Mahayana Sutra of Zen practice.
The Lankavatara Sutra
One of the essential Mahayana Sutra of Zen Practice.
Sangha Dharma Talks
The Three Gems and the Five Precepts
Dharma public talk from Rinzai Zen teacher Lotus Vu on May 1, 2018 (audio only).
Zen Spirit Retreat Dharma Talks 2019
A series of talks on the spirit of the Zen practice at our annual retreat in 2019.
Nietzsche’s Existentialism & Zen
For the philosophy buffs.
Zen’s pillars – Precepts, stilling the mind and intuitive wisdom
Dharma public talk from Rinzai Zen teacher Lotus Vu at the Knox Metropolitan Church in Regina, Saskatchewan on April 16, 2019 (audio only).
Map of Practice
Introduction to the map of Buddhist meditative practice in Theravada and Mahayana Zen practice. An important foundation knowledge for all serious meditators.
On Death and Zen
Posted talk for Regina Zen Sangha on January 17, 2020 Talks begins on Vietnamese Female Zen Master Dieu Nhan (Bhikkhuni) 1041-1113 A.D. Upon dying left a poem for her disciples. Advice to Disciples Birth, old age, sickness, death It has been the rule since immemorial The more one hopes to escape The more one is caught in the net Confused, one seeks the Buddha In errors, one runs after Zen Seeking neither Buddha nor Zen Lips pursed, saying nothing. (translated by Kevin Bowen & Nguyen Ba Chung)