Books and Cushions
Manjusri, bodhisattva of wisdom
Manjushri, bodhisattva of wisdom
Dharma study is one of Sanshin Zen Community's most essential activities. Our way of practice is based on the teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha, Dogen Zenji, Kodo Sawaki Roshi and Kosho Uchiyama Roshi. Publications by the teachers in our lineage, including the newest ones from head teacher Shohaku Okumura, are available below.
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Dogen's Extensive Record
Dogen's Extensive Record
Translated by Taigen Dan Leighton and Shohaku Okumura.
Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2004.
The living teachings of Dogen's Zen that go beyond Zen Buddhism.
Opening the Hand of Thought
Opening the Hand of Thought: Approach to Zen
By Kosho Uchiyama .
Translated by Shohaku Okumura and Tom Wright
Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2004.
Uchiyama Kosho Roshi's attempt to answer the essential question of how we can bring Zen practice and our everyday lives together, into a fresh original expression of our life force.
Wholehearted Way
The Wholehearted Way: A Translation of Eihei Dogen's Bendowa with Commentary by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi
Translated by Shohaku Okumura and Taigen Daniel Leighton.
Boston, MA: Charles E.Tuttle, 1996.
Dogen Zenji's teachings to sincere practitioners whose true aspiration is to seek the way.
Homeless Kodo
The Zen Teaching of "Homeless Kodo"
By Kosho Uchiyama
Translated by Koshi Ichida and Shohaku Okumura
Edited by George Vavares.
Tokyo: Sotoshu Shumucho,1996.
Sawaki Kodo Roshi's profound teachings in his direct and engaging manner with commentary by Uchiyama Kosho Roshi.
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Refining Your Life
How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment
Zen Master Dogen and Kosho Uchiyama .
Translated by Thomas Wright. New York: Weatherhill, 1993.
Uchiyama Roshi's commentary on Dogen's crucial text; clarifications help us to understand our true self through the activity of cooking.
Dogen Zen
Dogen Zen And Its Relevance For Our Time
Symposium: October 23-24, 1999 Stanford University
Various Authors, Edited by Shohaku Okumura .
San Francisco: Soto Zen Buddhism International Center, 2003.
Lectures commemorating Dogen's 800th anniversary of his birth.
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$25.00
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Sitting Under the Bodhi Tree
Sitting Under The Bodhi Tree: Lectures On Dogen Zenji's Bendowa
Various Lecturers. Edited by Shohaku Okumura.
San Francisco: 2001.
Lectures on the wholehearted practice of the way by several teachers from USA and Japan.
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$12.50
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Introduction to Soto Zen
Soto Zen: An Introduction To Zazen
By Shohaku Okumura .
Tokyo: Sotoshu Shumucho, 2002.
An introduction to Zazen as practiced by the Soto Zen school of Buddhism.
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$12.50
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Heart of Zen (re-printing of Dogen Zen)
Translated by Shohaku Okumura , assisted by Tom Wright
Tokyo: Soto-shu Shumucho, 2006.
Three core texts, by Dogen, Menzan Zuiho, and Kosho Uchiyama, on the meaning of zazen.
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$12.50
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Dogen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community
A Translation of Eihei Shingi
Translated by Shohaku Okumura and Daniel Leighton
Albany: State University of New York, 1996.
Dogen's guidelines for Community Life.
Meditation Cushions
Support your home meditation practice with cushions from Sanshin Zen Community!  Made one at a time by hand, these durable cushions provide support for your sitting posture and padding for your knees and legs.
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Zafu Zafu   11" across and 7" high, made of cotton-polyester fabric and filled with kapok.
$ 45
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Plus S & H: $9.00
Zabuton   Zabuton   30" by 36", made of cotton-polyester fabric and filled with cotton batting
$ 55
(US Dollars)
Plus S & H : $10
Zafu & Zabuton Buy both and save!
$ 100
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Plus S & H for one set of zafu and zabuton:
$16