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Works Dealing With the Koan Study

Aitken, Robert. 1985. Koan study and its application. pp. 2-3. Mind Moon Circle - The Journal of the Sydney Zen Center. Summer 1985.
Aitken, Robert. 1991. 'On Zen Teaching'. Diamond Sangha Newsletter, July 1991.
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Aitken, Robert. 1993. 'Koan Study and its implications', in Aitken, Robert. Encouraging Words - Zen Buddhist Teachings for Western Students. pp. 118-123. New York and San Francisco: Pantheon Books.
App, Urs. 1994. 'Koan'. in App, Urs. Master Yunmen - From the Record of the Chan Teacher "Gate of Clouds". pp. 53-79. New York and Tokyo: Kodansha International.
Bays, Jan Chozen. 1988. 'Old Koans, New Koans, One Koan'. Primary Point, Vol 5, No 2, pp. 6-7.
Bolleter, Ross. 1995. 'Everynight Zen - the koan in the life, the life in the koan'. pp.12-18. Mind Moon Circle - The Journal of the Sydney Zen Center. Spring 1995.
Cleary, Jonathan Christopher (transl.) 1992. Meditating with Koans. Berkeley, Calif.: Asian Humanities Press. (Translation of the Ch'an juan ts'e chin/Chan Men Ze Jin (Impetus to Advance on the Zen Gate) by Chu-hung/Zhuhong [1535-1615]).
Dumoulin, Heinrich. 1988. 'Koan practice and koan collections', in Dumoulin, Heinrich. Zen Buddhism: A History. Volume I: India and China. pp.245-261. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co.
Enomiya-Lasalle, Hugo M. 1987. 'Working with Koans', in Enomiya-Lasalle, Hugo M. The Practice of Zen Meditation. pp.20-22. Wellingborough: Crucible-The Aquarian Press/Thorsons Publishing Group.
Gifford, Zenson. 1988. 'What is a Koan'. Primary Point, Vol 5, No 2, pp. 5-6.
Glassman, Bernard Tetsugen. 1976. 'Notes on Koan Study', in Maezumi, Hakuyu Taizan and Glassman, Bernard Tetsugen (Eds.). On Zen Practice. pp. 58-67 Los Angeles: Center Publications.
Kapleau, Philip. 1986. 'Dokusan in Koan Training: Eight Common Objections', in Kapleau, Philip. The Private Encounter with the Roshi - its Hazards and Rewards. pp. 25-47. Rochester, NY: The Zen Center. (Reprinted in: in Kraft, Kenneth (Ed.). 1988. Zen: Tradition and Transition - An Overview of Zen in the Modern World. pp. 54-69. London and Melbourne: Rider)
Kennett, Jiyu. 1972. 'What are Koans?', in Kennett, Jiyu. Selling Water by the River - a manual of Zen training. pp. 51-56. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd.
Kusan Sunim. 1985. 'Instructions for Meditation', in Kusan Sunim. The Way of Korean Zen. pp. 59-72. New York & Tokyo: Weatherhill.
Leggett, Trevor. 1978. 'Koan Zen', in Leggett, Trevor. Zen and the Ways. pp. 7-21. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
Loori, John. 1988. 'Koan Study'. Primary Point, Vol 5, No 2, pp. 4,10.
Loori, John. 1994. 'Zazen and the Koan' , in Loori, John Daido. Two Arrows Meeting in Mid-Air : The Zen Koan pp. xxiv-xliii. Boston, Rutland, Vt. and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co.
Loori, John. 1994. 'Questions and Answers'. in Loori, John Daido. Two Arrows Meeting in Mid-Air : The Zen Koan. pp. 309-333. Boston, Rutland, Vt. and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co.
MacInnes, Elaine. 1993. 'Koan and Shoken Preparation', in MacInnes, Elaine. Teaching Zen to Christians, pp. 81-90. Quezon City, Philippines: The Theosophical Publishing House.
Miura, Isshu and Sasaki, Ruth Fuller. 1966. Zen Dust - The History of the Koan and Koan Study in Rinzai (Lin-chi) Zen. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc.
Nhat Hanh, Thich. 1995. 'The Kung-an and Its Function', in Nhat Hanh, Thich. Zen Keys. pp.56-61. New York and London: Doubleday.
Osaka, Koryu. 1977. 'Shikan-taza and Koan Practice', in Maezumi, Hakuyu Taizan and Glassman, Bernard Tetsugen (Eds.). pp. 73-80. On Zen Practice II: Body, Breath and Mind. Los Angeles: Center Publications.
Packer, Toni. 1988. 'Can Clear Seeing Be Attained without Koan Practice. An interview with Zen Master Toni Packer'. Interviewed by Jacek Dobrowolski. Primary Point, Vol 5, No 2, pp. 2.
Primary Point - The Journal of the Kwan Um Zen School, Cumberland, RI, USA. [Volume 5, No. 2, June 1988 is a special issue dedicated to Kong-an Practice in America: essays by Master Dharma Teacher Barbara Rhodes, Daido Loori Sensei, Jan Chozen Bays Sensei and Zenson Gifford Sensei, as well as interviews with Zen Master Seung Sahn, and with Toni Packer]
Rhodes, Barbara. 1988. 'A Koan is Nothing Other Than The Present Moment'. Primary Point, Vol 5, No 2, pp. 10.
Sheng-yen, Master 1989. 'Kung-an Practice', in Sheng-yen, Master. Getting the Buddha Mind. pp. 79-89. Elmhurst, N.Y: Dharma Drum Publications.
Shimano, Eido T. 1988. 'Zen Koans', in Kraft, Kenneth (Ed.). Zen: Tradition and Transition - An Overview of Zen in the Modern World. pp. 70-87. London and Melbourne: Rider.
Seung, Sahn. 1988. 'Kong-ans: Mind-to-Mind Connection. An interview with Zen Master Seung Sahn'. Interviewed by the Primary Point. Primary Point, Vol 5, No 2, pp. 1,3,7.
Seung Sahn. 1992. 'Zen Teaching - Kong-an Practice', in Seung Sahn. The Whole World is a Single Flower - 365 Kong-ans for Everyday Life. pp. 233-237. Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle.
Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro. 1980. 'The Koan Exercise', in Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro. Essays in Zen Buddhism (Second Series). pp. 18-226. London and Melbourne: Rider.
Tarrant, John. 1990a. 'Ulysses beyond the Pillars of Hercules: the Uncharted Distances of the Koan'. pp. 1-6. Mind Moon Circle - The Journal of the Sydney Zen Center. Autumn 1990. Also published in: Blind Donkey - the journal of The Diamond Sangha, Vol 11(3), June 1990. pp. 39-44.
Tarrant, John. 1990b. To Be at Ease at All Circumstances. An unpublished sesshin teisho of 20 Oct 1990.
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Tarrant, John. 1993. Working with Koans. An unpublished sesshin teisho of 06 Feb 1993.
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Yasutani, Hakuun. 1977. 'Koan Practice and Shikan-taza', in Maezumi, Hakuyu Taizan and Glassman, Bernard Tetsugen (Eds.). pp. 67-71. On Zen Practice II: Body, Breath and Mind. Los Angeles: Center Publications.

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