Providence Zen Center
Newsletter Archive for 1972 to 1983

Prior to the formal founding of the Kwan Um School of Zen in 1983, the Providence Zen Center's newsletter served the printed teaching function that was later taken on by the Kwan Um School of Zen Newsletter and, finally, by our Primary Point journal.  The Providence Zen Center newsletter began publication soon after Zen Master Seung Sahn's arrival in the United States in 1972.

[Volume I] [Volume II] [Volume III] [Volume IV] [Volume V] [Volume VI] [Volume VII] [Volume VIII] [Volume IX] [Volume X] [Volume XI]

Volume I - 1972/73

• Number 5 - March 1973 - Zen Master Kusan - "An Account of Dharma Awakening"
• Number 6 - April 1973 - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Q & A about God at Brown University"
• Number 7 - May/June 1973 - Zen Master Seung Sahn - Buddha's Birthday 1973
• Number 8 - July 1973 - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Keeping a Zen Mind"
• Number 10 - September 1973 - Zen Master Seung Sahn - On Dependent Origination
• Number 11 - October 1973 - The Story of Hui-Neng and Sin Hae
• Number 11 - October 1973 - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Only Practicing"

Volume II - 1974

• Number 1 - January - The Story of  Mun Ik and Na Han
• Number 1 - January - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "A First Step"
• Number 2 - February - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "What is that Rock Saying?"
• Number 2 - February - Zen Master Seung Sahn - YMJJ Dialogue - January 1974
• Number 3 - March - Zen Master Seung Sahn - Dharma Speech at Harvard Divinity School
• Number 3 - March - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "This World is Very Funny"
• Number 4 - April - Zen Master Seung Sahn - Dharma Speech at San Francisco Zen Center
• Number 4 - April - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "The Dog Runs Away with the Bone"
• Number 5 - May - A Tale of Zen Masters Man Gong and Kyong Ho
• Number 6/7 - June/July - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "The Great Way is in Front of the Door"
• Number 8 - August - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Ten Thousand Demons Appear"
• Number 9 - September - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "The Family Tradition of the Lin Chi School"
• Number 10 - October - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Shim Gum Do - Mind Sword Path"
• Number 11 - November - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "The Family Tradition of the Sutong (Soto) Sect"
• Number 12 - December - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Where Does the True Buddha Dwell?"
• Number 12 - December - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Mind is Like a Blackboard"

Volume III - 1975

• Number 1 - January - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Who is it that Sees these Leaves?"
• Number 2 - February - Zen Master Seung Sahn - Buddha's Enlightenment Day Speech - 1975
• Number 3 - March - Hyang Bong's "My Dharma is Very Expensive"
• Number 4 - April - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "The Walls are White. The Rug is Blue."
• Number 5 - May - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "The Spring Geese are Flying North"
• Number 6 - June - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "The True Buddha"
• Number 7 - July - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "The Whole Universe is Plastic"
• Number 8 - August - The Story of Sul
• Number 9 - September - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Why We Chant"
• Number 10 - October - The Story of Basho
• Number 11 - November - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Bodhisattva Clothes"
• Number 12 - December - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "We are All Like Rocks"

Volume IV- 1976

• Number 1 - January - The Story of Dae Ju
• Number 2 - February - Letter to Three Monks
• Number 5 - May - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "100% Crazy"
• Number 6 - June - Zen Master Ko Bong Sells a Cow
• Number 7 - July - The Story of Dok Song and Son Hae
• Number 8 - August - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "True Meditation"
• Number 10 - October - Zen Master Wu Bong - On the Five Precepts
• Number 11 - November - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "How Many Pounds is this KATZ?"
• Number 12 - December - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Dry Cleaning the Mind"

Volume V - 1977

• Number 1 - January - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "The New Year Comes and Finds Its Seat"
• Number 3 - March - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "A Special Energy Spot"
• Number 4 - April - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "No America, No Russia"
• Number 5 - May - Zen Master Seung Sahn - Buddha's Birthday Poem 1977
• Number 6 - June - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "The Lion's Head"
• Number 7 - July - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Finding Your Primary Point"
• Number 8 - August - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Correct Meditation"
• Number 10 - October - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "36,000 Mornings"
• Number 11 - November - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "The Nose Says Acchhew!"

Volume VI - 1978

• Number 1 - January - Zen Master Seong Hyang - Inka Speech
• Number 2 - February - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Fixing a Pot"
• Number 3 - March - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Everything is a Dream"
• Number 4 - April - Zen Master Seong Hyang - ''What is this Seed?"
• Number 5 - May - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Duk Sahn Carrying His Bowls"
• Number 8 - August - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Q & A in Warsaw"
• Number 9 - September - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Child's Mind is Buddha's Mind"
• Number 12 - December - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Only Teaching Words"

Volume VII - 1979

• Number 1 - January - Zen Master Seong Hyang - "Kill Your Eyes"
• Number 2 - February - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Keep the Great Vow"
• Number 3 - March - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Ko Bong Holds a Ceremony"
• Number 4 - April - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "What is Happiness? What is Sadness?"
• Number 5 - May - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Chew, Chew, Chew"
• Number 7 - July - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "True Kensho"

Volume VIII - 1980

• Number 3 - March - Zen Master Seong Hyang - "Making a Complete Effort"
• Number 4 - April - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Practicing Alone"
• Number 6 - June - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Dream Talking"
• Number 7 - July - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Attain Zero Mind, Use Zero Mind"
• Number 7 - July - Zen Master Seong Hyang - "Work With Your Situation"
• Number 8 - August - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "What is Belief?"
• Number 9 - September - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "The Whole Universe is Medicine"
• Number 10 - October - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Low-Class Practice"
• Number 11 - November - Zen Master Seong Hyang - "Everything Is That Simple"
• Number 12 - December - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Four Kinds of Anger"

Volume IX - 1981

• Number 3 - March - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Head of a Dragon, Tail of a Snake"
• Number 4 - April - Zen Master Seung Sahn - Kyol Che Dharma Speech - 1981
• Number 5 - May - Zen Master Seung Sahn - Hae Jae Dharma Speech - 1981
• Number 6 - June - Zen Master Seong Hyang - "Kill or Not Kill -- That's a Big Question"
• Number 7 - July - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "The Great Work of Life & Death"
• Number 7 - July - Zen Master Seong Hyang - "Why Can't I?  How Can I?"
• Number 8 - August - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Wild Dharma Scenes & Broken Precepts"
• Number 9 - September - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "The Human Route"
• Number 10 - October - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "Letter from Krzyzstof"
• Number 11 - November - Zen Master Seung Sahn - "A Three-Year Retreat"
• Number 12 - December - Zen Master Seong Hyang - "What is Checking?"

Volume X - 1982

• Number 1 - January - Zen Master So Bong - "Bodhidharma Will Kill You Too"
• Number 3 - March - Zen Master Seong Hyang - "Gilding the Lily"
• Number 6 - June - Zen Master Seung Sahn - Kyol Che Dharma Speech - 1982
• Number 7 - July - Zen Master Seong Hyang - "Doubt"
• Number 8 - August - Zen Master So Bong - "Do You Hear the Waterfall?"

Volume XI - 1983

• Number 3 - March - Zen Master So Bong - "Kyol Che: Together Completely"