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       THE BLUE LOTUS SANGHA
       
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       Blue Lotus Sangha is a small practicing community in Northwest
       Arkansas, affiliated with the Hsu Yun Chan Yuen through its senior
       brother, Ven. Yin Feng Shakya.
       
   DIR Why This Site Looks Like it Does
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   DIR Yin Feng's Chan Buddhist PHLOG
       A blog-like collection of Shakya's reflections on the Buddhadharma.
       
   DIR Legacy Phlog
       
   DIR Dharma Audio by Yin Feng Shakya
       These are voice recordings of some of Yin Feng Shakya's talks
       given at various sanghas and other miscellaneous recordings of
       Dharma thoughts. (MP3 and SPEEX format.)
       
   DIR Chan Buddhist Texts and Articles
       Want to learn more about Chan (Zen)? Here you can find texts and
       articles including essays, devotional readings, reproducible books,
       poems, etc.
       
   DIR Sutras (Scriptures)
       Mahayana Buddhists do not have a closed or universal "canon" of 
       scriptures. Every tradition, denomination, and school privileges a 
       particular collection of sutras in their practice. Here you can fin
       some of the sutras that are privileged by the Order of Hsu Yun and 
       Yin Feng Shakya's local sangha (community or congregation).
       
   DIR Liturgical Texts
       The practices of Buddhadharma include meditation, sutras, chanting,
       mantra, dietary regulation, and many other disciplines. Historic
       liturgies help give shape and order to the disciples' practices.
       
  HTML The Zen Buddhist Order of Hsu Yun
       The religious order to which Yin Feng Shakya belongs.
       
       
   DIR Non-Buddhist Books and Texts
       Books and texts of spiritual, historical, and philosophical value
       from non-Buddhist sources.
       
   DIR Chan Buddhist Holy Days
       
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       Below you will find links and materials not directly related to the
       Buddhadharma. [NOTE: Some of the materials can only be accessed wit
       a gopher-capable browser.]
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   DIR Gopherpedia
       Wikipedia for Gopher Protocol! If you are a lynxer like I am, this
       is a great alternative to the normal http url.
       
  TEXT My Local Weather
       
   DIR Links to My (Other) Favorite Gopherholes
       
   DIR Downloadable Music (100% Legal)
       
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       are common in my region. It will be restored when the weather passe
       
                          email: shakya@bluezen.org
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