Do you want to improve yourself?

Do you want to improve your life?

Do you want to improve your world you live in?

It all starts with knowing who you are, then deciding what to do.

Who are you? This website will reveal that you have been shaped and molded by other people. Are you ready to reshape yourself?

Sound like work? That's why most people are the product of their parents or their environment. Like sculpting a statue, it takes work and decisions.

If you're ready to take control of your life -- this website is for you!

www.actZEN.com

It started with 4 boys from San Diego, living together in Venice, California.

They boarded up the windows and turned the living room into a rehearsal room. As the Mexican neighbors gathered around each night with popcorn and beer, American Zen blasted their pyschedelic folk rock five nights a week from 7 to 9PM.

Located just a few houses away from the V-13 headquarters, this band of artists molded their leader, The Hippy Coyote, into the most prolific songwriter since The Beatles, Donovan and The Doors combined.

With over 400 songs to his credit, Coyote is frustrated at not being able to release an album every month.

Then, after several years of diligently watching the KUNG FU tv series starring David Carradine, this band of wave lovers took up the challenge by me, their producer, to pursue Shaolin Kung Fu, Zen Buddhism, and life: as a musical Buddhist Journey.

LEVEL 1

Peace Of Mind

11 songs

11 poems

Telling his story, with music, photography, and poetry, Coyote etches a new legend into fabric of spiritual exploration. Despite his high I.Q., he must face and deal with all the problems we all suffer with, from money to love to how to live his life. Let's see what he discovers and learn from his mistakes and his accomplishments. 

2nd Album = 2nd Level = Christ Killer

Formats: CD, MP3 192kb
Genres: Folk Rock, Classic Rock, Spoken Word Audiobook

When Bodhidharma created Zen Buddhism he created Kung Fu.

One of our primary goals of BUDDHA KUNG FU is to recombine Kung Fu with the Zen Buddhism that was misused by lazy sit-down-do-nothings.

www. buddhaGONGFU.com

Visitors are led to Shaolin Zen
or to
www.buddhaKUNGFU.com

LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind

These are the first 20 podcasts recorded by The Coyote of American Zen.

LEVEL 2 = Christ Killer started. We taped and aired a couple episodes, then realized we'd made some mistakes in our iTunes subcodes...

Starting back up REAL SOON!

These have barely begun. Join along for a psychedelic ride with our Kung Fu Cowboy, The Hippy Coyote.

Coyote recites poetry, performs live music, and narrates the path through the band's official website, www.americanZEN.org

I don't know if we were the first to launch a Buddhist Temple on the internet, but we are still headed towards that goal. We may be far from where we plan or what we have envisioned, but that's Buddhism for your -- the unending life path of exploration, discovery, and awe.

You'll see. Our goal is to be more than factual and informative.

We plan to be FUN and INNOVATIVE.

We see a website we can visit, like a church, alone, or in a temple full of people... you will be in control of... well -- you'll see.

We are limited mostly by funding.

Want to help?

Your donations are very appreciated.

<< Donation Page shaolinZEN.org

Sit and get your Zen? Doesn't work.

They'll take your money and tell you to sit and think of nothing.

Waste of your time, waste of your money.

Zen Buddhism was created by Bodhidharma who created exercises for the lazy Buddhist monks of the Shaolin Temple.

These first exercises are the "18 Hands of Luohan." How many Japanese Zen schools even try to recreate these exercises?

These got larger and longer and are now athlete grooming exercises.

The original exercises were breathing exercises, Qigong, or energy flow exercises, more like Tai Chi than Shaolin Kung Fu.

So, Master Zhen will go back closer to the basics and recreate a workshop based upon the initial concepts of Zen Buddhism and how to combine it with breathing exercises to enable YOU to find your Zen the way that Bodhidharma intended.

Want some REAL ZEN? Visit our bootcamp and discover what Zen Buddhism originally discovered: a healthy mind + a healthy body = Zen.