In addition to the quarterly issuing of "Zen Bunka" (Zen culture) and that of "Zen Bunka Kenkyujo Kiyo" (Journal of The Institute for Zen Studies), the research institute has made efforts to promote Zen culture through the publication of mimeograph-based books, such as "Sodoshu," and also through various books concerning research such as "Hakuin Zenji Hogo Zenshu" (Complete Collection of Buddhist Sermons by Hakuin Zenji) and "Sodoshu Sakuin" (Index to Sodoshu).
研究所では季刊『禅文化』や『禅文化研究所紀要』発行しているほか、『祖堂集』などの油印本の刊行、『白隠禅師法語全集』『祖堂集索引』等各種研究書を刊行し、禅文化の普及に努める。