What Is Truth? A Creative Misreading of Zen Kōans
Gereon Kopf
15 February 2024
A meditation on the way that Zen koans point out our discursive mind’s inability to get at certain truths
Fantasy Dinner Party: Arthur Waley and Beryl de Zoete
Joseph Houseal
15 October 2022
An imaginary audience with two early pioneers of Buddhist culture in the West
UPDATE: Indian High Court Rules that Hindu Temple Houses an Ancient Buddha Statue
Craig C Lewis
15 August 2022
UPDATE: Adds quote from Buddhist community leader in Tamil Nadu. In an unusual ruling that could set a potential legal precedent for the original nature
Book Review – China Root: Taoism, Chan, and Original Zen
Raymond Lam
9 October 2020
A bold take on Chan thought’s “pre-Buddhist” antecedents and influence on formal Chinese Buddhism
Interview with Ana María Schlüter Rodés, Founder of Zendo Betania
Daniel Millet Gil
27 February 2020
Encounters in a fully lived Zen-Christian dialogue
Dhyana to Thien: Echoes from the Past—From India to Tran Nhon Tong
Shashi Bala
28 June 2019
The evolution of Buddhist practices from the Buddha to..
Approaching Chan, Part 2: The Two Streams of Chan Contemplative Practices
Ven. Guo-Xing
26 August 2016
When Chan Buddhist practices were first transmitted to China, they were the same as those practiced in India. Over time, however, the contemplative practices (禪觀)
Visions from the Zen Mind: Zen Paintings and Calligraphy at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Meher McArthur
8 July 2016
A fuzzy-furred gibbon seated on a rugged boulder reaches an arm out over a rushing river and tries to scoop up the reflection of the
From Manga to Monks, Anime to Arhats: Recent Buddhist Themes in the Art of Takashi Murakami
Meher McArthur
15 April 2016
Japanese artist Takashi Murakami has become renowned internationally for his colorful, smiling flowers, his anime-inspired paintings and sculptures that range in style from erotic to
Deconstructing Daruma
Meher McArthur
30 October 2015
The 5th/6th century Buddhist monk Bodhidharma is considered the founder and patriarch of meditational Buddhism, known as dhyana in Sanskrit, Chan in Chinese, and Zen in Japanese. Although he was revered
“Tracking Bodhidharma” takes us on a journey in China
Caitlin Dwyer
2 September 2013
Legend says that in the 6th century C.E., Bodhidharma, the First Ancestor of Chinese Zen, slipped across the Yangtze River on a blade of grass.