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
Book Review: Steven Heine’s Dogen
Nina Müller
21 December 2021
A scholar brings us the life and context of one of Zen’s greatest figures
Teachings from the Vegetable Patch
Satya Robyn
26 March 2021
Reflecting on our own life and death with the turning of the…
Do I Need a Teacher to Practice Meditation?
Gereon Kopf
3 September 2020
Lessons from Zen on lineage, practice, and compassion
Japanese Buddhist Poetry: Bearing the Weight of Being
Gereon Kopf
2 March 2020
Insight through skillful means into the depths of the human…
What Use is Morality for Meditation?
Gereon Kopf
26 October 2018
The path to wisdom and compassion
The Fiction of the Self: Ruth Ozeki
Caitlin Dwyer
24 February 2017
“Ultimately, all the creative arts are testaments to the foundational truths of Buddhist principles,” says Canadian-American writer Ruth Ozeki. Whether tracing the themes of interdependence
Does a Philosopher Have Buddha-nature?
Gereon Kopf
4 November 2016
In my previous article,* I introduced a method of reading Japanese Buddhist texts, especially writings by the Japanese Zen master Dōgen (1200–53).** Here, I would
Buddhism and Creative Writing, Part One
David Brazier
26 August 2016
The exploration of the relationship between creative writing—especially poetry—and Dharma practice carries with it a multitude of questions. Can such writing be considered a part of