American Soto Zen Pioneer Yvonne Rand Dies Aged 84
Justin Whitaker
25 August 2020
A dedicated guide and teacher who touched many across…
What American Buddhism Looks Like: Solidarity for Immigrants at Fort Sill
Duncan Ryuken Williams
20 August 2019
Healing past traumas by standing up for migrant…
Zen Buddhist Priest Offers Refuge to All Comers in Japan
Craig C Lewis
6 March 2019
Seeking a sustainable society through engaged…
United by Our Common Vows: Tenku Ruff on Soto Zen in North America
Justin Whitaker
11 October 2018
Manifesting the Dharma through diversity, equity…
No Easy Answers: Gesshin Claire Greenwood on Zen Life, Capitalism, and Feminism
Justin Whitaker
23 May 2018
Thoughts on the future of Buddhism in the West
The Gift of Zazen: Angie Boissevain
Caitlin Dwyer
18 August 2017
It was 1959. A young housewife was driving across America, from the open fields of the Midwest to the rugged Pacific Coast. Angie Boissevain and
Why Meditate?
Gereon Kopf
27 January 2017
Whenever I teach Japanese Buddhism, whether in the Americas, Europe, or East Asia, I frequently run into the same assumption among students that Buddhists, for
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
The Modernization of Faith and Ideology: Victoria Montrose Discusses Japanese Buddhism’s 19th Century Transformation
Raymond Lam
26 August 2016
Victoria Montrose (“Tori” to her friends, a fittingly Japanese epithet) has been immersed in Japanese culture since childhood. Victoria was four when her American father
Liu Yingzhao and Buddhist Alchemy: A Silicon Valley Executive Talks Spirituality and Integration
Raymond Lam
29 July 2016
Like any executive, Liu Yingzhao, design director at LinkedIn, has rules for her team. But they are not your usual rules: “Practice with simplicity; test