“Homeless” Kodo Sawaki: From Brothel Worker to Buddhist Monk
Victor M. Parachin
31 January 2024
Exploring the life, teachings, and sayings of one of the important and insightful 20th century Zen masters in Japan
Walking Down the Road
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
24 January 2024
A reflection on the how walking and seated meditation can bring us into intimate contact with our mind
Anchorage Zen Community Finds Permanent Home after 35 Years
Justin Whitaker
10 November 2022
A small Zen community has flourished and continues to grow in Alaska despite its geographical isolation
The Dry Lake
Lluís Nansen Salas
28 March 2022
An intimate account of the rise and decline of one of Europe’s first centers of Zen Buddhism
Modern Buddhism’s Cultural Translations: Two European Zen Monks
Ismael Apud
26 January 2022
Learning from the lives of two European-born men who became Zen monks
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
The Dharma of Listening and Speaking, Part One
Hozan Alan Senauke
4 November 2021
Intention and impact in mindful communication
The Unity of the Self: Buddhism and the Alexander Technique
Verónica Bellón
28 November 2020
Merging mind-body wisdom for a better life and practice
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
The Wild Geese of Buddha and Christ
Revd. Ian Spencer
7 April 2017
“Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,the world offers itself to your imagination,calls to you like Wild Geese, harsh and exciting —over and over announcing
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
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