(Just finished this for our Empty Moon Zen Network website. It occurred to me its a reflection that might be of interest to folk beyond those interested specifically in our community.) I am a Zen ...

Japanese mindset: What if meditation was not about clearing your mind, becoming more productive or even trying to feel calm? Zazen begins somewhere else. It is seated Zen meditation, a practice built ...

YOU may have encountered moments of 'Zen' in your life – like a particularly peaceful walk in nature, or while lying down, eyes closed, at the end of a yoga session – and we all know that in today's ...

Continuing talks from Empty Moon Zen teachers. Here Dharma Holder Mo Myokan Weinhart explores the 9th of Japanese Zen’s ten grave precepts. In her work life Mo is a consultant specializing in ...

Su Bong Zen Monastery, in the heart of Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island, has noticed a rise in visitor numbers since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. “Zen is more important than ever as our world ...

Robert Kennedy is an American Jesuit priest who immersed himself in the practice of Zen Buddhism during his years in Japan; after returning to the U.S., he did further Zen practice and was ...

Picking up from yesterdayThe second part on Zen and teaYesterday, I introduced how Sen no Rikyu faced the koan (a problem ...

(RNS) — In all Zen traditions, meditation is the backbone of the practice. Students sit with a tall spine, hands loosely interlocked and eyes half-closed. At Chosei Zen in Madison, Wisconsin, though, ...

In this final installment of my experience with Zen practice at Eiheiji Temple, I will write about the short hike to Eiheiji ...

Zen sand art, or the practice of creating patterns in sand, is a mindful activity that promotes inner peace. The simple, yet ...