Dan Zigmond

Dan Zigmond is a writer, data scientist, and Zen teacher living in Menlo Park, California. His most recent book, Buddha’s Office: The Ancient Art of Waking Up While Working Well, was published in December 2019.

Magazine

Why did Thay Come to the West?

Two new publications illuminate the early years of the late Zen master.

By Dan Zigmond

Summer 2022

Magazine History & Philosophy

Students of Mountains and Rivers

The new tradition of study emerging around one of Soto Zen’s foundational texts

By Dan Zigmond

Fall 2020

Magazine History & Philosophy

Finally Free

Celebrating Buddhism’s early women masters

By Dan Zigmond

Summer 2020

Magazine Society & Environment

Resisting the Attention Economy

A Silicon Valley data scientist and Zen priest reflects on Jenny Odell’s instant classic, How to Do Nothing.

By Dan Zigmond

Spring 2020

Trike Daily Body & Mind

Learning How to Concentrate

We’re worse at multitasking than we think.

By Dan Zigmond

Dec 03, 2019

Trike Daily Society & Environment

Practicing at the Office

The Zen priest, writer, and data scientist Dan Zigmond discusses his book Buddha’s Office, and how we can wake up at our day jobs.

Interview with Dan Zigmond by Karen Jensen

Dec 03, 2019

Trike Daily Arts & Culture

Songs from the Bardo Guides Us to the Next Rebirth

Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, and Jesse Paris Smith’s reinterpretation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead is as faithful as it is provocative.

By Dan Zigmond

Oct 09, 2019

Trike Daily Meditation & Practice

The Buddhist Lessons in The Princess Bride

In Ethan Nichtern’s new book, The Dharma of the Princess Bride, the Shambhala Buddhist teacher explains that everything he knows about relationships comes from two sources: Buddhism and this 1980s cult classic.

By Dan Zigmond

Sep 19, 2017

illustration of dalai lama from man of peace

Trike Daily Meditation & Practice

Talking Tibetan Politics, Superheroes, and Future Dalai Lamas with Robert Thurman

The Tibetan Buddhist scholar and longtime friend of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, speaks about his role in the graphic novel that documents the Tibetan spiritual leader’s remarkable life story.

Interview with Robert A. F. Thurman by Dan Zigmond

Sep 08, 2017