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Why did Thay Come to the West?
Two new publications illuminate the early years of the late Zen master.
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.
IdeasMagazine | Books, Reviews
Students of Mountains and Rivers
The new tradition of study emerging around one of Soto Zen’s foundational texts
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Finally Free
Celebrating Buddhism's early women masters
IdeasMagazine | Books, Reviews
Resisting the Attention Economy
A Silicon Valley data scientist and Zen priest reflects on Jenny Odell's instant classic, How to Do Nothing.
Learning How to Concentrate
We’re worse at multitasking than we think.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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