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 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

painting from the man of peace dalai lama book

Magazine

The Last Dalai Lama

A new graphic novel details the life of Tibet’s most famous—and possibly final—Dalai Lama.

By Dan Zigmond

Fall 2017

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Buddha Buzz Weekly: Ithaca’s Namgyal Monastery Will Build the First Dalai Lama Library and Learning Center

The new center will contain all the works of the current and previous Dalai Lamas. Plus, Meditating for Black Lives holds a guided meditation for Juneteenth, and Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial begins.

By Alison Spiegel, Amanda Lim Patton, and Daniel Ilan Cohen Thin

Jun 19, 2021

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The Buddhist Review

A Matter of Life and Death

Thoughts on a classic text about dying and duality from a late Zen teacher

Adapted from a talk by Sojun Mel Weitsman, edited by Hozan Alan Senauke

Summer 2021

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Video teachings and discussions with contemporary Buddhist teachers

The Threefold Practice of Won Buddhism

In Won Buddhism, the threefold practice—absorption, inquiry, and making mindful choices—maps out the path to spiritual freedom. Rev. Grace Song describes how these principles work together to help us develop a more balanced practice that puts Buddhist wisdom into action in our daily lives.

Rev. Grace Song

Jun 2021

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