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Ruth Fuller Everett was the first Western woman to experience sudden enlightenment; Sokei-an Sasaki was the first Zen teacher to live and lecture in the United States. Zen Odyssey tells the story of their partnership, which laid the foundation for Zen in the West.
By Sandy Boucher
Life is very difficult to understand through ideas alone, wrote Dainin Katagiri, the late abbot of the Minnesota Zen Center. But there is one thing that you can trust in: you are fully alive right now.
By Dainin Katagiri Roshi
A Theravada practitioner is temporarily dazzled by the aesthetics of a Zen sesshin.
By Sandy Boucher
Shozan Jack Haubner writes about spending time with a dear friend and fellow Zen monastic who is preparing for death in this excerpt from his new book, Single White Monk.
By Shozan Jack Haubner
Instead, we should fear not knowing how to handle our suffering, according to Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh.
By Thich Nhat Hanh
A lesson in slowly but surely letting go of what drew us to meditation, so we can just practice.
By Alex Tzelnic
The author of the iconic book died last month
By Dan Zigmond
The community opened their first dedicated center in Los Angeles last fall.
By Wendy Joan Biddlecombe
Zen teacher Diane Musho Hamilton explains why meditation practice is “simply being present to everything” in this excerpt from her latest book, The Zen of You and Me.
By Diane Musho Hamilton