
American Zen

A commemoration for one of the first female Zen masters in the United States, who would have turned 100 this year

Zen’s Unassuming Pioneer
How the “Great Simplicity” of D.T. Suzuki popularized Zen in America

Personal Reflections Zen Buddhism
Zen Is Not a Democracy
Brad Warner discusses ethics, Zen, and his new book The Other Side of Nothing

When You Greet Me I Bow: Relationship, Emptiness, Activism
Poet, translator, and Zen Buddhist priest Norman Fischer shares lessons from his decades of practice: from relationships, to emptiness, to activism, to cultural encounters between East and West.

The True Person of No Rank: A Zen Story for Our Troubled World
The 9th-century Zen master Linji Yixuan said, “There is a true person of no rank who is always coming and going from the portals of your face.” In this series, take a fresh look at the…

August at Akiko’s
An unlikely friendship develops between a drifting young jazz musician and the quirky proprietor of a Buddhist B&B in this lyrical homage to Zen and the Japanese American communities of Hawaii.

Zen Mind, Pitcher’s Mind
A longtime proponent of mindfulness in sports talks about personal practice and his work helping players turn inward.

Personal Reflections Zen Buddhism
Humility and Humiliation
How an embarrassing experience at a Zen retreat became a lesson in accepting our mistakes.

The New Leonard Cohen Music Video Is Very Buddhist
The video for the late singer’s Happens To The Heart features Buddhist monks in a nod to the musician’s practice.

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