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Zen in the Age of Layoffs
Finding ancestral wisdom in groundlessness
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The Unlikely Life and Wisdom of Woodblock Printmaker David Bull
In the 1980s, Bull left his native Canada to pursue traditional woodblock printmaking in Japan. Decades later, his popular YouTube channel is helping to preserve a dying art form.
CultureMagazine | Film, Reviews
Perfect Days
Director Wim Wenders on his Oscar-nominated film
Carving the Buddha—the Same Way—for 1,400 Years
The director of Carving The Divine discusses how traditional Busshi sculptors in Japan preserve their craft.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Break Through or Die Trying
Ready to lay down his life as a kamikaze pilot, Tangen Harada Roshi instead channeled his fervor into Zen.
Reimagining the Path: Buddhist Séances and Oracles on a Japanese Mountain
A pilgrim to Mount Ontake reflects on the value of ritual and why certain practices have been unfairly dismissed.
Knowing Nichiren
Scholar Jacqueline Stone on one of Buddhism’s great traditions and its founder
Buddhist Monks Brave Smoldering Coals for Hiwatari Matsuri, Japan’s Fire Walking Festival
Participants walk barefoot over hot embers in the annual ceremony. Plus, Plum Village Monastery spreads Thich Nhat Hanh’s ashes, and nonprofit Live to Love organizes relief for refugees from Ukraine.
One Nun, Two Faiths
A Japanese devotee’s journey from Catholicism to Zen
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