
Rinzai Zen

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

Magazine | Meet a Teacher, Teachings
Meet a Teacher: Reverend Seiho Morris
A Rinzai monk and former addiction counselor who leads workshops based on Zen and twelve step practices

Chanting in the Time of COVID-19
Rinzai monk Kanho Yakushiji—who once went viral with his rendition of the Heart Sutra—has no problem combining music and monastic life.

MeditationMagazine | Special Section
Breathe Deep
The key to meditative concentration is not mental, but physical—and you can find it in your lower abdomen.

How Rinzai Zen Came to America
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…

Meet a Sangha: Centro Zen de Puerto Rico
How Puerto Rico’s largest Zen center is working to rebuild after Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated the island

My Short Brilliant Zen Career
A Theravada practitioner is temporarily dazzled by the aesthetics of a Zen sesshin.

Century-Old Book of Koan Answers Is Still Controversial
Why the recently reissued The Sound of the One Hand: 281 Zen Koans With Answers may not give Zen students the answers they’re looking for

Memories in the Mirror
An interview with Ruth Ozeki, a Zen Buddhist priest and recently the author of The Face: A Time Code

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