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Music as an Offering
American ambient music purveyor Jefre Cantu-Ledesma on his antivocational artistry, ordaining as a Zen priest, and his Shaker-inspired album, Gift Songs

Falling Angels
A Zen reading of Leonard Cohen’s life and art

The Big Man Can’t Shoot
Why do you care what other people think?

Chee Shimizu’s Organic Music
The Tokyo-based DJ, record store owner, and deep listening advocate on the Buddhist threads that connect his vast and varied produce

To Totally Be Under
A Zen author invokes Shakespeare and a Sufi folk story in a timeless teaching on bearing one’s suffering.

Nothing to Be Gained
The late Antaiji abbot Kosho Uchiyama Roshi on practicing without expectation.

Personal Reflections Photo Essay
The Way of the Rails
Life as a train ride across the country

You Have to Get Wet
Zen cannot be understood from the shore—you have to step in and experience it for yourself.

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