Personal Reflections Pop Culture
To Kill a Cat
Consoling a sick friend, a Zen teacher untangles our separate self-existence.
Soto Zen
Personal Reflections Pop Culture
‘Dragon Ball’ to Soto Zen
Struggling for a spiritual identity amid cultural and sectarian conflicts in the Middle East, a writer finds a refuge in nonattachment.
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.
Free Colin Dorsey
Ninety-six Zen priests unite to demand the release of a “Cop City” protester
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
Good Enough
A brief teaching from a Soto Zen teacher
Magazine | A Day in the Dharma, Openings
A Day in the Dharma with Soto Zen priest and punk rock musician Brad Warner
An inside look at the daily life of a Soto Zen priest and musician
Is That So?
A contemporary retelling of a classic Zen tale
Where Samadhi and Radical Goallessness Meet
A teacher explains how “just sitting,” the core practice of Soto Zen Buddhism, makes space for breath practices and concentration.
The Teaching of Ho-i: Each Dharma Dwells in Its Own Position
Abstract as it sounds, this Soto Zen concept summons insight into and liberation from one’s experience of the world.
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