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Personal Reflections Zen Buddhism
A Buddhist Tradition Grows in an Ohio Women’s Prison
Two practitioners became formal Zen students in a ceremony at the Ohio Reformatory for Women, joining an expanding circle of incarcerated Buddhists.
What We’re Listening To
Podcasts, a guided meditation, and music no Buddhist listener should miss
Schedule as Teacher
How a rigid monastery lifestyle freed me from my indecision in a world of endless choices.
Meet Yoshi Maezumi, Paleoecologist
Raised at the Zen Center of Los Angeles, the daughter of Western Zen pioneer Taizan Maezumi Roshi now makes her home in exotic field sites where she studies past ecosystems—and occasionally fishes a river piranha for…
Seeing God in What Is
Zen priest Norman Fischer explains how his concept of the Jewish God informs his Buddhist practice.
Give & Take with Novelist Blair Hurley
Her debut novel tackles—what else?—teacher-student relationships gone bad.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Reviews
One Step Removed
Noelle Oxenhandler reviews Tracy Franz’s My Year of Dirt and Water: Journal of a Zen Monk’s Wife in Japan.
An Alchemy for Regeneration
The Atlanta-based organization Lead to Life: A People’s Alchemy for Regeneration has a commitment to nonviolence bolstered by spiritual insight and dedicated action.
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