Amid the chanting of sutras, the sounding of gongs and the curling smoke of burning incense. Chief Abbot Oda Sesso was ordaining a head priest for the Zen Buddhist temple of Daitokuji Ryosen-An in ...

SHELBURNE — Tucked away down a rural Vermont road flanked by forest and farmland lies the two homes of Nōwa Randall: the Randolin Music Store and Vermont Zen Center. At Randolin, Randall makes, ...

Burk will visit Powell's Books at the Cedar Hills Crossing at 7 p.m. on Feb. 6 to read from "Idiot's Guide to Zen Living," give a short talk and sign books. (Anna Marum/Beaverton Leader) At age 24, ...

Zen Buddhist priest and poet Manuel (The Deepest Peace) offers a counterpoint to Western Zen’s embrace of scientific theory in this refreshing take on promoting shamanism within Zen. The volume ...

Torrey • The silence was deafening. For several minutes, about 75 teachers and students of Zen Buddhism stood in meditation in the newly constructed temple surrounded by the redrock monoliths that ...

As the third chime of a bell faded, a meditation session at Stone Mountain Zendo on Oct. 27 began. Sitting on "zafus," a type of mat, a small group of people faced the wall and meditated in silence.

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Nestled between a defunct bike shop and a vacuum store, the Ann Arbor Zen Buddhist Temple is easy ...

The revered Zen Buddhist monk who helped pioneer the concept of mindfulness in the West and socially engaged Buddhism in the East, has died Thich Nhat Hanh, the revered Zen Buddhist monk who helped ...

If you want to penetrate the mysteries of Zen, try thinking of yourself as a blueberry muffin. That’s what lay teacher Laura Jomon Martin told a small group of Zen students after a recent meditation ...

ANTIOCH, Calif. — For one afternoon, on Antioch’s main street and tranquil riverbank, the fragrance of burning incense was paired with the sound of Buddhist and Tao chants. Their cumulative calming ...