Finding Freedom on 23rd Street
Nina Müller
2 July 2026
Nina Müller visits New York Zen Center, a microcosm of Buddhism in Manhattan, and speaks with Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison
The Prospect of Buddhist Complicity in Genocide, Part Two
Brian Daizen Victoria
29 September 2025
Brian Victoria delves deeper into the difficult conundrum of Buddhist chaplains active on the frontlines of military ideology and warfare
Lay Division of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism Celebrates 70th Anniversary with Meditation Gathering in Seoul
Dipen Barua
26 September 2025
The Lay Buddhist Association of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, South Korea’s largest Buddhism order, celebrated its 70th anniversary on 21 September.
American Writer Jack Kerouac’s Buddhist Beliefs Brought to Forefront in New Publication
Raymond Lam
23 January 2025
A new compilation of semi-autobiographical stories, reflections, and poems promises to enrich understanding of the Beat Generation author
The Life and Teachings of Christmas Humphreys, Founder of the London Buddhist Society
Victor M. Parachin
25 November 2024
The British juror and barrister who founded one of Britain’s most important Buddhist groups from the 1920s till today
Japanese Zen Monk to Bring Innovative Buddhist Music to Taiwan
Justin Whitaker
11 July 2024
Yakushiji Kanho brings together the wisdom of Buddhism and a range of contemporary musical styles
Hong Kong Sees the Globe: Lindzay Chan on Master Nan Huai-chin and the Existentialism of Shakespeare’s King Lear
Raymond Lam
12 April 2024
A Hong Kong artistic icon discusses her thoughts on the Shakespearean masterpiece and her learning from a Buddhist master
Giving and Receiving
Maia Duerr
17 January 2024
A meditation on the virtue of generosity in our lives
Book Review: The Way of Ch’an
Raymond Lam
20 September 2023
David Hinton’s new book is a creative but historically flawed assessment of the literary and spiritual connection between Daoism and Chan
Practice of Attunement: The Shikoku Pilgrimage
Gereon Kopf
13 September 2023
A close look at the daily practices one undertakes on the famous Shikoku pilgrimage in Japan
Book Review: Turning Words: Transformative Encounters with Buddhist Teachers
Raymond Lam
9 June 2023
Hozan Alan Senauke’s new book on 30 luminaries of the Zen tradition in Western Buddhism is based on the koanic idea of turning words
Robert Aitken: From POW to Zen Master
Victor M. Parachin
15 February 2023
Looking back on the life of an American immersed in Zen: a representative of the post-war union of Japanese Zen and American culture