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
The Yin and Yang of Teaching
John Harvey Negru
13 February 2023
Searching for a middle way in the Dharmic path for modern Westerners
Anchorage Zen Community Finds Permanent Home after 35 Years
Justin Whitaker
10 November 2022
A small Zen community has flourished and continues to grow in Alaska despite its geographical isolation
Zen Community in Northern Ireland Loses its Meeting Space to Fire
Justin Whitaker
13 October 2022
The Zen centre was one of several organizations and businesses that have been affected by the fire
Korean Seon Teacher and American Buddhism Pioneer Ven. Samu Sunim Dies, Aged 81
Justin Whitaker
16 August 2022
A prolific teacher, organizer, and founder, Samu Sunim started temples in numerous cities in Mexico, the United States, and Canada
The Dry Lake
Lluís Nansen Salas
28 March 2022
An intimate account of the rise and decline of one of Europe’s first centers of Zen Buddhism
Why I Study Zen Philosophy
Gereon Kopf
5 March 2022
Examining Japanese Zen thought through the lens of meditation practice and Western philosophical ideas
Modern Buddhism’s Cultural Translations: Two European Zen Monks
Ismael Apud
26 January 2022
Learning from the lives of two European-born men who became Zen monks
Zen in the “Athens of Cuba”
Douglas Calvo Gaínza
23 December 2021
The rise of Zen in Cuba combines deep roots in Japan and wide connections to interfaith and eco-activism in the country