I found myselfsuddenly voluminous,three-dimensioned,a many-roofed building in moonlight. So writes Jane Hirshfield in her collection The Beauty (Knopf 2015). She is describing a startling moment
The Zen-inspired activism of Hiratsuka Raichō
After two years of being unable to visit the Plum Village monastic community in southwest France for the Summer Opening Retreat, conditions were finally right
The teacher gives me four simple words to carry in my heart while allowing my brush to manifest before any thoughts emerge: “Just be present,
It was 1959. A young housewife was driving across America, from the open fields of the Midwest to the rugged Pacific Coast. Angie Boissevain and
A collection of 100 Zen koans that bring Buddhist women to…
There is a classical teaching from the Buddha on the Five Hindrances* that also provides instruction on how to overcome our own hindrances. I was
In 2007, I took a multi-year sabbatical from my career as an environmental professional and set sail on a 15,000-nautical-mile ocean voyage in a small
The Japanese Zen master Dōgen (1200–53) famously said, “To study the Buddha way is to study the self.”* A popular meditation manual known and used
There is a Zen phrase that says, “Not knowing is the most intimate.” I first heard it quoted in a yoga class many years ago.
“Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,the world offers itself to your imagination,calls to you like Wild Geese, harsh and exciting —over and over announcing
The inspiring story of the founding of Great Vow…
