The essence of Zen Buddhism is achieving enlightenment by seeing one's original mind (or original nature) directly; without the intervention of the intellect. A special transmission outside the ...

They look like the typical crowd at a bus stop, young people in their 20s and 30s wearing jeans, shorts and T-shirts. On this Sunday morning they are seated with one leg folded over the other, their ...

It’s Friday and my alarm goes off at 4 a.m. I shower, brush my teeth and I’m out the door into the brisk air. I pick up two friends who are crazy enough to join me on this early morning adventure.

NAHA, Japan — At a Zen Buddhist temple in southern Japan, even the dog prays. Mimicking his master, priest Joei Yoshikuni, a 1 ½-year-old black-and-white mixed breed named Conan joins in the daily ...

Buddhist teacher Joshu Sasaki Roshi, a leading figure in Zen Buddhism in America whose legacy was later complicated by allegations of sexual abuse, has died. He was 107. Roshi died Sunday afternoon at ...

He was raised in the United Church of Christ, but it wasn't until Evan Kavanagh became a practicing Buddhist in 1995 that he found what he calls "a spiritual set of teachings that made sense to me." ...