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 ...

SILVER CITY – Nestled inside a walled house, located one block from the Western New Mexico University campus, the Silver City Zen Center has been offering meditation and Buddhism to Grant County ...

YOU may have encountered moments of 'Zen' in your life – like a particularly peaceful walk in nature, or while lying down, eyes closed, at the end of a yoga session – and we all know that in today's ...

Old age, sickness and death. What most of us see as a depressing trio of life situations, the Buffalo Zen Dharma Community would like people to look at with peace and ease. Next week the group will ...

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 ...

Once you get through the jagged opening in the chain-link fence and past the empty whiskey bottles lying in the tall grass, it's easy to imagine why a contemplative spiritual community was attracted ...

The Dharma Gate Zen Center in Troy recently doubled its space by moving to a new location. Celebrated with an Eye Opening Ceremony on Aug. 12, the now 2,900-square-foot Zen Center is adorned with a ...

Rinpoche Nawang Gehlik: Tibetan Buddhism, even more than Zen tradition, is about the student and teacher relationship. This is Vajrayana Buddhism, which according to us is even more complicated and ...

Quieting the chatter can be difficult when the cell phone rings all day. No longer do the rules of polite protocol of no calls after 9pm exist. It is constant. To the point where people will call ...