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Finding Zen: Easy Ways to Cultivate More Inner Peace
HeartMath LLC: widely recognized for its science-based solutions for stress, as well as a personal wellness technology innovator, explores the scientific meaning behind internal “Zen” and how people...
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The Practice of Just-Awareness
by Lewis Richmond: There are many types of Buddhist meditation practice: mindfulness, concentration on a single object, visualization and cultivating positive emotion, among many others. These...
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Finding Zen: Easy Ways to Cultivate Inner Peace
by Deborah, from HeartMath: Often, we define peacefulness by the absence of stress — a neutral, inactive, state. However, is peace really just a passive state? For most people, adopting the life of a...
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The 10 Very Best Zen Stories
by Myrko Thum: Many teachings from Zen-Buddhism are told in short and delightful zen stories. They are usually designed to develop the mind and to free it from distortions and so to connect with our...
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Roshi Joan Halifax On Compassion, Women In Buddhism, And Altruism
by Karen Bouris: The founder and abbot of Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Roshi Joan Halifax has been a socially active leader in Buddhism for more than 40 years —as a civil rights activist,...
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Ananda Giri The little Zen Master
by Ananda Giri: In an era where one’s attachment to a particular religion or religious leader is being replaced by dependence on a spiritual leader, it is essential that a spiritual leader functions...
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5 Habits Science Proves Will Help You Live Longer
by Huffington Post: As Abraham Lincoln once said, “It’s not the years in your life that count, but the life in your years.” While we agree with Abe, we’re wondering why we can’t have both. With...
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Transcendence or Immanence? Balancing Heaven and Earth
by David Loy: At the heart of Buddhist teachings is a crucial ambiguity that has become increasingly problematic as Buddhism has globalized. Today it’s clear that this ambivalence needs to be resolved...
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Alan Watts The Way of Waking Up
What does it mean, to awaken? A short movie narrated by Alan Watts. Click here to view the video on YouTube.
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30 Life Changing Lessons to Learn from Thích Nhất Hạnh
When I think of Thích Nhất Hạnh, words like – stillness, love, compassion, peace and oneness, come to mind. And even though these are some really beautiful and powerful words, they somehow can’t really...
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10 Rules To Live By From The First Zen Master In America
Soyen Shaku (1860-1919), a senior teacher of the Rinzai school of Zen, is noted as the first Zen Buddhist priest to come to the United States… In 1893 Shaku was invited to the World Parliament of...
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Feeling Burnt Out? Five Simple Steps To Unleash Your Energy
It’s easy to feel sluggish at this time of year especially if you live in a country like here in the UK where it’s cold and grey. But you’re a Shaolin Warrior all year round so here’s my top five steps...
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Awakening the heart with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh
Awakening the heart with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. August 14th, 2011, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C Canada Click here to view the video on YouTube.… More
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The Practice Of Becoming Intimate With Self and Other
by Sam Mowe: An Interview with Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara… n the 1960s, as a student at the University of California, Berkeley, Pat Enkyo O’Hara discovered Zen. “We were at the crest of all these changes...
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Nine Powerful Life Lessons From Studying With A Monk
by Robert Piper: When I was 18 years old, I suffered from anxiety and stomach problems. A compassionate physician and practicing Buddhist referred me to a Taoist monk who specialized in meditation and...
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Return To The Beginning And Indefinable Happiness
by Anne Bancroft: And, similarly, in the ten-stage journey of Chinese Zen, the final state is one where you return to the beginning, to the time when mountains were mountains and rivers were rivers....
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These 6 Awesome Zen Stories Teach Important Life Lessons
by Raven Fon: Stories are wonderful teaching tools. Part of their usefulness comes from their versatility… As in, the message I pick up from a certain story might not be the same one you receive, but...
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Zen Mind, Vajra Mind
by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche: The late Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche described Suzuki Roshi as his “accidental father” in America… and through their close friendship he gained great respect for the Zen...
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These Zen Buddhist Koans Will Open Your Mind
by Carol Kuruvilla: A koan is a riddle or puzzle that Zen Buddhists use during meditation to help them unravel greater truths about the world and about themselves. Zen masters have been testing their...
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Karen Maezen Miller What Keeps Me Going
Karen Maezen Miller: Yesterday I spent six hours sitting still and quiet with 20 strangers in the converted attic of a century-old house in a tricky neighborhood near downtown LA. It was a beginner’s...
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