The Green Gulch Farm Zen Center was founded in 1972 as one of the last requests of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, the monk and ...

In Japanese culture, Zen principles influence the cleaning process. I tried the method, focusing on appreciating my ...

The Art of Simple Living: 100 Daily Practices from a Japanese Zen Monk for a Lifetime of Calm and Joy Shunmyo Masuno, trans. from the Japanese by Allison Markin Powell. Penguin, $20 (224p) ISBN ...

For Richard Gere, the boundary between acting and real life has been deeply revealing. “As an actor, I construct emotions to ...

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Ten Modern Mystics and Their Extraordinary Lives” is an impressive work of participatory journalism. Pintak, “an avid student of the perennial truths at the core of the world’s religions,” not only ...

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, turns 90 this week—a milestone that's reigniting speculation over his eventual successor.

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The public health system in England offered me palliative care. It was a death sentence I wasn't willing to accept. I wasn't ready to leave behind my six children: Matt, 35; Will, 24; Hannah, 19; ...

The Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday today will shine a spotlight on Beijing’s long-held antipathy towards organised religion – and ...

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, turns 90 this week – a milestone that’s reigniting speculation over his eventual ...

I spent 90 minutes attempting to empty my mind and slow my heartbeat at a “space out” competition. It was harder — and ...