Free of the game of attraction, choosing not to act on instinct, people grow into themselves rather than interact with an agenda The Zen monastery where I train is not what most people would expect.

"Whatever you may think... It's gone already..." Zeitgeist Films, in association with indie distributor Kino Lorber, have debuted an official US trailer for an indie documentary titled Zen for Nothing ...

Fires snaked through ravines Wednesday in the Ventana Wilderness to within 3 miles of the oldest Soto Zen monastery outside of Asia, forcing the evacuation of firefighters and threatening the only ...

The couple were Zen teachers in Portland for 20 years before founding Great Vow, which is under the umbrella of the non-profit Zen Community of Oregon (ZCO). “This is our home,” Hogen said of the ...

When the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center opens its doors in April for its annual guest season, it will mark 50 years since Shunryu Suzuki-roshi established the San Francisco Zen Center. Five years later ...

Eight monks protecting the Buddhist center near Big Sur, Calif., are relying not only on training from professional firefighters but also on their Zen practice. By Michael Levenson Eight Buddhist ...

MOUNT TREMPER, N.Y. — A $9,000 Sacred Sites Grant from the New York Landmarks Conservancy will allow the Zen Mountain Monastery to repair an old drainage system on its property, the order’s abbot said ...

The bucolic Catskill mountains of New York State are far away indeed from Japan, where the Zen branch of Buddhism was founded. Still, that is where Dai Bosatsu Zendo is located. It is a Japanese-style ...

The zen monk expected a pre-dawn knock on his door, but the news on the other side wasn't what he anticipated. At first, Finnian Kelley, a member of the Tassajara Fire Crew, thought he'd missed his ...