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 ...

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 ...

Mini-Zen gardens, inspired by ancient Zen Buddhism, offer a meditative and relaxing experience through sand manipulation and design creation. The author, a cancer survivor, uses a Zen garden to manage ...

MOORHEAD — Curious about Zen Buddhism? Now’s your chance to explore its teachings with an expert guide. On Sunday, April 6, Dr. Nancy Nanshin White will present “An Introduction to Zen Buddhism” at ...

Zen Buddhism is the direct insight into the nature of the mind and truth of emptiness: When we let go of our ingrained concepts of a fixed self, the belief goes, there is “no thing” to be found. Since ...

If you want to penetrate the mysteries of Zen, try thinking of yourself as a blueberry muffin. That’s what lay teacher Laura Jomon Martin told a small group of Zen students after a recent meditation ...

Robert Aitken, an influential American Zen master and writer who emphasized a path to enlightenment through social action, died of pneumonia Thursday in a Honolulu hospital. He was 93. His death was ...