This is how days begin at Dairyuji, an 800-year-old Zen temple—a place of ancient beams, lofty halls, and deep, deep time—in Akita prefecture, in ... three jewels of Buddhism: Buddha, his ...

I tried using a Zen garden that helped me meditate and relax while dealing with the challenges of cancer, and it really works ...

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Kyoto's Zen gardens are world famous and for good reason: these masterpieces of meticulously raked gravel, velvety moss and ...

The Japanese-born Brazilian national is putting his life experiences to use in teaching Buddhism and bridging cultural divides. He is determined to learn the teachings of the 13th-century Buddhist ...