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Zen Buddhism originated in China from the Mahayana school of Buddhism and dates back to about 520 CE. It is widely practiced around the world and has had a recent surge in interest in the United States, particularly from the Japanese Zen tradition. It is essentially about the quest, through meditation and other forms of ritual and practice, for a state of being fully at peace with your thoughts as well as your place in the universe, which is seen as at once inconsequential and essential.

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Mindfulnyu Founder Refuses to Leave the Present

Is there a difference between living and being truly alive? For Yael Shy, senior director of Global Center for Academic and Spiritual Life, the answer lies in meditation.

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The Radical Buddhism of Rev. angel Kyodo williams

“I just want people to be liberated.” John DeMont on the radical Buddhism of Rev. angel Kyodo williams.

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A Zen Master Explains Life and Death to a Child and Outlines the Three Essential Principles of Zen Mind

“Zen practice … requires great faith, great courage, and great questioning.”

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These Zen Priests Could Make You Less Fearful of Death

For many of us, thinking about death—our own, or that of anyone we love—is supremely difficult. So, most of the time, we don’t think about it at all—until we have no choice.

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Fritjof Capra Talks About His Journey Towards Balancing Science and Spirituality

Fritjof Capra had his epiphany while he was sitting by the ocean one afternoon and felt the cascading waves and sand forming a cosmic dance which he intuitively likened to the dance of Shiva, that he had been reading about.

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Buddha and the Bulls

A Buddhist practitioner for twenty years, Phil Jackson revolutionized coaching by leading with a Zen approach to the sport that centers on awareness training, selfless teamwork, and “aggressiveness without anger.”

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Attention Means Attention

There’s an old Zen story: a student said to Master Ichu, “Please write for me something of great wisdom.” Master Ichu picked up his brush and wrote one word: “Attention.”

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The Interview: Robert Pirsig

The Seventies bestseller Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was the biggest-selling philosophy book ever. But for the reclusive author life was bitter-sweet. Here, he talks frankly about anxiety, depression, the death of his son and the road trip that inspired a classic.

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Ask the Teachers: When Do I Know Enough?

Rev. angel Kyodo williams, Jyoshin Clay, and Kwan Haeng Sunim discuss the Zen concept of “don’t know mind.”

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Double belonging: Buddhism and Christian faith

Paul F. Knitter, author of Without Buddha I Could Not Be a Christian, is Paul Tillich Professor of Theology, World Religions and Culture at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.

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