Propagating the Chan tradition in Britain

Master Sheng Yen's innovations in Chan Buddhism

Tracing the roots of Chan Buddhist thought

Gereon Kopf on Buddhism in the tea ceremony

Ideas for communicating Buddhism to youth

Refugee, healer, author, teacher, Buddhist nun.

Origami has evolved over the last few decades from a Japanese paper craft practiced mostly by children into an international pastime and a sophisticated form of artistic expression. In the last few de

There is a painting in the Freer Gallery of Art’s current exhibition, Zen, Tea, and Chinese Art in Medieval Japan, that beautifully symbolizes the remarkable cultural exchange and synthesis that

Zhen Ru Chan Monastery Cloud Abode Mountain Jiangsi Province China 2012 Thursday, 8th November I woke up in a cold, simple but clean room to the sound of heavy rain at 3.45 as my alarm clock went o

Editor's note: This feature was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 3, April 2007. In this paper, my goal is to examine the relationship between university students and Buddhism in

Editor’s note: Eric Johns is a lay Buddhist who was born in North London in 1955. He left school at 14 and made handcrafts for a living while travelling with horse drawn gypsies until the age of 28. H

Introduction   Koan is a Chan case study that is to be intuitively contemplated to awaken Gnosis. It may be formatted in the forms of story, dialogue, question and statement. Gnosis is self-discover