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Senso-ji: A Buddhist Temple for the People
The history and relevance of Japan’s most visited Buddhist temple
Uploaded 13 Apr 2017
Samurai and Monks: Lessons in Impermanence
Examining the Tale of Heike
Uploaded 24 Mar 2017
Zen and the Art of Dry Landscape Gardens
One of the most visited sites in Kyoto, by Japanese tourists as well as by foreigners, is the temple Ryoan-ji in the northwestern part of the city. Its dry garden is the most famous and probably the f
Uploaded 12 Jun 2015
Zen and the Art of Tea Drinking—an Exhibition at the Freer
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
Uploaded 18 Feb 2015
Why Haiku Holds the Flavor of Zen
Furu ike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto   The old pond a frog jumps in kerplunk    Matsuo Basho’s (1644–94) haiku—that mind-altering frog vanishing into an ancient pond—has become so deeply sc
Uploaded 7 Nov 2014
The Light of the Lotus Moon: The Art and Wisdom of Otagaki Rengetsu
“Fluttering Merrily” by Otagaki Rengetsu, Japan, 1840s–50s, calligraphy and painting in ink on paper mounted as a hanging scroll; Private Collection, Switzerland             
Uploaded 19 Sep 2014
A Zen Experience in New York
Sangeeta Bansal Ph.D, a researcher and writer, is also the founder of a non-profit called Mindside, which aims to make the benefits of mindfulness meditation available to all. Mindside offers an eight
Uploaded 8 Mar 2014
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