Perhaps owing to the calamitous pandemic years, a wealth of books extolling the benefits of Zen meditation has appeared on the market recently. “Master Dogen’s Zazen Meditation Handbook” is one such ...

Bottom Line: Learn to endure challenges and accept adverse events without becoming upset or growing anxious with this collection of wisdom from the Stoics. Pros: A compendium of maxims from ancient ...

When I described the satisfactions of my routine to Roshi Joan during one of our hikes, she smiled: “That’s the sacredness of ...

Anton Krueger has been for three short retreats to Antony Osler's Zen centre. In this third collection of reflections and photographs by Antony Osler (the others are “Stoep Zen” and “Zen Dust”) ...

In August 1952 in a barn-turned-concert-venue in Woodstock, N.Y., a man sat at a piano and studied a score. He opened and closed the keyboard lid three times — but didn’t play a sound. After 4 minutes ...