TOPIC

Zen Meditation & zen buddhismarticles

Below are the best articles we could find on Zen Meditation and zen buddhism.

FindCenter Video Image

Take Five

At the core of the Zen Buddhist tradition is a formal practice called zazen, which is the name for Zen meditation or sitting Zen.

article
Sensei José Shinzan Palma
2020
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

Here’s How a Month of Zen Meditation Changed My Life

The Buddhist meditation practice is over 1,500 years old, but modern science says it has very real mental and physical health benefits.

article
Michael Grothaus
2016
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

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.

article
Sarah Ellis
2018
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

Happy Together

When we stop focusing on ourselves, we begin to see that our happiness is dependent on the happiness of all beings. Gaylon Ferguson examines the political, social, and environmental implications.

article
Gaylon Ferguson
2011
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

What is Zen Buddhism?

Zen is the Japanese name for a Buddhist tradition practiced by millions of people across the world. Historically, Zen practice originated in China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam, and later came to in the West.

article
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

An Introduction to Zen

The word “Zen” is tossed around so carelessly in the commercial world, the human potential world, the world of design, and in popular culture in general, that for someone new to it as an authentic spiritual tradition, it has become too vague to have much meaning.

article
Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara
2009
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

Japanese Zen Buddhist Philosophy

Zen aims at the perfection of personhood. To this end, sitting meditation called “za-zen” is employed as a foundational method of prāxis across the different schools of this Buddha-Way—which is not an ideology, but a way of living.

article
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
2019
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

Zen 101: A Brief Introduction to Zen Buddhism

You've heard of Zen. You may even have had moments of Zen—instances of insight and a feeling of connectedness and understanding that seem to come out of nowhere. But what exactly is Zen?

article
Barbara O'Brien
2019
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

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.

article
Lauren Effron
2016
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

Old Age Is Not Guaranteed

Zen training talks a lot about death. But one practitioner found that it doesn’t necessarily prepare you to face your own.

article
Natalie Goldberg
2018
FindCenter AddIcon

MIGHT HELP FOR

FindCenter AlertIcon

The information offered here is not a substitute for professional advice. Please proceed with care and caution.

EXPLORE RELATED TOPICS

EXPLORE RELATED TEACHERS

UP NEXT

Zen Buddhism