I tried using a Zen garden that helped me meditate and relax while dealing with the challenges of cancer, and it really works ...

Choose Your Location The first step to creating your Zen garden starts with deciding on where to build it. The best location depends on your surroundings. The Garden Design website recommends using a ...

This is how days begin at Dairyuji, an 800-year-old Zen ... meditation. Morning service and breakfast are followed by closing activities based around the three jewels of Buddhism: Buddha, his ...

A Unesco World Heritage Site, the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trails in Wakayama prefecture have long captivated discerning ...

Zen Buddhist landscapes designed to invoke deep meditation." Measuring 98 by 32 feet, the Ryoan-ji garden is about the size of a tennis court and is composed solely of 15 large and small rocks ...

If they succeed, they are ‘awakened’ or buddha. Meditation is one of the tools that Buddhism employs to bring this about. It already existed in the Hindu tradition, and the Buddha himself used ...

Good old stress-reducing, tension-alleviating, Buddha-style laughter ... high-tech competitive meditation went back to his desk, where there was work to be done. As the zen proverb puts it ...

Nestled on Nui Lon mountain, Chon Khong Zen Monastery enchants travelers with its breathtaking views and colossal gold-plated ...

Mindfulness prepares the mind for meditation. Some forms of meditation – such as vipassana, zazen and some Tibetan meditations – also include mindfulness. Mindfulness requires attention to the ...

Pirsig’s 1966 Honda Super Hawk motorcycle, featured in his novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle ... Already, in 1974, he offered this story as a meditation on a particular way of moving through ...

Along with the temple, the stunning grounds include a large reflecting pond, meditation niches, small waterfalls, the golden Amida buddha, bon-sho sacred bell and koi ponds. If you visit ...