A pair of Japanese national treasures that are considered among the world’s most important Zen Buddhist masterpieces are heading to San Francisco this week, where they will be part of a ...

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This book cover image released by The Penguin Press shows "Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism and the Inner Life of Artists," by Kay Larson. (AP Photo/The Penguin Press) "Where the Heart ...

The Los Angeles Housing Department has paid thousands of dollars to a Zen Buddhist priest from Hawaii for management training that includes teaching breathing with sphincter control, learning “how to ...

From the upper reaches of a hanging scroll, a dragon swoops down to rest its head on the lap of a haloed man, pinned into submission by the man’s stare. Time has muted the pigments, but a close look ...

For his first film festival, Michael Wenger has pulled off quite a feat. Dean of Buddhist Studies at the San Francisco Zen Center, Wenger has booked the Castro Theatre for three days, starting today, ...

It was 8 a.m., and the subject was death. A 55-year-old man was wasting away from lung cancer and cirrhosis. His weight was plummeting and his brain was swelling. But he was in denial, refusing to ...