Though we've read about it in history books, or have heard about its lifestyle changes, exactly what is Buddhism? Buddhism is a religion that has been practiced for more than 2,500 years starting in ...

SILVER CITY – Nestled inside a walled house, located one block from the Western New Mexico University campus, the Silver City Zen Center has been offering meditation and Buddhism to Grant County ...

An author owns a snappy title, and then the snappy title owns the author. Robert Wright, having titled his new book “Why Buddhism Is True,” has to offer a throat-clearing preface and later an ...

This is FRESH AIR. The publication of Peter Matthiessen's final novel "In Paradise" is coinciding with his obituary. He died Saturday at the age of 86. We're going to listen back to an excerpt of my ...

Reducing stress and calming anxiety is possible, thanks to relaxation and meditation practices. If you also want to heal your ...

New Zen Buddhist center opened this year in Troy as interest grows in mindful meditation Dharma Gate Zen has meditation, yoga, a recovery program based on Buddhism, Japanese sword classes Raised in ...

In Zen Buddhism, wisdom has a lineage; one begins by thanking one’s teachers. Only now, thanks to a translation by Beata Grant, can early female masters be thanked. Professor of Chinese and religious ...

If you want to penetrate the mysteries of Zen, try thinking of yourself as a blueberry muffin. That’s what lay teacher Laura Jomon Martin told a small group of Zen students after a recent meditation ...