KYOTO, Japan >> Tofukuji Temple in Kyoto features a large Zen meditation space that spans about 200 square meters. On Sunday mornings, the sound of a priest using a stick to strike the shoulders of ...

It was a chilly autumn morning in Kyoto’s Komyo-in Temple. Facing a serene rock garden, a group of art collectors and curators were in the midst of a group zazen – a Zen Buddhist meditation session.

While here, travelers can enjoy the seaside, participate in things like Buddha tracing at the temple, and walk scenic trails with views of Mount Fuji. There's also a thriving culinary scene here—there ...

Memorial services held online. Zen meditation apps. Buddhist temple-led match-making services. As the coronavirus pandemic forces institutions around the world to change the way they do things, those ...

Some Mauians got a taste of Zen Buddhism. Earlier this month, Naoko Moller, who was born in a Soto-Zen temple in Niigata, Japan, gave a course in Zen cooking to about 40 people in two sessions at the ...

Kinkaku-ji is one of the shrines in Japan, also known as the Golden Pavilion. (Photo: Klook SG) In Japan, the two main religions are Shinto and Buddhism as most Japanese consider themselves Buddhist, ...

Three Zen Buddhist priests from Japan joined Cornell students and chaplains in a roundtable discussion on a range of topics from the role of religion in education to bamboo chopstick-making on Monday.