A Zen master once said: ""Embrace mindfulness. Feel the breeze, listen to leaves. It's calm in life's storm, observe thoughts without judgment. Like a sturdy oak, sway, but stay rooted. Stillness lies ...

Here is a short selection of his remarks. By Seth Mydans Thich Nhat Hanh, the influential Zen master, died at 95 on Saturday in the Vietnamese city of Hue, at the temple where he lived.

Wisdom of the Zen Masters: The Quest for EnlightenmentTsai Chih Chungtranslated by Brian BruyaAnchor Books, $11.95This is a great comic book about Zen Buddhism in China.Tsai is a modern artist who ...

Astrophysicist and zen practitioner Adam Frank reviews the new book The Dude and the Zen Master by actor Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman. A new book exploring Zen Buddhism comes from an unlikely ...

There is a wisdom story about a young, earnest Zen student who asked the Zen Master, “If I work very hard and diligently, how long will it take me to find Zen?” The Master thought about this ...

His answer seemed to be: You plunge. Glassman, who died November 4 at age 79, was a Brooklyn-born Jew, a recognized Zen master, a Buddhist trailblazer, a restless mensch and a serial plunger.

A bronze statue of Yinyuan the Chinese Zen master monk by Wu Weishan is seated at the Kofukuji Temple in Nagasaki. [Photo provided to China Daily] Among the historical figures who contributed to ...