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The wooden veranda of Shorinzan Daruma-ji temple is piled high with daruma that have fulfilled their function of granting ...

Over the centuries a huge diversity of meditation practices have been developed within the various Buddhist schools. Buddhism asks its followers to understand the world and themselves in a deep ...

Shinrin-yoku, or 'forest bathing,' is the practice of immersing yourself in nature to reduce stress and refresh your mind.

Or, as a form of meditation itself, mindfulness enables a state of calm, non-judgemental attention. Buddhist philosophy and practice involves the ‘mind–body’ connection. Through ...

Back in the Bay Area, Jobs continued to cultivate his meditation practice. He was in the right place at the right time; 1970s San Francisco was where Zen Buddhism first began to flourish on ...

In the village of Yamakogawa in Chiba Prefecture, Brazilian Joken Fernandes trains at a temple to be a Buddhist priest. Zen meditation, reading sutras and chores are part of his rigorous daily ...