Shoden-ji is a quiet Rinzai Zen temple hidden in Kyoto's northern suburbs, famed for a blood-stained ceiling and a rock garden that enchanted David Bowie. Founded in 1282, the temple's main hall was ...

GRAND RAPIDS — A bowl of water is placed among candles and a statue of Buddha on the altar at the new Grand Rapids Zen Center and Buddhist Temple. The clear and still water symbolizes the “true mind,” ...

As if an after-dark stroll around Kennin-ji, Kyoto’s oldest Zen temple, wasn’t transcendental enough, this hugely popular, hi-tech-powered event heightens the experience through a combination of the ...

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 ...

In the lived-in rooms on the fourth floor of a Camp Street building, the New Orleans Zen Temple is very quiet - so quiet you can hear the bristles of a broom brushing the carpet as one of its ...