This is how days begin at Dairyuji, an 800-year-old Zen temple—a place of ancient beams, lofty halls, and deep, deep time—in Akita prefecture, in ... three jewels of Buddhism: Buddha, his ...

Last weekend at the Concorso d’Eleganza Japan, more than 60 world-class collector cars assembled at the Yakushiji Temple in the old imperial capital of Nara. It was a true celebration of automotive ...

a Zen Buddhist priest who emigrated to the U.S. from Japan in the late 1960s. Like Jobs, Kobun was an innovator, lacked appreciation for rules and was passionate about art and design. It wasn't ...

This course examines how the religious and philosophical traditions of Zen, originally a Buddhist practice of meditation, have become intertwined with Japanese aesthetic principles. It will focus on ...

Jobs spoke about the influence of Zen Buddhism on his life in his authorized biography: "I have always found Buddhism, Japanese Zen Buddhism in particular, to be aesthetically sublime. The most ...

Mahayana close Mahayana BuddhismOne of the major schools of Buddhism, it includes Tibetan and Zen Buddhism ... Buddhism in Japan mainly follows the Mahayana tradition. Japanese Buddhists celebrate ...