Mugen Train’ blends Buddhist impermanence, Shinto philosophy and samurai ethics into a lesson on courage and suffering.

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 ...

The Japanese were severely outnumbered each time ... The belief in a protective divine shield—as well as in Zen Buddhism, which allowed soldiers to overcome their fear of dying—became ...

Wabi-sabi emerged in the 15th century as a reaction against an era of lavishness, ornamentation and ostentation, and through ...

The logo for Zen Den Wellness Spa in Lakeside is an Enso circle, a symbol in Japanese Zen Buddhism that signifies the journey to enlightenment. For spa owner Annie Dillard it also represents the ...

Serenity. That’s the primary commodity being offered by Zen House Kominka, a guest house and tea room that opened in the spring of 2024 just north of Enterprise. The business is owned and operated by ...

Last weekend at the Concorso d’Eleganza Japan, more than 60 world-class collector cars assembled at the Yakushiji Temple in ...