By Tova Green For Chenxing Han, the Month of May, which is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, has been bookended by two events, the May We...
Roots and Refuge: An Interview with Chenxing Han
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Pamela Ayo Yetunde and the Buddhist Justice Reporter Project
By Tova Green Pamela Ayo Yetunde, a Community Dharma Leader, Zen practitioner, chaplain, and author, was living in St. Paul when George Floyd was...
Work and Practice at Tassajara this Summer and Fall
During the last several months, the residential community at Tassajara has been very small. Yet the residents have maintained a daily schedule, and...
Branching Streams Flow On
A line in the Sandokai (Harmony of Difference and Equality) of Sekito Kisen (700 – 790), one of Suzuki Roshi’s favorite poems, reads”the branching streams flow on in the dark.”
Receiving the Precepts in the Spring
On April 21, at Green Gulch Farm, three initiates received the precepts and Dharma names from Tenshin Reb Anderson.
Duncan Ryuken Williams and the May We Gather Memorial
Duncan Williams is a Soto Zen priest and the author of American Sutra, which tells of the internment of Japanese American Buddhists during WWII. He...
Dario Girolami Organizes Buddhist Chaplains in Europe
One of the activities that has engaged Dario Girolami, Abbot of Centro Zen l’Arco in Rome, during this year of the pandemic has been developing an organization for Buddhist chaplains in Europe.
How a Zen Priest Contributed to the Oscar-Nominated Film “Soul”
It is unusual to see the name of a Zen Buddhist teacher in the credits of a Disney/Pixar animated film. Many people have noticed Daijaku Kinst’s name at the end of Soul, a recent release that has been nominated for three Academy Awards.
A Time to Heal: An Interview with Jenée Johnson
“You can be authentic, grow yourself, and claim your right to flourish,” says Jenée Johnson, who will be offering A Time to Heal: Insights on the Path to Healing Racialized Trauma, a four-week online class beginning May 6.