The word Zen is believed to have been derived from the Sanskrit word Dhyana, meaning deep meditation and awareness. Also known as Zazen, it is often described as the practice of ‘just sitting.’ It ...

A bell in the entry hall at the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center. It's rung at the start of meditation. MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the things that are happening in ...

On a trip to Japan last year, one of the places I visited was Kyoto, home to over 2,000 Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines. During one of my daily walks exploring the city and its forested borders, I ...

Zazen refers to sitting meditation. It is a practice that originates from the teachings of Buddha and is believed to give insight into your true nature of being. The aim of Zazen is to let go of all ...

“To study Zen is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be one with all things.” — Dogen Zenji “You are better equipped to lecture on psychology than I.

The seemingly nonsensical Zen practice of "thinking about not thinking" could help free the mind of distractions, new brain scans reveal. This suggests Zen meditation could help treat attention ...