This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper refutes the widely held view that the Zen school of East Asian Buddhism is a good example of the "denial of ritual" in the history ...

“The Shamanic Bones of Zen: Revealing the Ancestral Spirit and Mystical Heart of a Sacred Tradition” is the new book by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel. Published in February by Shambhala Publications, the book ...

The first time I saw a body in an open casket, I almost laughed out loud. I was a senior in high school, but it wasn’t my first experience with death. Both of my dad’s parents and his sister passed ...

Actors perform on stage at foot of Songshan Mountain in Central China's Henan province, Aug 3, 2016. The real scene show "Shaolin Zen Music Ritual" was performed in Henan on Wednesday. The music ...

SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--How noble would our daily life be if we could accept our daily as a ritual and our life as a ritual? How could we make our daily lives richer and more sustainable?

The Japanese population’s reaction to the catastrophe of March 2011 has been described as “stoic” by the Western media. The Japanese code of conduct is indeed deeply rooted in their Buddhist ...

SINGAPORE — There is one particular habit that I often find myself falling back to whenever stress or anxieties begin to creep in and affect me. I would plug in my earbuds, listen to the sound of a ...

Was the revolutionary circular scroll wheel on the Apple iPod inspired by kinhin, the Zen practice of walking in circles while meditating? There’s no hard evidence, but a new book, The Zen of Steve ...