Zen

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Stones As Social Media

By S. Brent Plate | March 11, 2014

Adapted from A History of Religion in 5 ½ Objects (Beacon Press, March 11th)

Killing the Buddha

Zen and the Art of Zen and the Art of Books

By Alex Tzelnic | October 7, 2013

Anything can be done gracefully. Consider: one can peel an orange such that the rind is removed in a single, spiraling helix of citrus. Or, one can carelessly stab at…

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Army of Monk

By Brynn Saito | February 25, 2013

The fighting, silent warrior-monk draws me closer.

HomeTaping_Music

Home Taping Is Skill in Buddha

By M. Sophia Newman | December 17, 2012

We are musicians, sampling his breaks, writing our own songs hundreds of times.

Small buddha statues at the Oeosa temple, Pohang, South Korea.

Breakin’ It Down

By Carol Scott | September 30, 2009

A meditation on ass-shaking.