Renaissance Roshi

Ross Robertson of EnlightenNext has a nice piece on an interesting pioneer: Jun Po Roshi—dharma heir of Rinzai Zen Master Eido Shimano Roshi, founder of a lay Buddhist order called Hollow Bones, and originator of a modern form of Rinzai known as Mondo Zen—came to...

Spiritual Practice Is Not About Happiness

In my experience it is a mistake to equate one’s spiritual path with the pursuit of happiness, as it were. Climbing the mountain of spirit is about becoming increasingly conscious rather than resting in eternal bliss. Mark Vernon writes about this topic in...

From the “you-already-know-this” file…

Wildmind offers us an article over at Fort Worth, Texas’ Star-Telegram: Once the catchphrase of 1960s counterculture, “mindfulness” has finally graduated from the fringe to the mainstream. “Staying in the moment” is now the guiding...

k.d. lang talks of her practice

There’s an interesting interview that k.d. lang offers over at Shambala. k.d. lang’s album, Watershed, reflects the dramatic changes in her life since she became a committed Buddhist. Here she talks for the first time about her Buddhist teacher and practice....

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