Ever since he was a child growing up in Duluth, Steve Hagen desired to know truth. "I wanted to know what's going on and to not be fooled. I wanted to know what was real and genuine and true," he said ...

These classes will be an exploration of the Buddhist tradition. What is the difference between Theravada and Mahayana? What is Zen and what makes it different? What is "metta"? In these three classes ...

Jim Gordon sits on one of the benches in the Green Mountain Zen Center where he leads meditation. At right is the zafu, or cushion, at the Ino station where the meditation leader sits on the floor to ...

Facing outward in a circle sitting on zafus, a round cushion, a group of students sit silently as they further their enlightenment with meditation. Every Tuesday, the Zen Devils Student Group, gathers ...

SILVER CITY – Nestled inside a walled house, located one block from the Western New Mexico University campus, the Silver City Zen Center has been offering meditation and Buddhism to Grant County ...

Korean Zen (Son) Buddhism focuses on the enlightenment of a sudden awakening. The Korean word for Ch'an or Zen is Son. Buddhism is highly significant in Korea. Figures from 1991 showed 26 Buddhist ...

LET’S start with the basics. Koans (pronounced co-ann or co-arn, depending on who you talk to) are paradoxical vignettes integral to the practice of Zen Buddhism. A grain of sand thrown into the ...