When the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center opens its doors in April for its annual guest season, it will mark 50 years since Shunryu Suzuki-roshi established the San Francisco Zen Center. Five years later ...
Keith Barkett is seen during oryoko, or breakfast, at Zen Mountain Monastery in Mt. Tremper, N.Y. Dozens of religious retreats are nestled in the Catskill Mountains and Hudson Valley of upstate New ...
Practicing mindful walking, individually or in a group, is the foundation of “Hiking Zen,” a guide to practicing mindfulness ...
Next Saturday, you could find yourself staring up at a 55-foot ivory Buddha as you chant, barefoot and perched on a floor cushion. You might be slamming a tennis ball with all your might at a former ...
As the world gets louder, places of quiet sound more appealing. Enter the increasingly popular travel niche of monastery retreats. You'll find accommodations offered by communities of monks (and nuns ...
MOUNT TREMPER, N.Y. — A $9,000 Sacred Sites Grant from the New York Landmarks Conservancy will allow the Zen Mountain Monastery to repair an old drainage system on its property, the order’s abbot said ...