For a brief period, Leonard Cohen was a practising Buddhist monk, therein the folk musician and poet was given a profound ...

Don’t Be a Jerk” is the title of a book about Dogen by Zen teacher Brad Warner. Dogen was a 13th century Zen monk and the founder of Soto Zen.

Two Japanese self-help books, whose Korean titles translate as “The low-consumption life” and “The monk’s way of cleaning,” ...

Japanese calligraphy, or shodo, is an ancient art that blends writing with beauty. It requires years of practice and patience ...

Agnes Martin’s story begins in 1912 with her birth in the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada, which she once said was “like being born in Siberia.” Understandably, much has been made of the influence of ...

As the art world makes long-overdue progress toward gender parity, the market for work by women artists has been steadily ...

From a retreat renovated by a monk to a hotel floating above the paddy fields, these lodgings are worth a trip to the ...

Japan does have a structured waste-management system that's well-organized and effective. This system supports the cultural ...

An esteemed leader in the arts, and a lifelong advocate for the power of creative work, Ian McKenzie Smith CBE also ...

East Looking Back At Its West Interpreters. The traffic of ideas between East and West has always been more than ...

Losing a child causes the most intense pain imaginable for a parent, but it often brings a grasp of mortality that can lead to a greater appreciation of life.