NAHA, Japan – At a Zen Buddhist temple in southern Japan, even the dog prays. Mimicking his master, priest Joei Yoshikuni, a 1 1/2-year-old black- and-white Chihuahua named Conan joins in the daily ...

Some Mauians got a taste of Zen Buddhism. Earlier this month, Naoko Moller, who was born in a Soto-Zen temple in Niigata, Japan, gave a course in Zen cooking to about 40 people in two sessions at the ...

HANAPEPE — The Hanapepe Soto Zen Temple announced Monday that the temple has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts for a $20,000 Grants for Arts Project award that will support the Soto ...

Shoden-ji is a quiet Rinzai Zen temple hidden in Kyoto's northern suburbs, famed for a blood-stained ceiling and a rock garden that enchanted David Bowie. Founded in 1282, the temple's main hall was ...

Kyoto is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and certainly in Japan, but one of the city’s residents felt that it was missing something. “Kyoto is getting crowded with new ...

In the lived-in rooms on the fourth floor of a Camp Street building, the New Orleans Zen Temple is very quiet - so quiet you can hear the bristles of a broom brushing the carpet as one of its ...

GRAND RAPIDS — A bowl of water is placed among candles and a statue of Buddha on the altar at the new Grand Rapids Zen Center and Buddhist Temple. The clear and still water symbolizes the “true mind,” ...

While here, travelers can enjoy the seaside, participate in things like Buddha tracing at the temple, and walk scenic trails with views of Mount Fuji. There's also a thriving culinary scene here—there ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Nestled between a defunct bike shop and a vacuum store, the Ann Arbor Zen Buddhist Temple is easy ...

A residential property in Las Vegas, Nevada, promoting itself as a zen temple is actually an illegal nudist resort. It was designated a place of worship before its current owners purchased it, but is ...