Kazuaki Tanahashi was still in his 20s, a self-described "arrogant kid," when he showed up at the Soto Temple in Japantown where a Japanese Buddhist priest was offering meditation lessons to a small ...

Kazuaki Tanahashi and Roshi Joan Halifax of Upaya Zen Center will lead a group on a pilgrimage titled "In the Footsteps of Dogen Zenji: China and Japan" March 14-30. This pilgrimage brings ...

When the Zen monk Dogen Zenji returned to Japan from China in 1227 with the ideas that would become the Soto school of Zen, could he have imagined that centuries later, on the other side of the world, ...

Looking for Japanese spirituality and history all wrapped up into one fantastic experience? A day visit, or better yet, a stay at Eihei-ji Temple will leave you with lasting memories and maybe even ...