Zen Buddhism’s enigmatic teachings and its masters have influenced East Asian art, philosophy, and poetry for over a thousand years. However, the entire tradition traces itself back to one legendary ...

A year of zen practice at Antaiji Temple in Japan. Many non-Japanese gather at this Soto school zen temple to do zazen 1,800 hours per year and live the zen ideal of self-sufficiency.

In Yokohama novices wake up early in the Soto zen sect Sojiji temple for their zazen and other practices A film by Michael Rogge Dutch photographer videographer and amateur filmmaker best known ...