I make my own offering, and we leave the hall for breakfast. This is how days begin at Dairyuji, an 800-year-old Zen temple—a place of ancient beams, lofty halls, and deep, deep time—in Akita ...

Every day, hundreds of people visit Ryoanji Temple to see its Zen rock garden – which is probably the most famous of its kind in Japan. Located in Kyoto's northern outskirts, the temple was ...

I lived at a Zen temple at one point. That was the standard I knew before arriving in Japan. I think that made things easier. What was your point of entry? A tea master I met loosely introduced me ...

Kinkakuji, one of Kyoto's most famous Zen temples, was destroyed in a fire exactly 70 years ago today. Taizan Egami, 84, who was a 14-year-old novice monk at the time, was awakened around 3 a.m ...

UJI, Kyoto Prefecture--Three days a week, a historic Zen temple here transforms itself into a restaurant serving a limited number of vegan ramen bowls. On a recent day, when the clock hit 11 a.m ...

KLANG: One of the biggest highlights in coastal Selangor during Chinese New Year is the annual Jenjarom Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Temple’s Lantern and Floral Festival. This year, the temple ...

Oshima says one of Jobs' favorite destinations was Ryoanji, a 500-year-old Zen temple known for its rock garden. Oshima took Jobs there three times. "On our first visit, I told him about the ...