In a world that often feels overwhelming, these practices remind us that true mental detoxification is not about escaping the ...

Japanese gardens are considered among the most beautiful in the world. Meditation gardens, also known as Zen gardens, were ...

Japanese practices offer easy ways to clear the mind. Through mindfulness, nature and calming rituals, these techniques help ...

The wooden veranda of Shorinzan Daruma-ji temple is piled high with daruma that have fulfilled their function of granting ...

curator of Japanese art at Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler galleries, "Ryoan-ji remains the ur-site of the type—powerful, abstract, Zen Buddhist landscapes designed to invoke deep meditation." ...