Looking to refresh your meditation practice? Try incorporating Zen buddhist koans. Welcome to The Curiosity Academy, Stylist’s new learning hub where you can access workshops, how-to guides, new ...

ZEN SAND: The Book of Capping Phrases for Koan Practice, by Victor Sogen Hori. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2003, 764 pp., $37.00 (cloth). Back in 1947 when I was sitting with Dr. Suzuki ...

“What is the sound of one hand clapping?” That’s the one we’ve all heard. A koan, they’re called. Even if you’ve never set foot in a Zen center, chances are this question has floated past you at some ...

But then, after studying koans at the Zen Center of Los Angeles with John Daishin Buzsbazen, I learned a bit more: A koan is a short Zen teaching story or paradoxical question designed to interrupt ...