The Zen Gateway's co-founder, Michael Haggiag, reviews a beautiful translation of the classic Dhammapada by author, and translator of many Indian spiritual works, Eknath Easwaran

This week from Zen cyber space, an online event from the Buddhist Society introducing Zen practice (from the same lineage as The Zen Gateway), research into how meditation affects gene regulation, and seeing the Buddha nature in those on the opposing side of the political spectrum.

Is secular mindfulness an innovation on Buddhist teachings, or has something been lost in translation? Michael O’Neill, a Zen meditation teacher, gives his thoughts on this on going debate within the Buddhist community.

This week from Zen Cyber space, restoring lost Buddhist texts back into their original language, the brain science of attention and young Zen monk deals with imposter syndrome.

One of the earliest iconographic depictions of the Buddha was Afghanistan, depicted in the Hellenic style of the Ancient Greeks.

This week from Zen Cyber space, the London Zen center will be holding regular online events for anyone interested learning Zen Buddhism, a historian goes to India in search of revolutionary Buddhist ideas, and the power of sound.

At Hosshin-ji, noted for its severe sesshin, there is a unique discipline for combatting the fatigued, faltering mind.

This week on the Zen gateway, a Buddhist temple plans to open a branch in space, the story behind the Shri Lankan Buddhist revival, and an re-examination of the question: do Buddhists proselytize?

Thai Buddhist monks attempt to get into Guinness Book of Records and does the re-starting of a clock in a Japanese temple signal the re-birth of an area devastated by an earthquake? 

This meditative Lama's portrait illustrates a wonderful story of a monk who is frightened by a giant spider that disturbs his meditation. His teacher devises a clever method to open his eyes to the true source of his fear.

It has been over a year since the start of the COVID19 pandemic. At the time we published a series of articles around the spiritual implications of 'disease', 'contagion' and 'lockdown' exploring themes this time has evoked. As we now see light at the end of this tunnel and begin to count

The interwoven story of Buddhism and martial arts; science-backed ways to calm an anxious mind and the story of how monks from Bhutan built a stupa in the wilds of Yorkshire.