Author name: D. B. Smith

D. B. Smith is a private school English tutor, social entrepreneur, and author of the Science Abbey website, promoting science, meditation and global community. Member of the IC Zen Center Board of Directors. Raised in the Midwest U.S.A., formerly a librarian and curator in the Washington, D.C. area, as well as a Freemason, today he resides on the tropical island of Java just south of Borneo.

Buddhism, Community, Contemplative Science, Cosmos & Consciousness, Eastern Mystical Tradition, Ethics & Society, Freemasonry & Fraternity, Humanism, Philosophy, Religion, Spirituality, Visualization, Western Mystery Tradition

Freemasonry and Zen: A Contemplative Brotherhood

The Zen Master, the Master Mason, and the scientific humanist may use different tools—zafu, square and compass, or microscope—but all seek the same outcome: a well-built world and a well-formed person.