The Soto Zen Meal Chants: English Translation and Commentary
Explore the Soto Zen Meal Chants through a Science Abbey translation and commentary on oryoki, gratitude, mindfulness, interdependence, and awakening.
Eastern Mystical Tradition
Ancient wisdom, present clarity.
Delve into the esoteric teachings of Daoism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and other Eastern systems of inner transformation and universal order.
Fukanzazengi: Universal Recommendation for Seated Meditation – by Master Dogen
Read Dōgen’s Fukanzazengi with a clear modern translation and commentary on Soto Zen, zazen, shikantaza, mindfulness, and awakening.
Outline & Summary: The Pure Standards for Zen Monasteries (Eihei Shingi) By Dōgen Zenji
A scientific humanist exploration of Dōgen Zenji’s Eihei Shingi, revealing how Zen monastic discipline functions as a system of mindfulness, behavioral design, and conscious institutional life.
The Yijing (I Ching) – The Book of Changes
The I Ching (Yijing, Book of Changes) sits at the intersection of philosophy, cosmology, mathematics, political ethics, and early systems thinking. It can be explored not as supernatural divination but as one of humanity’s earliest models of dynamic complexity and moral decision-making.
Science, Zen, and the Art of Relationships
This article explores the science of relationships—from biology to philosophy, from ancient traditions to modern technologies.
The Great Bright Pearl: Soto Zen’s Journey from Ancient India to American Soil
This article traces the journey from Siddhartha to Bodhidharma, to Dōgen and mountain monasteries, to urban zendos and American homes.
Silent Illumination: The Life and Legacy of Japanese Sōtō Zen Monasticism
Sōtō Zen was born from a deep current of wisdom that flows from India through China to Japan, shaped not by conquest or proclamation, but by the gentle, steadfast practice of sitting in silence.
The Taste of Liberation: How Buddhism Reached Every Corner of the Earth
This article traces the global journey of the Dharma, beginning with the Buddha’s lifetime and spreading outward across Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania.
Zen Yoga: Yogācāra
This article explores Zen Yoga, the practice of meditative inquiry grounded in the Yogācāra school of Mahāyāna Buddhism.
From Forest Shrines to Global Zen: The Evolution of Japanese Monastic Life
This article traces the journey of Japanese monasticism—from its earliest roots to its global flowering—revealing a tradition that, though ancient, remains vibrantly alive.
The Royal Art: Alchemy and Science
The Royal Art, known technically as symbolic or speculative alchemy, is the art of eternal transformation. In illumined circles it is the art of doing nothing.
Chinese Alchemy
Daoist magicians used the elements and processes of the science of chemistry as symbols in their visualizations, which were preparations for meditation leading to the “embracing the One” of Laozi.