A Zen master once said: ""Embrace mindfulness. Feel the breeze, listen to leaves. It's calm in life's storm, observe thoughts without judgment. Like a sturdy oak, sway, but stay rooted. Stillness lies ...

In Zen Buddhism, wisdom has a lineage; one begins by thanking one’s teachers. Only now, thanks to a translation by Beata Grant, can early female masters be thanked. Professor of Chinese and religious ...