The origins of Kaua‘i’s Soto Zen Buddhist Temple date back to McBryde Sugar Co.’s Wahiawa Camp in 1903, the year the Rev. Ryoun Kan arrived there to begin preaching Soto Zen Buddhism in Tsuneo Takai’s ...

Drakka (standing) demonstrates acupressure to relieve anxiety during a Langton Garden meditation session. For an ordained Soto Zen Buddhist priest, Jana Drakka is stressed out. “How do I live as a ...

As the third chime of a bell faded, a meditation session at Stone Mountain Zendo on Oct. 27 began. Sitting on "zafus," a type of mat, a small group of people faced the wall and meditated in silence.

Some Mauians got a taste of Zen Buddhism. Earlier this month, Naoko Moller, who was born in a Soto-Zen temple in Niigata, Japan, gave a course in Zen cooking to about 40 people in two sessions at the ...

When you have the title Zen Priest, the world and its inhabitants view you in a different light. Some people put you on a pedestal, assuming you are sacred and untouchable, but Joan Amaral is ready to ...

While children zip around the Northeastern rural property, adults mingle and serve up heaping portions of macaroni and cheese and colorful salads. The kids revel in a long lineup of activities: ...