Robbie Rohr, Executive Director of the Vashon Maury Community Food Bank, has been working in the fields of human services and...

How do we build a healthy community? Koshin Cain speaks at the Zen Center, March 3, 2019.

On his deathbed the Buddha told his disciples to have confidence in the teaching, the disciplines, and in themselves.  Koshin Cain...

The Japanese are said to love cherry blossoms, not only because they are beautiful, but also because their beauty is...

How do we make the three refuges (the Buddha, the dharma and the sangha) a part of our life? Genko Kathy Blackman...

The Zen and humanist traditions share a few fundamental tenets:  The central importance of human well-being; a belief in individual...

Giko David Rubin speaks at our 2019 Winter Day Sit.

Buddhism has a tradition of sange, or confession and repentance.  Where does that fit into the Zen tradition?

Nomon Tim Burnett is Guiding Teacher of the Red Cedar Zen Community in Bellingham. He founded the Bellingham Zen Practice...

The new year invites us to consider the coming and going of things. Dogen called the issue of birth and...