Manpukuji Obaku Zen School – Uji – Japan – Through the gateless Gate, you have to go!
An ancient Zen Buddhist temple called Wanfu Temple is located on Mount Huangbo in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China. Its abbot Yinyuan Longqi, …
Rinshoin Zen Temple – Japan – Zen Meditation in the middle of the great city of Tokyo
Rinshoin is a large and historically significant Rinzai Zen temple in the heart of Tokyo, right next to Tokyo University and not …
Koutokuji Zen Temple – Japan – Tokyo – Graveyards of the Samurai
Koutokuji Temple belongs to the Daitokuji Zen Lineage. Gengoro Ota, the third son of Ujimasa Hojo, the head of the Hojo clan …
Enshoin Zen Temple – Tokyo – Japan
Enshoin Zen Temple belongs to the Daitokuji Zen lineage and is located in the city of Nerima in Tokyo, Japan. Abbot Tenchu …
Seikenji Zen Temple – Kyoto – Japan – Sokan Osho
Seikenji Temple was built in the Koei Era (about 650 years ago) during the Northern and Southern Judgment Periods (about 650 years …
Empukuji Zen Monastery – Kyoto – Japan – Cave of Bodhidharma
Empukuji Zen Monastery belongs to the Rinzai Zen School in Japan. Myoshinji is the mother monastery. A statue of Bodhidharma, said to …
Hogonji Zen Temple – Japan – Osaka – Zen Master Koutoku
Zen Master Noritake Koutoku is the Abbot of Hogonji (宝厳寺) Zen Temple in Osaka, Japan. Every Sunday he offers Zen meditation and …
Korea – Gaesimsa Zen Temple – Hidden in the Korean mountains, the Seon monks investigate life and death!
Gaesimsa is a Seon Temple of Korean Zen Buddhism. Located in a dense forest in Mount Sangwangsan and 6 kilometers from Haemi-myeon. …
Sudeoksa Zen Temple – Southkorea – The whole world is a single flower!
Sudeoksa is a main Zen temple of Korean Zen Buddhism. It is located on the southern slopes of Mount Deoksungsan in Deoksan-myeon …
Dongsa – Korea – Zen Temple of the Zen Patriarchs of Korea
The year of establishment of Dongsa Temple is not clear, but the records inform that it was not destroyed even during the …