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A happy birthday to my friend Isa and celebration of one more journey around the sun. This is how she expresses her way of living. "I...

I'll be giving a one day workshop at the Palo Alto Buddhist Temple in California. The morning will focus on the developmental journey of...

Amazing and mysterious encounter with Yuichi Tei and Shunji Mitsuyoshi at University of Tokyo, Mathematical Engineering of Morality...

What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now for ever taken from my sight Though nothing can bring back the hour Of...

Reflecting in public tonight in Tokyo, my birthplace, on how we transform our lives, say “YES” to life, with gratitude for the gift of...

Interested in Mindfulness and Design? Join us November 21 in Tokyo. I will be talking with Taro Kagami of hotel zen tokyo. For a preview,...

I'll be doing the TED thing in Tokyo, talking about transforming lives, our own and others. My youthful transformation, that my amazed...

I participated in a stimulating event in Tokyo last night where curious and hopeful people gathered to hear about mindfulness as taught...

Interesting talk tonight in Tokyo by colleague Mikio Shishido and Mayumi Naruse on courses in mindfulness and positive psychology at...

「AI革命時代のマインドフルネス〜スタンフォード×鎌倉でヒトの進化を考える」 「このイベントはチケット販売開始後まもなく満席となり現社会のマインドフルネスへの期待の高さがうかがえます。」 「AI革命の時代、個の時代と言われる現代において、もともと仏教や禅の文化が常にそばにあ...

Drawing strength this morning from a friend who faced death with peaceful equanimity. As a teacher the past few days I shared the life...

Thanks to my friend Kai for sending me this photo from the Asia Society Museum in NYC on the day I heard that Daiwa Shobo will publish...

The theme of Connectedness brought hundreds of people to Kenchoji in Kamakura for the annual Zen 2.0 conference. In the opening session I...

When I was a young man in my 20's, I watched helplessly one dark winter night as a fire destroyed my home, along with all that I owned...

How do we go on living with unimaginable loss? Sharing the poignant message from Tomohiro Takei. My English translation follows....

Happy birthday wishes to Akemi Johnson and congratulations on her book, Night in the American Village. We met early in the process and I...