In March of 2020, Mark Brown’s first children’s book, Zen Pig: The Art of Gratitude, was published. Fifteen months later, in June 2021, the 12th installment in the Zen Pig series, Zen Pig: Celebrating ...

Editor's note: This piece is part of a series on books that changed our lives. Read more here, here, here, and here. Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was one of the first ...

Books that try to "explain" Japanese culture to others tend to fall into one of two camps. Either they try to cash in on the latest zeitgeist, a quick fix for stressed Westerners looking for self-help ...

Nearly 50 years ago, a Zen Buddhist monk — fleeing a cloud of suspicion — arrived in Manhattan, penniless and alone. Eido Shimano would quickly build an unrivaled community of followers: Zen students ...

Attempting to broaden kids’ perspectives a bit, Jon J. Muth gave himself something of a challenge. “Aside from the fact that Zen has some great stories and kids love stories, there is really nothing ...

LEFT: Painting from “Zen Shorts” “Zen Shorts” introduced a giant panda named Stillwater and launched what is a delightful series of books. “Shorts” received the Caldecott Honor in 2006. Next came “Zen ...

One of the greatest obstacles between you and happiness is stress. By stress I mean a feeling in your mind of fear, anxiety, distress, worry, unease, or foreboding caused by using your mind to imagine ...

Badiner’s book Zig Zag Zen, recently released in a new edition, is full of testimonials that describe psychedelic experiences, but the book is not the final word on the topic. It was written in ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...