There’s nothing like the benefit of a regular meditation practice, and there’s no better time to do it than now. Zen Buddhist A. Jesse Jiryu Davis on five ways you can make meditation a helpful part of your daily routine.
In New York, Vesak 2021 in Photos
Photographer A. Jesse Jiryu Davis documented three Vesak celebrations in New York this year.
“I’ve Got Friends Here”: Stories from Issan House
Three HIV-positive residents of Issan House share their stories with photographer, author, and Zen practitioner A. Jesse Jiryu Davis.
Musical about the life of the Buddha premieres off-Broadway in NYC
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong reviews “Under the Bodhi Tree,” a new musical about the life of the Buddha, that played off-Broadway this month.
What might “Ordinary Zen” look like?
In 2011, I started to ask about my sangha’s ordinariness. What do we look like meditating in our apartments, or sitting on a couch?
One Bodhisattva’s Guide to Handling Fear & Confusion
Photographer A. Jesse Jiryu Davis is committed to generating strength in himself, and representing and helping those in need.
If Siddhartha Didn’t Leave Home

As A. Jesse Jiryu Davis meditates on the anniversary of the Buddha’s enlightenment, he finds a tender connection to the young man who said goodbye to everything.
Aaron Sorkin shows us a brutal hero in “Steve Jobs”

In “Steve Jobs” Aaron Sorkin portrays the late Apple founder as a ruthless perfectionist and skips the Zen connection.