In the spirit of the holidays, six Buddhist teachers share why generosity is the starting place of all the virtues.
An interview with Jan Chozen Bays from our “Meet a Teacher” series in the July 2022 issue of Lion’s Roar magazine.
This, says Jan Chozen Bays, is the healing power of practice: we release our fear, transform our unskillfulness, and discover our kindest selves.
Photo by A. Jesse Jiryu Davis.Prayer is alive and well in Western Zen, says Jan Chozen Bays, even as it challenges us to make sense of what we’re doing.
When Jan Chozen Bays noticed purveyors of commercial products appropriating the word “Zen,” she responded with an open letter published in the Fall 2002 Buddhadharma.
Jan Chozen Bays on shikantaza and koan study, Zen’s two primary practices.
Jan Chozen Bays teaches us how to make every meal a celebration of gratitude, enjoyment, and true nourishment.
Jan Chozen Bays on the incessant desires that fuel our confusion and suffering.
Jan Chozen Bays explains how to recognize and tame the critical commentary we replay in our minds.
Jan Chozen Bays’s contribution to the “Joyful Giving” feature, looking at why generosity is the starting place of all the virtues.
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