Accepting that most things are out of our control can be tough, but there's freedom and peace in letting go, Shunmyo Masuno says. Masuno is a Zen Buddhist monk and recently published a new book titled ...

Life is challenging, but there are ways you can lighten your load and take control of some outcomes. Shunmyo Masuno, a Zen Buddhist monk devotes an entire section of his book, "How to Let Things Go," ...

Students of Western positive psychology are increasingly drawn these days to the concept of mindfulness. It's an intriguing proposition, with the promise of making us more peaceful, more enlightened, ...

In 1924, a German professor named Eugen Herrigel set out to learn about Zen Buddhism, which was starting to penetrate the West. He found a teaching position in Japan, where he hoped to locate someone ...