A masterly immersion into life at a Japanese Zen monastery over three seasons.

Charlie Crews is an eccentric detective returning to the force after being wrongfully imprisoned. Back on the beat with his determined partner, Dani Reese, and his unusually Zen-like outlook toward the cases he investigates, this unconventional crime solver tries to catch the LA wrongdoers who really belong behind bars.

Engage in the practice of Zen as you dive into its philosophical implications on modern western culture.

The Ten Ox Herding Pictures are a series of images with accompanying poems, and are among the most beloved pictures in Zen Buddhism. They have been the source of endless commentary and inspiration in Zen since at least the 12th century. These ox herding pictures are emblematic of the spiritual path to enlightenment. Each image represents a phase of the practice, beginning with a seeker looking for the mind, represented by the ox, and trying to realize...

Video images of waterfalls in Zen gardens set to music and nature sounds to help create a relaxing environment for meditation. Program length is about one hour and will play on a continuous loop until viewer turns the program off.

With rare recordings and interviews of those who knew and studied under him, this documentary offers an overview of Zen master Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki's life and times. Provides thematic segments on Satori (Enlightenment), East & West, Christianity & Buddhism, "Self Power" & "Other Power", Zen--religion or philosophy, Zen & psychoanalysis, Zen & the arts, life & death, as seen through the perspective of Suzuki's Zen teachings.

Told through the experiences of its members, as these men and women practice Soto Zen's ancient rituals, "Old Plum Mountain" tells the story of the Berkeley Zen Center, one of the oldest, self sustaining, lay practice centers in the nation. Founded in 1967 by the late Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and his student Sojun Mel Weitsman, this uniquely American Zen Center offers to all a safe and supportive place to engage in a path of spiritual exploration. Zazen,...

A fish lives in water and perceives it as nothing unusual, because it is unusual for the fish to be out of water. Humankind is similar. We live in a hologram - meaning each part contains within it the information for the whole - but how can we really know unless we step out of it? This is the nature of the holographic mind and the universe it creates. The idea of the holographic mind was described in detail over 2,500 years ago in Buddhist and Vedic...

To cast away everything, surrendering yourself to the flow of nature and just sitting in meditation. This is the essence of Dogen's Zen Buddhism. In the 13th century, Dogen, a young Japanese monk traveled to China, determined to find his true master. There he found a monk who taught him that sitting in Zen meditation is the true and only path to enlightenment. Returning, enlightened, to Japan, Dogen risked his life to pioneer Zen Buddhism, inspiring...