Zen and the Arts

Art in the Empty Bowl highlights the work of artists who also practice Zen, with a focus on how their practice and art inspire and inform each other.

Current Feature

Sensei Senshin became the Head Teacher at ZCLA on April 10, 2022. She started studying Zen in the Rinzai tradition at New York Zendo Shobo-Ji in Manhattan in 1987. At Dai Bosatsu Zendo, she received Jukai in 1994 from Eido Shimano Roshi, with whom she studied until 2000, when she moved to Los Angeles. She became a member of ZCLA in 2001 and began her studies with Roshi Egyoku. (Interviewer: Ed Levy)

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Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground
— Rumi