60 Best Zen Blogs & Websites in 2024

1. Zen Habits

Zen Habits is a thoughtful blog created by Leo Babauta that focuses on simplifying life and fostering mindful habits. Through personal reflections and practical advice, the blog explores themes such as minimalism, mindfulness, and intentional living. It encourages readers to slow down, embrace simplicity, and make small, consistent changes that lead to meaningful personal growth. Whether it's developing new habits, finding inner peace, or living more deliberately, Zen Habits provides a calm, guiding voice for navigating life's complexities with greater clarity and purpose.
Blog zenhabits.net
Facebook Followers 17.7KTwitter Followers 174.6K Frequency 3 posts/month Since Nov 2016 Domain Authority 74 Get Email Contact Get Influential Bloggers ContactsGet access to 250k active Bloggers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the type of bloggers you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share blogger's data in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. Kwan Um School of Zen Blog

The Kwan Um School of Zen supports over 100 Zen centers around the world teaching you the practices and forms of traditional Zen training.
Blog kwanumzen.org
Facebook Followers 7.5KTwitter Followers 2.7K Frequency 4 posts/month Domain Authority 41 Get Email Contact

3. Empty Gate Zen Center Blog

This blog is a teaching blog brought to you by Empty Gate Zen Center, which provides training in Zen meditation affiliated with The Kwan Um School of Zen.
Blog emptygatezen.com
Facebook Followers 3.4KTwitter Followers 3.5K Frequency 1 post/month Domain Authority 27 Get Email Contact

4. Patheos Blog » Monkey Mind

Patheos is the world's leading multi-faith site dedicated to hosting the conversation on faith. This blog is written by James Ford, who is a Zen Buddhist priest and author, which mostly addresses aspects of the Zen life.
Blog patheos.com
Twitter Followers 985 Frequency 1 post/week Since Sep 2006 Domain Authority 84 Get Email Contact

5. San Francisco Zen Center » Zen Practice

San Francisco Zen Center is a Soto Zen community where the offerings of zazen, study and work practice are available to a diverse population of students, visitors, lay people, priests, and monks.
Blog blogs.sfzc.org
Facebook Followers 19.4KTwitter Followers 12.7KInstagram Followers 11K Frequency 2 posts/week Domain Authority 57 Get Email Contact

6. Buddhism now » Chan / Seon / Zen

Buddhism Now is an online Buddhist magazine, giving advice on how to practice Buddhism. Here you will find Posts about Chan / Seon / Zen written by Buddhism Now.
Blog buddhismnow.com
Facebook Followers 4.4KTwitter Followers 220.9K Frequency 4 posts/week Domain Authority 42 Get Email Contact

7. Plum Village

A global community of mindfulness practice centers and monasteries offering retreats and teachings on engaged Buddhism and the art of mindful living. Our beloved teacher Thich Nhat Hanh, the founder of the International Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism, passed away on 22nd January 2022. We have been commemorating his life with ceremonies and spiritual practice.
Blog plumvillage.org
Facebook Followers 141.2KTwitter Followers 171Instagram Followers 82.8K Frequency 3 posts/month Domain Authority 63 Get Email Contact

8. The Zen Gateway

The Zen Gateway offers resources on Zen Buddhism, providing insights into Zen practices, teachings, and philosophy. It includes sections on the fundamentals of Zen, mindfulness exercises, meditation techniques, and stories illustrating Zen principles. The site also features articles, book reviews, and multimedia content aimed at deepening understanding and practice of Zen in daily life.
Blog thezengateway.com
Twitter Followers 1.5K Frequency 3 posts/week Domain Authority 20

9. The Existential Buddhist

The Existential Buddhist is non-sectarian, exploring Buddhism from the point of view of reason and lived experience, rather than from adherence to dogma and/or spiritual authority.
Blog existentialbuddhist.com
Facebook Followers 4.5KTwitter Followers 620 Frequency 1 post/quarter Domain Authority 24 Get Email Contact

10. Jade Mountain Buddha Hall

This blog is written by Rev. Mugo, who has practiced Soto Zen within the OBC first hand. Jade Mountains contains, and points to, various sources of Buddhist teachings.
Blog jademountains.net
Twitter Followers 912 Frequency 2 posts/month Since Jan 2003 Domain Authority 20 Get Email Contact

11. Karen Maezen Miller

Cheerio Road is a blog brought to you by Karen Maezen Miller. I'm a wife and mother as well as a Zen Buddhist priest at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles. I write about spirituality in everyday life.
Blog karenmaezenmiller.com
Frequency 1 post/week Since Jun 2007 Domain Authority 38 Get Email Contact

12. Infinite Quantum Zen

Infinite Quantum Zen Website is a Central Hub for Crystallized Wisdom of Spirituality, Consciousness, Awareness, Mindfulness, Happiness, Inspiration and Motivation, Simplicity and Stillness, Non-Duality, Advaita Vedanta, Buddhism, Taoism, Zen, and the Mysteries of the Quantum World. This website is for those who have become aware that there is more to life than what they have been taught or experienced. This website is a glimpse into a way of seeing - it may be summed up as an attempt to see and help others see.
Blog infinitequantumzen.info
Twitter Followers 4 Frequency 1 post/day Domain Authority 6 Get Email Contact

13. Zenwest Buddhist Society

Zenwest offers Zen Meditation and Mindfulness training, courses, workshops, classes, and retreats. A variety of inclusive activities for the Sangha and broader community.
Blog zenwest.ca
Twitter Followers 143 Frequency 1 post/quarter Domain Authority 22 Get Email Contact

14. The Same Old Zen

Same Old Zen is a contemplative blog that explores the intersections of Zen philosophy, everyday life, and personal growth. Written with a blend of wit, honesty, and insightful reflection, the blog delves into the practical application of mindfulness and Zen principles in modern living. Whether discussing the challenges of maintaining inner peace amidst life's chaos or the subtle art of being present, each post invites readers to slow down and embrace simplicity. Through relatable anecdotes and gentle wisdom, the blog offers a space for introspection, encouraging readers to find calm and clarity in the midst of the ordinary.
Blog sameoldzen.blogspot.com
Facebook Followers 5.8KTwitter Followers 3.5K Frequency 1 post/quarter Domain Authority 20 Get Email Contact

15. Mountain Record

Mountain Record is a distinguished Zen Buddhism magazine that has been guiding spiritual seekers for nearly four decades. Initially a newsletter from the Zen Mountain Monastery, it evolved into an award-winning quarterly journal featuring essays, teachings, interviews, and stunning photography. In 2020, Mountain Record transitioned to an annual journal titled 'Mountains & Rivers: Zen Dharma and Practice,' encompassing a year's worth of teachings and artwork. The magazine continues to inspire online through its blog and archived content.
Blog mountainrecord.org
Facebook Followers 864Twitter Followers 215 Frequency 1 post/month Domain Authority 23 Get Email Contact

16. Santa Cruz Zen Center

News and Teachings from the Santa Cruz Zen Center. The purpose of our Center is to embody and communicate the teachings of the Buddha. Our understanding of the non-duality of compassion and wisdom, practice and realization, has been conveyed through the Soto School.
Blog sczc.org/news
Facebook Followers 1.6KInstagram Followers 468 Frequency 3 posts/day Domain Authority 21 Get Email Contact

17. Brooklyn Zen Center

Brooklyn Zen Center (BZC) is an embodied training community in the Soto Zen tradition. We aspire to offer opportunities to realize personal and collective liberation through the cultivation of intimate, ethical, and just relationships with ourselves and all beings. Our vow to practice undoing harmful and oppressive conditioning compassionately transforms our world.
Blog brooklynzen.org
Instagram Followers 3.3K Frequency 1 post/week Domain Authority 39 Get Email Contact

18. Flowing Zen Blog

I'm Anthony Korahais, and I created Flowing Zen because I know what it's like to suffer. Read my blog to know a lot more practicality, about life, what heaps, how I healed, what helped me, process, and a lot more things!
Blog flowingzen.com
Frequency 4 posts/year Domain Authority 37 Get Email Contact

19. Zen Center of Denver Blog

The Zen Center of Denver offers meditation instruction, daily meditation and retreats with authentic Zen teachers and a community of seasoned meditation practitioners.
Blog zencenterofdenver.org
Facebook Followers 1.1K Frequency 3 posts/month Domain Authority 26 Get Email Contact

20. The Zen Community of Oregon

Zen Community of Oregon is a Soto Zen Buddhist community in the lineage of Taizan Maezumi Roshi (1931-1995). Maezumi Roshi's life vow was to plant the Dharma deeply on the soil of North America. The monastery aspires to maintain authentic, whole-hearted practice while keeping the teachings open and accessible to anyone with a sincere desire to practice the Buddha way.
Blog zendust.org
Facebook Followers 2.1KInstagram Followers 1.6K Frequency 1 post/year Domain Authority 33 Get Email Contact

21. One Time, One Meeting

One Time, One Meeting is a monthly column on the practice of Zen meditation. Here you can find articles like the dignity of stillness, Good for nothing, becoming ancestors, the pleasures of inscription and many more like this!
Blog practiceofzen.com
Frequency 1 post/month Domain Authority 12 Get Email Contact

22. Jason Quinn Zen Blog

Blog by Jason Quinn, author of No-Nonsense Zen for Beginners, about Zen, meditation, life, and purpose. This website is dedicated to Zen, meditation, and life. He hopes that this can be valuable for anyone looking to investigate life, understand themselves, and respond to this world clearly and helpfully.
Blog jasonquinnzen.com
Facebook Followers 119Twitter Followers 471Instagram Followers 403 Frequency 1 post/week Domain Authority 6 Get Email Contact

23. New Orleans Zen Temple

New Orleans Zen Temple practices traditional Zen practices in the heart of New Orleans. Sam Kearley leads the group with great commitment, and the university has been very supportive, dedicating space in the Meditation Chapel of the beautiful All Saints' Chapel.
Blog neworleanszentemple.org
Facebook Followers 718Instagram Followers 120 Frequency 1 post/week Domain Authority 5 Get Email Contact

24. Firefly Hall Blog

This blog is brought to you by Melisa Blacker, who offers private guidance in Zen meditation and gives Zen talks at daily practice periods at Boundless Way Temple.
Blog fireflyhall.blogspot.com
Frequency 1 post/month Since Mar 2009 Domain Authority 9 Get Email Contact

25. Turning Words

Hi, I'm Jeff Kogen Seul, a teacher at the Greater Boston Zen Center. I post my talks and other musings about Zen here. Turning words in Zen prompts realization. Your mileage may vary, but I thought it was a catchy name for a Zen blog.
Blog turningwords.org
Frequency 4 posts/quarter Domain Authority 7 Get Email Contact

26. No Gate Zen Center Blog

No Gate Zen Center is a traditional and not-so-traditional Zen Buddhist sangha. Our lineage is Soto and Rinzai Zen and we engage in Dream-Koan* practice as well as other beautiful and inspirational, diverse Buddhist practices. Our practices are relevant, vibrant, and deeply meaningful in today's world. Read our blog to know more about our practices.
Blog nogatezencenter.org
Frequency 1 post/week Domain Authority 4 Get Email Contact

27. San Mateo Zen Blog

San Mateo Zen community, an affiliate of the PACIFIC ZEN INSTITUTE, is a welcoming group of mostly Silicon Valley and San Francisco professionals, homemakers, craftspeople, and students who have joined together as a community to practice Zen. We have entered a path that is at once both fresh and ancient, both impermanent and enduring. A path of exploration, discovery, and freedom.
Blog sanmateozen.org
Frequency 3 posts/quarter Domain Authority 7 Get Email Contact

28. Turn Up Your Zen Blog

Turn UP Your Zen blog shares meditation and mindfulness practices to help you reduce stress, to live a calm, relaxed & present life. It was created by Tania to help people when she observed the growing number of well-educated, overly busy men and women feeling stressed out, reactive, numb, overwhelmed, anxious &/or depressed.
Blog turnupyourzen.com
Facebook Followers 371Instagram Followers 507 Frequency 3 posts/month Domain Authority 4 Get Email Contact

29. Blog by Esther Neela M.

This is a blog from a Zen living enthusiast. The author practices Meditation, Reiki, Yoga, Qigong, and Natural Therapies such as Ayurveda.
Blog estherneela.blog
Facebook Followers 4.6KInstagram Followers 151 Frequency 4 posts/week Domain Authority 4 Get Email Contact

30. Open Gate Zen Collective Blog

OG (Open Gate) Zen collective is a group of people that share, and are motivated, by the practice of Zen to achieve a more harmonious world. Our mission is to gather and practice zazen (Zen meditation) and develop Zen training. We practice to realize and embody what our Zen ancestors have done for centuries, to realize our Buddha nature, to awaken, and serve others.
Blog ogzen.org/blog
Instagram Followers 410 Frequency 1 post/year Domain Authority 5 Get Email Contact