Shoukei Matsumoto: Author of “A Monk’s Guide to a Clean House and Mind”

Tony McNichol interviews Shoukei Matsumoto author of 'A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind" about changing everyday chores into the creation of real relationships with the things around us.


 An interview with Norman Fischer: Author of 'The World Could Be Otherwise'.

Zen priest and poet Norman Fischer's latest book looks at the power of imagination and its role in spiritual practice to change the world be re-imagining it.



 An Interview with Jeff Shore: Beating dust out of the futon - a critique of Western Zen.

Zen Gateway interviewed Jeff Shore after he presented an uncompromising report on Zen in America to a symposium commemorating the 1150th Anniversary of Zen Master Rinzai. 



  Randolph S. Whitfield: Translator of 'The Records of the Transmission of the Lamp.

Randolph Whitfield talks about his relationship with the text of 'The Records of the Transmission of the Lamp', and its importance to the dissemination of Zen in the West.




The Most Important thing is Vitality

An interivew with calligrapher Michicko Imai about her work, her training and the spiritual influences of the 'Way of writing.'