Tom Takihi

About Tom Takihi

Tom Takihi started http://www.ZenDirectory.com as an independent resource for all those who follow or are interested in the area of Zen Buddhism. With over 3,000 links, it is the most comprehensive portal dedicated to this subject on the Internet.

Kawasaki: A True Must-See

Looking for a travel destination in Japan? You need not search further as Kawasaki City in Japan could give you all you’re looking for in a place and more.
Date Posted: October 03, 2006

Codes and Scripts at your Fingertips

Creating beautiful websites is no longer the monopoly of techies. Now, with web designing codes made available through the Internet, anyone can dabble into the exciting world of web development and web design.During the early years of the Internet,...
Date Posted: August 25, 2006

The World of the Geisha

Yasunari Kawabata's crystalline novel Snow Country relates a love affair between an aloof dilettante and what is known as an onsen, or "hot-spring", geisha; and much of the novel's relentless melancholy arises from the onsen...
Date Posted: April 07, 2006

The Tao of Breathing

One of the impressions I have gained recently in speaking to Zen friends about practice is a certain attitude towards breathing in zazen. For the sake of brevity, and just for fun, I wish to refer to it as "samurai breathing".
Date Posted: March 24, 2006