It's the part of the job we share with a Zen monk: trying to be aware of everything.
A Zen monk travelling through a village, was told that the head of a family he knew had died.
"I know Philip is interested in Zen monks," she continued.
After you spend an hour floating, your brain waves match those of a Zen monk in deep meditation.
Even a Zen monk would be driven crazy by golf.
Silent meditation on one object for many weeks, like the Zen monk with the ox.
This system is used by Zen monks who are in training, to beg for their food.
They were particularly popular with Zen monks, who would ask each other "What is the sound of one hand laughing?"
Zen monks do not take an oath of celibacy.
Zen monks introduced them to Japan and they were allowed to flourish due to the interest of powerful warrior elites.