Cristina Moon

Cristina Moon

Cristina Moon lives at Daihonzan Chozen-ji, a Rinzai Zen temple in Hawaii. www.cristinamoon.com.

Recent Articles

What Can We Learn from an Android Buddhist Preacher?

As automation increasingly replaces human work in many industries, Cristina Moon shares the shortcomings of artificial intelligence when it comes to replacing the intimate role of a priest.

Chairs and a table in a tidy room.

Zen and the Way of Tidying

Marie Kondo's philosophy of tidying is sweeping the globe. If you take the fad seriously, writes Cristina Moon, it can offer a glimpse of the profound.

Cartoon dog comfortable in flames.

These Flames are Cool and Refreshing

What do a 16th-century Zen master and a contemporary cartoon dog have in common? Both of them maintained equanimity as their worlds burned, says Cristina Moon. And this is why we train as Buddhists.