Best Zen Philosophy Newsletters in 2026

NewsletterFIT tracks 5 newsletters that cover Zen philosophy as a primary topic, 4 of them with posts in the last 90 days. By publicly shown subscriber count, the largest are Tricycle: The Buddhist Review (62K), The Zen Psychedelic (6K) and theunsaidjapan (3K).

Updated Nov 11, 2026 · sorted by publicly shown subscribers · methodology

  1. 1

    SubstackWeekly · last post 13 days ago

    A space for community, conversation, and bringing Buddhist teachings to life

    Likely audience: Meditation practitioners

  2. 2
    The Zen Psychedelic6K subscribers

    SubstackMonthly or less · last post 55 days ago

    Exploring the intersection between psychedelics & Zen Buddhism.

    Likely audience: Creative professionals

  3. 3
    theunsaidjapan3K subscribers

    SubstackSeveral times a week · last post 7 days ago

    Mottainai. Ma. Danshari. Japanese words that carry entire worldviews. I'm a Tokyo-born writer and former Japanese language teacher. Every issue, I take one thing Japan has left unsaid — and say it, carefully, in English.

    Likely audience: Japanese culture enthusiasts

  4. 4

    SubstackSeveral times a week · last post 6 days ago

    This is an exploration of creativity, clarity and consciousness from The Broad Place, the musings, education and sharing of founder Jacqui Lewis

    Likely audience: meditation practitioners

  5. 5

    Substacklast post Jul 19, 2022

    my brain is leaking

    Likely audience: Film enthusiasts

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