Sponsored by NY Insight, this community meets monthly to meditate, discuss Buddhist teachings, and provide mutual support in applying these practices to the specific challenges of the participants. The gathering […]
On Tuesday evenings, we offer zazen and tai chi from 7 pm until 9 pm: 40 minutes of zazen followed by a tai chi class on the second floor. Doors […]
New to Zen Buddhism or interested in learning? New York Zendo Shobo-ji offers city dwellers the opportunity to experience traditional Zen practice in the midst of their daily lives, a true oasis of deep stillness in the heart of Manhattan. Every Thursday evening The Zen Studies Society offers an Introduction to Zazen. The evening covers […]
Exploring Identities, Complexes and Compassion with Jifu Devyani Sadh. Please call me by my true names, so I can wake up and the door of my heart could be left open, the door […]
We will hold our monthly Mandala Day service at 10 a.m., followed by kinhin (walking meditation), and zazen. We then work on cleaning (nittensoji) and caretaking projects for a half hour before sitting down together for informal lunch. Food offerings are welcome, but not required. Newcomers to the temple are requested to attend one Introduction […]
Author Alan Lessik will read from his new Zen novel, Make the Dark Night Shine at New York Zendo. Inspired by his Aunt Nina Uchida´s family story, it is a love letter from a father to the daughter he never met. In the novel, the father is a gay diplomat turned Zen priest. Lessik has […]
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