Join Ikenobo ikebana artist Paula Tam to learn how to sense the unspoken poetry of flowers and create arrangements for an altar. The class will begin with a brief overview of ikebana history and philosophy, followed by a demonstration illustrating fundamental arrangement techniques, and finally, you will spend the majority of the time creating your […]
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 is participatory and casual. Discussion may follow inquiries about the reading, meditation practice, and life off-the-cushion, viewed through dharma teachings. We aspire to build a […]
Sponsored by New York Insight. Come join us for meditation and discussion to meet and socialize with other LGBTQI practitioners at NYI. Our community is open to students of all Buddhist traditions, as well as those who are in the beginning stages of exploring their meditation practice and have an interest in the Dharma. All […]
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 is participatory and casual. Discussion may follow inquiries about the reading, meditation practice, and life off-the-cushion, viewed through dharma teachings. We aspire to build a […]
Junryu Eran Vardi Roshi in the lineage of Taizan Maezumi Roshi leads this four-day sesshin in a Soto/Rinzai combined form. Open to all who wish to participate, sesshin begins on Wednesday, October 11 at 8:00 p.m. and ends on Sunday, October 15 at 2 p.m. This Sesshin will include zazen, dokusan, teisho (Dharma talks), chanting, […]
Eight-week course starting Sunday, Oct. 15 The interplay of poetry and Zen is inevitable: Poetry is a way of expressing the inexpressible; Zen is a way of exploring the inconceivable. […]
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