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, […]
Join us for this unique opportunity to experience Rinzai Zen Buddhist practice deep in the Catskill Mountains. Taught by our incoming abbot, Chigan Roshi, with the assistance of monastics and long-time practitioners, we will focus intensively on the central elements of Zen practice — zazen (seated meditation with attention to posture and breath), chanting, and […]
On Sundays, we hold morning chanting service (choka) at 10 a.m., followed by walking meditation (kinhin) and zazen. A Dharma Talk will be given on the first Sunday of each month. After zazen, there will be 30 minutes of temple cleaning (nittensoji), followed by tea and informal discussion. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. A quiet […]
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. In this eight-week online course, Hokuto Daniel Diffin Osho will explore the ways in which poetry and the Zen sensibility nourish and inform one another. […]
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 open at 6:30 pm. Newcomers to the temple should attend one Introduction to Zen Meditation class, held on Thursday evenings, before joining the community for […]
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 […]
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