Listen to dharma talks from the teachers and guest teachers of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. Buddhist teachings are woven into topics such as ...
“Even if we encounter hardships and difficulties we should always be united with the one mind and be willing to walk hand and hand through it all.”- Keizan Jokin Zenji With whom are you willing to unite and walk through hard times? Whose hand will you hold, and who will hold your hand, […]
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Auspicious Day | Koshin Paley Ellison
“How do we trust what is actually fresh and coming from a soft, unknowing place? This is the whole reason to practice.” – Koshin Sensei Each moment is an opportunity to notice from where our thoughts, feelings, and actions come. Do we live out of our discursive mind and entrenched reactions, or are we […]
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The Resilience of a Daffodil | Chodo Robert Campbell
“This sangha, here and on Zoom, represents 88 generations of practitioners—how incredible to be part of this living lineage.” Our upcoming Commit to Sit is starting this week and so we share one final dharma talk from last summer’s Commit to Sit with you. In this moving talk, Chodo Sensei weaves personal stories with […]
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Seeing This Whole Body | Koshin Paley Ellison
“The world will always need compassion and wisdom. In our lifetime and after our lifetime.” – Koshin The interconnectedness of everything is not an idea or a belief. No separation is a truth to experience. How can we allow the thorough, inherent relatedness of all things to inform how we think, feel, and act […]
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The Great Challenge of Sangha | Koshin Paley Ellison
“Taking refuge in sangha is taking refuge in diversity—diversity inside and diversity in the world.” We share this profound and tender opening dharma talk from our recent Summer Commit to Sit in honor of our upcoming Commit to Sit starting January 22nd. In it, Koshin Sensei opens the 90-day practice period by weaving timeless teachings […]
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Listen to dharma talks from the teachers and guest teachers of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. Buddhist teachings are woven into topics such as contemplative care, engaged Buddhism, social change, meditation and stillness, dealing with addiction, being with suffering, and the arts and challenges of care for the self and others.
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