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Jody Hojin Kimmel

Zen Mountain Monastery

Catskills Monastery and Retreat Center

religion & spirituality buddhism

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00:42:04

Intimate Language of Light: The Old Woman’s...

Jody Hojin Kimmel ·

2023/11/05

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 11/5/23 - In this story, from The Hidden Lamp, an old woman hears and breaks though Hakuin’s teaching: "Your mind is the Pure Land, and your body is Amida Buddha. If you want to understand, look into your own heart.” Hojin weaves a tapestry of intimate expressions encouraging practitioners to heed the Buddha’s words: “Dwell! You are the light itself.” — the light reaches everywhere. Trust this!

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00:35:04

Fusatsu: Being One With Samantabhadra Bodhisattva

Jody Hojin Kimmel ·

2023/10/28

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZMM - 10/27/23 - Given in the context of a Fusatsu: Renewal of Vows Ceremony, Sensei explores the mythical lore around one of the primary bodhisattvas of the Buddhist world, Samantabhadra, the bodhisattva of “enlightened activity,” an emanation of our own practice activity in the world.

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00:40:13

Meeting Mugai Nyodai: No Water, No Moon

Jody Hojin Kimmel ·

2023/10/22

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 10/22/2023 - What happens to the moon when its reflection vanishes? In the same vein, where do we go when we truly open up and let go? Becoming more aware that we and all things are without self, we'll experience the freedom to choose; to "hold it together" or "let things fall apart", in accord with our situation.

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00:40:37

Honing In with Skill

Jody Hojin Kimmel ·

2023/10/21

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 10/21/23 - During this Zazenkai talk it’s brought out that as we practice we see how much strength and training the mind needs so it doesn’t go off the rails. Zazen may be the most useful skill to develop in bringing the mind to the end of suffering, something no other skill can do. How fortunate we have Zazen and the path in our lives.

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00:40:30

Intimate Action

Jody Hojin Kimmel ·

2023/10/15

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 10/15/2023 - How do we walk the path of peace in this life, especially in times of great conflict and violence? How do we practice intimacy with our tendency to create conflict in our actions, words, and thoughts? And how do we manifest (as Shantideva puts it) "May even acts of harm help the violent to awaken"?

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00:44:10

Fall 2023 Ango Opening at Fire Lotus Temple

Jody Hojin Kimmel ·

2023/09/03

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 9/03/2023 - Hojin Sensei opens the Fall Ango practice period at Fire Lotus Temple and introduces this Ango's theme of "Intimate Language." She speaks about the historical roots of the Ango tradition, what "intensification of practice" can look like, and some of the ways in which the sangha is invited to delve into training these next 90 days.

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00:27:45

To Walk the Path of Peace

Jody Hojin Kimmel ·

2023/09/02

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 9/2/2023 - From The Gateless Gate, Case 41: "Bodhidharma and Peace of Mind." - In this talk given during the Peaceful Dwelling Zazenkai at Fire Lotus Temple, Hojin Sensei asks what it means to truly walk the path of peace. She invites us to consider how we work with the aspects of ourselves and the world that are not at peace.

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00:40:27

May All Beings Know Happiness?

Jody Hojin Kimmel ·

2023/08/20

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 8/20/2023 - The first of the Four Immeasurables is "May All Beings Know Happiness." In encountering this as a practice, we might wonder: is it really possible for all beings to know happiness? Examining this question, Hojin Sensei weaves together poetry, a story of profound forgiveness, and reflections on her own practice of the Four Immeasurables.

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00:41:38

Playing in Joyful Effort

Jody Hojin Kimmel ·

2023/08/19

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 8/19/2023 - What makes effort joyful? In Buddhism, there are many metaphors pointing to the ineffectiveness of extremes: if a lute's strings are too taught or too loose it will not play well. Hojin Sensei invites us to bring a sense of play to exploring this dynamic and aspiring towards joyful effort in our practice.

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00:39:40

Breath Breathing Human Being

Jody Hojin Kimmel ·

2023/07/23

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZMM - 07/23/2023 - Hojin Sensei brings us back to the breath. And to the Buddha's teaching in the Ānāpānasati (Mindfulness of Breathing) Sutra, looking at the practice of paying attention to our breath - and the fruits of doing so. She reminds each of us to be careful not to take breath practice for granted, citing John Daido Roshi's heartfelt admonition: "If you really give yourself to breath practice, it will take you to the depths you need to go."

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00:45:53

Who Are You? Who Are We?

Jody Hojin Kimmel ·

2023/07/16

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 7/16/2023 - Hojin cites the case "Advice of the Caterpillar," written by Daido Roshi on the conversation between Alice and the Caterpillar, from Alice in Wonderland. The Caterpillar asks Alice "Who Are You?" In Zen practice, this is one of the central inquiries: Who are we, really?

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00:36:39

A Care Package for Uncertainty

Jody Hojin Kimmel ·

2023/07/09

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei- ZCNYC - 07/09/2023 - Hojin Sensei offers a "care package" for uncertainty, interweaving poetry and Dharma teachings. In the midst of the small and large uncertainties of life, fear often arises. Zazen, Hojin says, is a practice of choosing to enter into uncertainty and not-knowing. The poems and teachings she offers invite us into that wondrous, wild space.

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00:35:02

Practicing Patience

Jody Hojin Kimmel ·

2023/07/02

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 07/02/2023 - Hojin Sensei shares teachings and stories about Patience Paramita. She explores the description of patience given by Larry Ward, a senior teacher in Thich Nhat Hanh's lineage: "patience is the capacity to receive what life gives us." The practice of patience, Hojin says, is humbling, and it has the power to open our hearts and transform intolerance into wisdom and compassion.

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00:30:01

Zazen Is Not a Means to an End

Jody Hojin Kimmel ·

2023/07/01

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 07/01/2023 - In this Jodo-style talk during a Zazenkai, Hojin Sensei delves into Dogen's teachings on zazen. Dogen taught that zazen is not a means to an end - not a meditation technique to achieve something, but "the Dharma gate of joyful ease." Practice and realization are inseparably one and the same. What are the implications of this deep teaching on the way in which we practice?

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00:35:43

Rejoicing in the Happiness of Others

Jody Hojin Kimmel ·

2023/06/11

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC 6/11/2023 - What is our relationship to joy, in ourselves and in others? In this talk, Hojin Sensei explores the third of the Four Immeasurables: "May all beings live in sympathetic joy, rejoicing in the happiness of others." She speaks about the challenges and importance of this teaching, especially in the context of our suffering.

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00:39:56

Bodhisattvaness

Jody Hojin Kimmel ·

2023/05/21

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei ZCNYC 05/21/2023 - How should we regard and love one another? In the Vimalakirti Sutra, Vimalakirti begins by describing to Manjushri about the insubstantiality of beings. What kind of teaching is this? If people are like balls of foam, bubbles of water, and if, as the Buddha and Vimalikirti say, the nature of the self, of all beings are “empty of own-being,” why and how should we love one another? We can jump to a very nihilistic conclusion if we don’t inquire about this

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00:47:13

Singing Dharma with Ambapali

Jody Hojin Kimmel ·

2023/05/14

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC 5/14/2023 - For Mother's Day Hojin Sensei introduces us to Ambapali, one of the important female figures in the Buddhist tradition alive during the time of the Buddha. Her enlightenment poem is found in the Therigatha (awakening poems of the elder wise women at the time of the Buddha) where she directly faces and expresses the questions we are inquiring into this Ango about our lives: the questions of birth, aging, sickness, and death. How do we live these

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00:31:47

Do You Remember?

Jody Hojin Kimmel ·

2023/05/07

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC 05/07/2023 - Hojin Sensei introduces us to the Five Remembrances first found in the Upajjhatthana Suttra. We are encouraged to reflect on these because we will do things that make ourselves and others suffer. We are reminded that we will inherit the results of our actions. Our actions are our continuation. What we do and what happens to us is the same thing.

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00:35:10

Compassionate Inquiry

Jody Hojin Kimmel ·

2023/04/23

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC, Fire Lotus Temple, 04/23/2023 - Hojin Sensei quotes from Hongzhi, Charlotte Joko Beck and teaches how to practice in accord with our true self and our relative self. She invites us to open to the parts of ourselves that proliferate suffering with gentleness and care.

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00:29:26

Zenki: “Undivided Activity”

Jody Hojin Kimmel ·

2023/03/11

Zen Center of New York City, Fire Lotus Temple, Saturday 03/11/2023 - Hojin Sensei offers Dharma words and a reading of Dogen's fascicle Zenki, "Undivided Activity" during a Zazenkai at Fire Lotus Temple.

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