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Podcast Audio The post Dharma talk by Musho, “Sitting with Small Self” first appeared on The Village Zendo.

Podcast Audio The post Dharma talk by Enkyo Roshi, “The Cracked Mirror: An Appreciation of Dr. King” first appeared on The Village Zendo.

Ever since long-time editor of the Bulletin Nina Shuka Klippel came up with the wonderful idea to have Sangha members write about practicing from afar, I’ve been thinking about distance, separation, longing. (A romantic at heart, the quote above from the poet Robert Hass has always been one of my favorites). But in a practice that is, at least in part, about closing distances and finding a way to not separate—what does it mean to practice from a physical distance? And is separation just an illusion

Summer was a season for empowerments at the Village Zendo, with five longtime practitioners receiving Dharma Transmission and some becoming newly entitled to give the Buddhist precepts. The Dharma Transmission and Preceptor ceremonies took place at the VZ’s summer ango retreat at Wisdom House in Litchfield, Connecticut. On July 29, Jeremy Tokuyu Manasia and Allan […] The post Village Zendo Empowers Five New Dharma Teachers first appeared on The Village Zendo.

This Tuesday, January 11, 2022, Roshi Enkyo O’Hara, our beloved founder, teacher, and Abbot, will celebrate her 80th birthday. For over 35 years Roshi Enkyo, with her partner and co-founder, Roshi Barbara Joshin O’Hara, has inspired and guided the Village Zendo community. Roshi Enkyo is known for her compassionate, down-to-earth, practical teaching, her deep insight, […] The post Roshi Enkyo’s 80th Birthday Fundraiser first appeared on The Village Zendo.

The VZ Executive Committee is excited to announce that the Village Zendo will be moving to a new practice space in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan. The move will take place in mid-December, and the Zendo will reopen in its new location in January. The Village Zendo’s new home, at 260 West Broadway, has been […] The post The Village Zendo has a New Home first appeared on The Village Zendo.

Podcast Audio: The post Talk by Shinryu Roshi “The Precepts Writ Small” first appeared on The Village Zendo.