Sometimes in life, we need to stop and take a deep breath. Here is a small piece about NYC’s long standing Zendo, Featuring Enkyo Roshi

In this Fusatsu talk, Shinryu Roshi looks at the alignment between zazen, atonement, and precepts, focussing on the Three Pure Precepts.

In this talk, Fugan Sensei examines how to practice with wounds and scars, considering what the resilience of turtles can teach us about healing.

In his Dharma talk, senior student HonGō looks at the importance of waking up to impermanence and where do you find the Dharma in your life.

The Village Zendo’s virtual zendo is privileged to present, “Breathing Through the Body Gates,” in which senior student Torei express how bearing witness, breathing through, and choosing solidarity can show up in our lives.

The Village Zendo’s virtual zendo is privileged to present, “An Expat’s Experience of No-Self – EEK!” in which senior student Soten explores the loss of self-identity that comes with expat life, with retiring from a long career, with physically decamping from his physical Village Zendo spiritual home after decades to the virtual VZ online community. Inquiring after the loss of self that comes when you are separated from all the people who are your mirrors — reflecting you back to your Self with “good morning!” and “nice haircut” and “how are you?” — he ponders the fear that can arise out of losing one’s Self on the cushion. Of course, Dogen has something to say.

In this dharma talk, student teacher Musho sees the tragedy of 9-11 2001 as a pattern of violence. A pattern that can only be stopped with effort beyond effort. Musho then reframes 9-11 in an original short story inspired by the Lotus Sutra.