Completing the ordinary things we do every day, one by one, with all of our heartthis is enlightenment itself. At the end of January, 120 members of the NYZC sangha gathered for a five-day retr

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 though

This sangha, here and on Zoom, represents 88 generations of practitionershow incredible to be part of this living lineage. Ourupcoming Commit to Sit is starting this week and so we share one fin

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 expe

Taking refuge in sangha is taking refuge in diversitydiversity inside and diversity in the world. We share this profound and tender opening dharma talk from our recent Summer Commit to Sit in hon

There is not a moment when you cant practice. Koshin Many of us are busy. We often share with one another just how busy our lives feel. Can we slow down, pause, and experience each moment? Kosh

What do you need to set aside? How often do we get stuck on rightness and wrongness? These judgements separate us from actually experiencing our lives moment by moment. Keizan Jokin invites u

Zazen is an attitude for how you live. For many of us, showing others who we really are is rare. But why? What causes and conditions; stories and identities do you drape around yourself? Keizan Jo

Artwork by Contemplative Medicine Fellow, Prash Gunasekera Like a plum blossom blooming in the winter, possibilities can emerge even when new life seems inconceivable. Koshin Sensei encourages us to

It turns out that we dont really change until we completely commit, especially when things are hard. We all can feel lonely and isolated sometimes. And, at the very same time, we are often reluc