Call me naive, but I still believe in the power of love. During NYZCs recent Contemplative Care Retreat, guest dharma teacher Pamela Ayo Yetunde shares a dharma talk focusing on love, a medicine

It is very popular to see a life of practice as a transaction as opposed to just doing because that is what needs to be done. Totally engaged, to be no where else except here, this is the practice

When we get caught up in our opinions and evaluations, we miss the opportunity to feel compassion and love. The Contemplative Care Retreat this year focused on the three poisons of greed, hatred,

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule. Siddhrtha Gautama, The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha In yesterdays dharma talk, Koshin Sensei reminds us o

How am I taking care of the whole? How are my actions bringing harmony to all? In this dharma talk, rich with detail and insight, Koshin Sensei recounts his recent trip to Japan, which he traveled

The Middle Way means to demolish all concepts set up in our mindsallowing life to be life. Ksh Uchiyama During our recent Summer Sesshin, Chodo Sensei offered an instructive and expansive dha

Who do you recognize as part of your community? In this talk from earlier in the year, Chodo Sensei introduces the Three Jewels Buddha, Dharma, Sangha and focuses his attention on the last; th

Life always presents us with pairs. There are always two aspects that complement each other sun and moon, day and night, mother and father, life and death but how easily our minds become occupied

When we do just one activity, we express our true nature. Suzuki Roshi In this recent dharma talk, Chodo Sensei looks at the scattering tendencies of the mind. He shares his own difficulties re

Our willingness to be compassionate and generous in our speech changes relationships both inside of our selves, in our sangha, and in our world. What happens when we dont hold ourselves and each