"The true ornament of the Buddha hall is the people who are practicing there."
—Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
It is the intent of this journal to serve as the voice of the Village Zendo, both within the Sangha and to the wider community. It is written and illustrated entirely by Sangha members, giving expression to our practice, our perceptions, our talents. We hope that it is and will continue to be a True Expression of our temple in the city.
Roshi on Compassion and the Goddess, Neil Soten Theise's first dharma talk, peony-purchasing, precepts, poems, dream clouds, and Shakyamuni hoovering.
The Street Retreat, poems, a broken Avalokiteshvara, an interview with Anne Waldman, a dog's mirror nature.
Sangha and liturgy: Roshi on commitment; our affiliates in Philly, Northampton, and Long Island; some clumsy initiations into Zen ritual and our upcoming liturgy training program. Photographs, videos, and meditations.
A wildly ambitious omnibus of sangha members' photographs, photograms, music, videos, poetry, pottery, and sculpture.
Three photo essays, two poems, an interview with Nichiren practitioner Paula Miksic, the ox herder's journey, caving in, dropping away.
Our new digs on the 11th floor, Roshi on sangha expressing the way, Rodney Alan Greenblat's drawings for a new American Buddhist iconography, and an interview with Monica Sharma from the UN.
Roshi on the Mountains and Rivers Sutra, an interview with Steven Kosho Theberge, Meditate NYC, Sacred Slam. If you see something, say something.
An interview with Mo Ferrell, who makes many of our robes. Roshi on Time and Environment, Koshin's shuso talk.
A night in a Botswana forest, a day in Bodh Gaya. Shinryu on the structure of Zen temples, Roshi on the Identity of Relative and Absolute.
"On Winter sesshin, and complexity theory, and the war in Iraq. Roshi discusses, "to be attached to things is delusion." Is this Chelsea?"
Crazy dancing, found dharma talks, and inexhaustible desires. Graffiti in Williamsburg, and a painting by Emma Tapley.
to lend their voices to this journal. We welcome thoughts on practice, recommendations for books, movies, plays, art shows, contributions of a poem or quote or joke that express the dharma — or personal news such as a special accomplishment or an unusual trip. This journal is intended as a forum for voices of the sangha. Let us hear yours!
Submissions:
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A. Jesse Jiryu Davis
Musho Rodney Alan Greenblat
Nina Shuka Klippel
Sara Marcus
Sybil Myoshin Taylor