Village Zendo

Village Zendo

The Village Zendo is a community of people who come together to practice in the Soto Zen tradition. We offer zazen (sitting meditation), one-on-one instruction with a teacher, dharma talks, chanting services, retreats, workshops and study groups.
Co-founded in 1986 by Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara and Sensei Barbara Joshin O’Hara, the Village Zendo is committed to authentically continuing the Zen tradition while keeping it contemporary and relevant to today’s world. We are located in lower Manhattan, offering a place of healing and sanctuary in the midst of one of the world’s busiest and most vital cities.
Our abbot, Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara, received dharma transmission in the White Plum lineage of Taizan Maezumi Roshi, which incorporates both the Soto and Rinzai Zen traditions. Our zendo has been given the Japanese name Dotoku-ji (True Expression Temple).
Enkyo Roshi is supported by six dharma successors who form the VZ teaching staff. The zendo is known for its vibrant and diverse community

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  • @mattycreative
    @mattycreative12 күн бұрын

    Fusho…can you supply a link to some of your filmmaking? Thnx!

  • @nileshkasimahanti8086
    @nileshkasimahanti8086Ай бұрын

    Deep bow

  • @j-trandell9274
    @j-trandell9274Ай бұрын

    Great stuff - this. Love the pace!

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller4227Ай бұрын

    ☺️👍👨‍🎨🎨🎼🎉🌺🥰

  • @jesseanderson7502
    @jesseanderson7502Ай бұрын

    🙇‍♂️

  • @samsunnaherkhatun6905
    @samsunnaherkhatun6905Ай бұрын

    Excellent episode!

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller4227Ай бұрын

    ☺️👍👨‍🎨🎨🥰🙏🌺🐝🍯

  • @mujaku
    @mujakuАй бұрын

    Rather, in Zen practice, what you are looking for is to realize yourself as a self that does not distinguish between subject and object. You must go from your self which you accept unconditionally right now to the self that is based on the universal root. - Joshu Sasaki Roshi [Zen Notes XX, No. 5]

  • @Blayyse
    @Blayyse2 ай бұрын

    Beautiful intellectualisation there Chuck. I think I was truly 'actualised' today. I have quote on quote - 'observed'. And I was both actualising and observing. Lol

  • @Blayyse
    @Blayyse2 ай бұрын

    and me saying this now is trying to 'intellectualise' it, but so are all of the words you just spoke. Much love.

  • @christiancarson6387
    @christiancarson63872 ай бұрын

    I needed that teaching right now

  • @janetcarlson
    @janetcarlson2 ай бұрын

    🙏

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42273 ай бұрын

    Yes… appreciate your life…pure freedom…☺️👍👨‍🎨🎨💫

  • @lisamariewindwalker9493
    @lisamariewindwalker94933 ай бұрын

    108 Bows of Gratitude, Dear Fusho! I bend and touch the Earth upon hearing this dharma! XO

  • @phantasticflox
    @phantasticflox3 ай бұрын

    A wonderful talk. Thankyou.

  • @shenpenlhamo22
    @shenpenlhamo224 ай бұрын

    Lovely presence, lovely talk. Thank you🙏

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42274 ай бұрын

    Helpful, mindful, useful zen! thank you👍☺️👨‍🎨🎨🙏💫🥰poetically profound….

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42274 ай бұрын

    ☺️👍👨‍🎨🎨🙏💫

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42274 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your intimate honesty…👍☺️🎨👨‍🎨

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42274 ай бұрын

    Thank you for being open and intimate…☺️👍👨‍🎨🎨☝️🎁🎉

  • @Watercolordragon
    @Watercolordragon4 ай бұрын

    Great Talk! How do you discern between ego's purpose and God's or Higher Self's purpose?

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42274 ай бұрын

    ☺️👍👨‍🎨🎨💫

  • @classic20rock00
    @classic20rock004 ай бұрын

    This is so beautifully wise and beautifully calming.

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42275 ай бұрын

    ☺️👍👨‍🎨🎨☝️🥰🙏🎁

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42275 ай бұрын

    ☺️👍👨‍🎨🎨🥰🙏💫

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42275 ай бұрын

    Thank you Roshi Pat… very inspiring & helpful☺️☺️👨‍🎨🎨🙏🥰

  • @lisamariewindwalker9493
    @lisamariewindwalker94935 ай бұрын

    Gassho Bows of Gratitude, Roshi! -Lumi

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42275 ай бұрын

    👍☺️👨‍🎨🎨🙏🌅💫

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42275 ай бұрын

    Thank you… so helpful…☺️👍👨‍🎨🙏🎨🥰☝️🌅🙏

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42275 ай бұрын

    Profound & Powerful… Thank You…👍☺️👨‍🎨🎨🙏☝️🥰🌅

  • @Genpinan
    @Genpinan5 ай бұрын

    Now that's a really interesting take, but also makes a whole lot of sense as happiness is as evanescent as other feelings

  • @user-jb6ke9ym5y
    @user-jb6ke9ym5y6 ай бұрын

    Sound is so faint - can it be amplified?

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42276 ай бұрын

    Nice sum of some recent talks…thank you …for me… “Words fail… Silence prevails…” Kenzen: Satori Sun Art Studio ☺️🎨👨‍🎨👍🎼🌅🥰

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42276 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your Being & Seeing… It Is So Freeing! ☺️👨‍🎨🎨🙏🥰 Kenzen: Satori Sun Art Studio

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42276 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the Moon and the Maple Leaves!🙏☺️👨‍🎨🎨🥰Kenzen: Satori Sun Art Studio

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42276 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing yOUR Wonderful Wisdom! Really OnederFull!☺️👍👨‍🎨🎨🙏🥰

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42277 ай бұрын

    ☺️👍👨‍🎨🎨🥰🍎🙏🌅Kenzen: Satori Sun Art Studio

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42277 ай бұрын

    ☺️👍👨‍🎨🎨🥰🍎

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42277 ай бұрын

    👍☺️👨‍🎨🎨🍎

  • @anoshya
    @anoshya7 ай бұрын

    For thousands of years human beings have chosen to settle their differences by obliterating one another..And when we are not obliterating each other we spend an enormous amount of time and attention coming up with better ways to obliterate one another the next time..Albert Camus. Thanks for the talk

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42277 ай бұрын

    👍👨‍🎨🎨🎼☝️🙏🍎

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42277 ай бұрын

    👍👨‍🎨🎨🙏🍎☝️

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42277 ай бұрын

    Very helpful, thank you!👍👨‍🎨🎨☺️🙏🍎

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42277 ай бұрын

    👨‍🎨🎨👍🙏

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42277 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your experience of pain. Very helpful to hear your honesty!👨‍🎨🎨👍☝️🙏

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42277 ай бұрын

    👍☺️👨‍🎨🎨🙏

  • @dr.kenmiller4227
    @dr.kenmiller42277 ай бұрын

    ☺️👨‍🎨🎨👍🙏🍎

  • @BigDogDamon
    @BigDogDamon7 ай бұрын

    Trump kept us out of war. Biden has destroyed the US in three years. Woke liberal Americans are destroying our lives.

  • @ThePublicHealthHeaux
    @ThePublicHealthHeaux7 ай бұрын

    "The phases of the pain may shift: now a full orange moon rising angry above the horizon then a yellow gibbous moon climbing the sky or now a silver hook hovering. But where is this moon when I turn my back on it? Oh, look how the night world shimmers right before me. Let's explore." --Soten (2023?)

  • @mattycreative
    @mattycreative8 ай бұрын

    I really enjoyed this, especially as an artist and as a Catholic trying to also practice Zen. Do you have a channel with more content?

  • @zenaudio108
    @zenaudio1088 ай бұрын

    Thank you, Fusho! I am currently working through The Hidden Lamp with a group of people and we recently discussed The Goddess and Shariputra. It was great to hear it in this framework and really enjoyable hearing the dharma filtered through popular culture 🙏