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Fusatsu: Renewal of Stillness

Fusatsu: Renewal of Stillness

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

ZCNYC –  12/31/2025

Here, in a Fusatsu ceremony—a renewal of vows and an atoning for our transgressions—the foundation is stillness. Zazen is the activity through which we continually return to that stillness. Hojin Sensei encourages us to listen deeply, so that morality is not imposed but received, and our true nature can be discovered. From this place, grace naturally infuses our everyday actions.

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