Give Yourself to Yourself and Others to Others

Patrick Yunen Kelly, Senior Lay Student
Zen Center of New York City, Brooklyn, NY, Sunday 08/16/2026
From Dogen’s “Bodaisatta Shi Shoho”
Drawing on Dogen’s short essay “The Bodhisattva’s Four Methods of Guidance,” Yunen discusses the relationship between our zazen on the cushion and the practices of generosity and compassion in everyday life.