Mirror, Mirror ! – Reflecting without Division
Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei
Zen Center of New York City, Fire Lotus Temple, Brooklyn, Sunday 03/01/2026
From The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women
#34 — The Zen Mirror of Tōkeiji
Listen to this invitation from a small convent in medieval Japan—Tōkeiji—where generations of nuns practiced zazen before a mirror, contemplating this question: “Where is a single feeling, a single thought, in the mirror image at which I gaze?” Awareness does not stand apart from experience. What might this mean in a world that so often feels divided?
