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Patient Forbearance

Patient Forbearance

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

Zen Center of New York City, Fire Lotus Temple, Brooklyn, Saturday 10/18/2025

Hojin Sensei’s Saturday Zazenkai Talk 18th October at Fire Lotus Temple

How do you become ‘rested and ready’ to meet those things you’d rather hurry by, or bring under control and fix? Hojin Sensei reminds us that a simple pause can skillfully hold this tension of opposites, which calls on a deeper intimacy with the self through practice. In this way our actions align with the aspiration to Patience Paramita as practice itself.

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