Standing in the World
Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 8/29/26 - The Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta is where Buddha gives the four postures: walking, standing, sitting, and lying down. The instruction is essentially to...
Alone, Lonely, Solitary, All Related
Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 8/23/26 - A practitioner came to the temple during the week and in a conversation they asked Hojin Sensei: “Are you lonely?” In...
The Five Remembrances – Wise Reaching Outs
Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 8/9/26 - The Buddha said that all conditioned things—all things that begin to exist at a particular time—are impermanent, and will eventually decay...
Avian Traces
Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - 8/2/26 - “A bird flies in the sky, and no matter how far it flies, there is no end to the air.” Following a retreat...
Oh! Really?
Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 6/14/26 - The Buddha said, “All things are ultimately liberated; they have no abiding place.” In this koan, the teenage Satsujo, completely devoted...
Living in Inquiry
Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 6/13/26 - When inquiry is alive within us, every thought we think can end with a question mark — perhaps even an exclamation...
Finding the Genuine Within
Degna Chikei Levister, MRO Senior Lay Student - ZCNYC - 5/31/26 - Inspired by Howard Thurman's invitation to listen for "the sound of the genuine" within, this talk explores how...
If You Break the Precepts, You Break the Precepts
Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 5/24/26 - In a life of practice, we do not wait until we "feel worthy" to begin the Way. How often do we...
Dark to the Mind, Radiant to the Heart
Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - ZCNYC - 5/3/26 - This talk explores what Hongzhi calls the “mysterious pivot,” a sudden shift that disrupts thinking and reveals direct, lived experience. Drawing...
Wear the Robe and Carry the Bowl
Linda Shinji Hoffman, Senior Lay Student - ZCNYC - 4/20/26 - In Cultivating the Empty Field, Hongzhi recounts how Huineng received the robe and bowl, symbols of awakening, and became the...
