ZCNYC Retreats

Upcoming Retreats at Zen Center of New York City

Explore Zen Center of New York City through one of our upcoming retreats. Please don’t let financial issues prevent you from attending a program at the ZCNYC. All programs are offered on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay the full amount, please offer what you can. You will be given an option on the registration page.

The following programs are in-person at ZCNYC or are online but specific to our city sangha. To view the full list of MRO retreats and events, please click here.

Upcoming ZCNYC Retreats

Half-Day Sit (onsite)

March 25, 2023
ZCNYC
A three-hour practice of connecting with the still point, making space in which to find the heart-mind and body, and a place to take refuge. Let us sit deep into our well and show up from a place of love and courage—the two things that throughout history have been shown are necessary in order to help humanity not […]

Half-Day Sit (online)

March 25, 2023
ONLINE
A three-hour practice of connecting with the still point, making space in which to find the heart-mind and body, and a place to take refuge. Let us sit deep into our well and show up from a place of love and courage—the two things that[…]

Half-Day Sit (online)

April 1, 2023
ONLINE
A three-hour practice of connecting with the still point, making space in which to find the heart-mind and body, and a place to take refuge. Let us sit deep into our well and show up from a place of love and courage—the two things that[…]

Death and Resurrection: The Practice of the Recognition of the Clear Light of Awareness in the Face of our Inevitable Death

with Lama Justin von Bujdoss

April 7, 2023
ZCNYC
We are delighted to welcome Lama Justin for this Good Friday dharma talk at Fire Lotus Temple, where he will share reflections from the Vajrayana tradition on death, dying, the bardo—the intermediate state between this life and the next—and the practice of Clear Light meditation a meditation that can be taken up here and now […]

Working with our Humanity: Engaging the Expression of Kleshas and the Spaciousness Within Them.

with Lama Justin von Bujdoss

April 8, 2023
Zen Center of New York City
In this day-long retreat we will explore methods through which the intensity of our kleshas, the reactive emotions that contribute to our experience of suffering, can be brought directly into meditation and similarly, how the view of the various forms of mediation that we will be exploring from the Dzogchen, Mahamudra and Zhije Vajrayana […]

Ten Ox-herding Pictures: Stages in a Spiritual Journey

with Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei

April 15, 2023
Zen Center of New York City
The spiritual path comes alive pictorially in the Zen tradition's Ten Ox-herding pictures. This series of images portrays a young ox-herder whose quest leads them to discover, subdue and train a wild ox—their own heart and mind—in a process of transformation. The ox represents awakening, and the herder is you—the meditator, the seeker—encountering the gritty […]

Meeting Buddhas and Bodhisattvas: Tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

with Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei and Ikumi Kaminishi

April 22, 2023
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Asian Art Collection Gallery
Have you ever wondered how to tell the difference between the images of the buddhas and bodhisattvas? Or, what does it mean that there are so many identities of buddhas and bodhisattvas in the first place? Shakyamuni Buddha, Amitabha Buddha, Maitreya Buddha to name a few, and if we include bodhisattvas, the list is extensive. […]

Half-Day Sit (online)

April 22, 2023
ONLINE
A three-hour practice of connecting with the still point, making space in which to find the heart-mind and body, and a place to take refuge. Let us sit deep into our well and show up from a place of love and courage—the two things that[…]

Half-Day Sit (online)

April 29, 2023
ONLINE
A three-hour practice of connecting with the still point, making space in which to find the heart-mind and body, and a place to take refuge. Let us sit deep into our well and show up from a place of love and courage—the two things that[…]

BIAPoC Spring Retreat

with Black, Indigenous, Asian and Peoples of Color (BIAPoC) Sangha

May 6, 2023
Zen Center of New York City
We’re happy to offer a BIAPoC retreat this spring at the Brooklyn temple! We will have an afternoon to sit together, experience guided body practice, and engage in conversation. […]

Half-Day Sit (online)

May 27, 2023
ONLINE
A three-hour practice of connecting with the still point, making space in which to find the heart-mind and body, and a place to take refuge. Let us sit deep into our well and show up from a place of love and courage—the two things that[…]

Introduction to Kado: Natural Flowers

with Marcia Shibata

June 9, 2023
ZCNYC
Kado comes from a Chinese phrase that means "the Way of Flowers." In this case "flower" represents the entire rainbow of livings plants, from the smallest delicate flower to mighty trees. The practice of Kado began in China more than 2,300 years ago and was later introduced to and assimilated in Japanese culture. Eventually, the Japanese […]

Kado-Ikebana: The Way of Flowers

with Marcia Shibata

June 10, 2023
Zen Center of New York City
Kado-Ikebana is a contemplative art practice revealing the relationship between nature, space, and human awareness (or unawareness). The practice simultaneously reveals the inner relationship between our true nature and the misconceptions we have about ourselves. While the very ground of our being is nature, and thus natural, through close study we may find ways in […]

Oli D Remembers: An Evening of Zazen & Music

with Oli D Remembers

June 11, 2023
Zen Center of New York City
Join us for an evening of zazen & music with Oli-D. Oli writes songs with a critical edge, examining what “acoustic,” “folk,” and “personal” mean […]