Oneness and multiplicity live together. . . .
This is one of the essential points of dharma practice.
How can we perceive and express the oneness of everything within the myriad things we encounter?
— Dogen’s Freeing Verse, translated by Shohaku Okumura
Welcome!
Pamsula Zen Center
Rev. Daiken Nelson, Roshi Guiding Teacher
A place where everyone is free to be and become themself:
Come as You are
In-Person Meditation Resumes!
Small Chapel at Union Theological Seminary
3041 Broadway between 120th & 122nd
We will also continue on Zoom & Facebook Live
• Every Monday Evening •
Schedule:
6:00 p.m. — Gather
6:10 — Meditation
6:35 — Check-in & Discussion
≈7:15 — Bodhisattva Vows
(It is possible to join or leave the session at any time)
• Every Friday Morning •
Schedule:
7:30 p.m. — Gather
7:35 — Meditation
8:00 Walking Meditation (Kinhin)
8:05 — Meditation
8:30 — 4 Bodhisattva Vows
(It is possible to join or leave the session at any time)
• Monthly Zazenkai / Half-Day Meditation Retreat •
We will stream live via Facebook Live at: Pamsula Zen Center Facebook Page
And, via Zoom: PM for Zoom link: Here
I still recall how, with my bag on a pole, I forgot my yesterdays.
Wandered the hills, played in the water, went to the land of the clouds.
The lift of an eyebrow, the blink of an eye -- all of it samadhi (deep absorption).
In this great world there is nowhere that is not a wisdom hall.
— Ziyong (18th c. Chinese Buddhist Nun)
Pamsula Zen Center welcomes All to Practice.
It is PZC’s policy not to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, gender, sexual orientation,
gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or religion in its programs or activities.
Also, all offerings are dana (donation) based — with suggested free-will offering
with no one turned away for lack of resources
Pamsula (definition):
1) Dusty, covered with dust; 2) Polluted, defiled, sullied, stained
Traditionally, the discarded, soiled cloth that monks & nuns found from which they made their robes