Samsara is often misunderstood as the outside world.
Please understand that when we use this word, samsara,
we are referring to the confused inner world of our emotions, judgements, expectations,
and the actions that we create through being influenced by these confusions.
This is why we practice Dharma, in order to see this.
All of our problems are actually self-created, therefore they have the potential to be self-liberated.
— Phakchok Rinpoche

Welcome!

Pamsula Zen Center
Founder & Guiding Teacher: Rev. Daiken Nelson, Roshi

A place where everyone is free to be and become themself: Come as You are

Monday Evening Meditation
6:00p - ≈7:15p

Small Chapel at Union Theological Seminary
Main Entrance: 3041 Broadway (at W. 121st Street)
(1 Train to W. 116th or W. 125th Street)
In-Person & Online
We stream live via Zoom: PM for Zoom link: Here

Friday Morning Meditation
7:30a - 8:30a
via Zoom: PM for Zoom link: Here

Possible join at any time plus to come & go as You need

All are Welcome — Please Join Us.

COMING UP:

Sunday, 26 April
Meditation & Open Sozan / Q&A (In-Person)
Iowa City Zen Center
In-Person: 1025 Fairchild
On-line via Zoom
09:00a – 11:00a CDT / 10:00a – Noon EDT / 07:00a – 09:00a PDT

1Dharma Potluck w/ Garchen Mila & Winding Path Communities
Reno Park, 516 Reno Street
Small Bites. Outside (Weather Permitting: ICZC Rain Alt.)
Bring anything vegetarian
Noon – 2:00pm

Monday, 27 April
Meditation / Dharma Talk / Discussion
Small Chapel at Union Theological Seminary
Plus On-line at Zoom
6:00p - 7:30p EDT / 5:00 – 6:30 CDT / 3:00 – 4:30 PDT

Tuesday, 28 April
Meditation / Dharma Talk (Virtual)
White Plains Zen Center
In-Person: St. Bartholomew’s Church
85 Prospect
White Plains, NY
On-line via Zoom
7:30p—9:00p EDT

All are Welcome

Coming Up Next Month:

13 – 17 May
Street Retreat
NYC
Wednesday Afternoon through Sunday Noon:
a plunge into living as unhoused on the streets of NYC.
Daily Zazen, Council Practice & Service
Group & Dyad Time
Co-lead by Roshi Daiken & Sensei Brian Joshin Byrnes (Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Center, Middlebury, VT)

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Begging Bowl: Please Support Our On-going Offerings: 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 — long-time practitioners & newbies.
It is PZC’s policy not to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, gender, sexual orientation,
gender identity, national origin, ability, age, or religion in our programs or activities.
We joyfully welcome Seekers and Students of all religious paths into our gatherings.

Also, all offerings are dana (donation) based
— with suggested free-will offering —
no one turned away for lack of resources.
We are boundlessly grateful to those who support our offerings

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