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Foundations in Buddhist Contemplative Caregiving Training Program, 2009-2010
If you are seeking to expand your experiences and skills as a caregiver for those in need, applications are now being received for the 2009-2010 year.
The Foundations in Buddhist Contempletive Caregiving Training Program is a 10-month intensive for people wishing to deepen their practice and integrate contemplative skills to caregiving. Dates for the educational year run from September 2009 to June 2010, with classes meeting once a month and students' individual clinical placements and contact hours being executed throughout the year.
The training program is taught by Robert Chodo Campbell, Koshin Paley Ellison, and Trudi Jinpu Hirsch. Roshi Enkyo O'Hara is guiding spiritual teacher.
Applications are being received now.
To apply, click here.
Spring Retreat: Waking Up in Your Life, May 8-10, 2009
Take a long weekend with us at Easton Mountain resort located in Greenwich, New York, May 8-10, 2009.
How do you find freedom in the midst of your life? How do you learn to be quiet and still your mind? In this weekend Zen retreat, we will explore what the Zen Buddhist teachings have to offer those of any or no faith tradition. The emphasis of the retreat will be cultivating a deep quiet within ourselves. We will practice together with Dharma talks, guided, silent, and walking meditations, and a closing council. Come join together for a rich extended weekend of silence and intimacy with yourself and others. All levels of experience (including none!) are welcome.
To learn more about the retreat, click here.
April 18, 2009, 8:30am-9:00am, Robert Chodo Campbell leads meditation at Urban Zen’s Well Being Forum
Urban Zen’s inaugural Well-Being Forum articulated and committed to the goal of bringing the best of Eastern and Western medicine together towards improving care in the hospitals -- for patients as well as health care providers. Chodo will lead the morning meditation portion of the day, which will be attended by yoga instructors, therapists, doctors, and lay people.
To learn more about the the Well Being Forum, go to: www.urbanzen.org
April 25th, 2009: Part 3 of NYZCCC’s 3-Part Series: Giving Language to Grief and Loss
How we deal with the loss, be it with a job, a loved one, a partner or a belief system, affects each of us in various conscience and subconscious ways.
In this one-day retreat, you will be able to explore and express your personal relationships to loss and grieving. Through processes such as guided meditation, dyads, and written exercises, we will unearth the language, images and feelings that exist within and around the concepts of death. This final class of the 3-part series is held from 10am- 4pm at the Village Zendo in Soho at 588 Browaday, suite 1108. Teachers Koshin Paley Ellison and Robert Chodo Campbell will lead the retreat.
You may come to this final Part 3 class even if you have not participated in Part 1 and Part 2. All are welcome.
To register for this event, click here.
May 4, 2009, 7:00-9:00pm, Chodo speaks at New York Insight Meditation Center on Addiction and Recovery
2500 years ago the Buddha said craving and attachment is the cause of suffering. In the 1930’s Bill Wilson started the first Twelve-Step program that worked with a deep form of craving and suffering: addictions. In these monthly meetings, we will explore the ways that Buddhism and the Steps support and complement each other and can deepen our spiritual lives. The meetings will include Buddhist meditation practices, interactive exercises, dharma talks and discussion. The evenings are open to all who are interested. You need not be in a Twelve Step program nor have a background in Buddhism.
Fee by donation.
To find out more about this event at NYInsight, click here.
April 19th, 2009, 11:30am Chodo will give Dharma Talk at Village Zendo
Optional sitting begins at 9:30 am. Village Zendo is located at 588 Broadway, Suite 1108. No experience necessary, come one and all! For more information click here.
April 23rd, 2009, 7:30pm, Koshin will give Dharma Talk 'The Three Barriers' at Village Zendo
Optional sitting begins at 7pm. Village Zendo is located at 588 Broadway, Suite 1108. No experience necessary, come one and all! For more information click here.
March 28-29, 2009, National Conference for MD-PhD Students in the Social Sciences and Humanities, 'Understanding the Past, Transforming the Future'
Joshua Moses, MA and PhD candidate, spoke on 'Buddhism, Contemplative Care and Health Care in the United States: An Anthropologist's Perspective.'
Joshua Moses, MA, PhD candidate in anthropology, former student of the Foundations in Buddhist Contemplative Care Training Program, and Board Member of NYZCCC, addressed fellow anthropologists, historians, medical doctors, psychologists, economists, sociologists, students of literature and art about topics such as why Buddhism is a cultural fit for America today, how it is being popularized, what contemplative care means for practitioners and patients, where science is proving the positive effects of Buddhist practices, and many more aspects of where care, culture, research and meaning all collide. Joshua used his personal experiences with NYZCCC to exemplify many of the Buddhist, and particularly Zen Buddhists,’ traditions and modern approaches to health care, spirituality and holism.
To learn more about this conference, click here.
March 27, 2009, The National Minority AIDS Education and Training Center invites Robert Chodo Campbell to speak at the 2009 Symposium on Emerging Trends in HIV/AIDS and Minorities
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Koshin and Chodo with Dr. Goulda Downer, Principal Investigator for the NMAETC
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Koshin and Chodo traveled to Washington, DC to the annual NMAETC Symposium 2009. Chodo spoke on this year's topic, ‘Emerging Trends in HIV/AIDS and Minorities: The Role of Traditional Healing in HIV Clinical Management.’ The day was rich with information on the use of "Traditional" medicine (often referred to as alternative, complimentary, adjunctive).
Doctors from around the globe introduced medicines from their countries such as Canova extracted from plants indigenous to Brazil, Moringa Oleifera from Nigeria. A holistic practitioner from Honolulu spoke about his wellness clinic and the use of meditation as a leading part of their program. Chodo's presentation included the three Zen Peacemaker Precepts: Not Knowing, Bearing Witness, and Compassionate Action, as a foundation for his work in the HIV/AIDS clinic.
To learn more about NMAETC click here.
Social Workers Month 2009
Robert Chodo Campbell speaks at Beth Israel Podell Auditorium on Caring for the Self and Stress Reduction, March 24, 2009.
Social Workers Month, officially recognized since 1984, honors those who make a living out of helping others, and on March 24th, they were given the space and direction to help themselves. Chodo lead meditation and small group work so that the Social Workers at Beth Israel could experience some restorative self-reflection on their own lives, state of being and health.
This year’s Social Work Month’s theme was Purpose and Possibility.
To learn more about Social Work Month, click here.
March 16, 2009, Koshin finishes another successful 3-part training on Transforming Emotional Difficulties at The Open Center
This three part series is a condensed workshop experience of self-reflection, exercises and dialogue about our emotional lives, and how those emotions impact all aspects of our journey. One learns how to stop, notice, accept, redirect, and contemplate all our choices within a safe environment with others.
This series leaves lasting impacts such as these by those who attended:
“The level of depth and the unique approaches in this class allowed me to see myself with new clarity.”
“Warm, safe atmosphere created, with excellent activities I could practice in daily life.”
“I learned a great deal about myself and the human condition.”
“Practical tools were given to emotional material, it created a balance for me.”
Would you like this series to come to your group, school or business? Call or email us to discuss details. 212 666 0249. info@zencare.org
Thursday March 15th, Robert Chodo Campbell spoke at the 53rd Session of the United Nations Commission Status of Women NGO parallel event, organized by the Temple of Understanding
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Chodo with fellow panelist, Waheedah Shabazz-El
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The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal UN global policy-making body dedicated exclusively to gender equality and the advancement of women. Every year, representatives of Member States gather at UN Headquarters in New York to evaluate progress on gender equality, identify challenges, set global standards and formulate concrete policies to promote gender equality and advancement of women worldwide. In keeping with the theme, the Temple of Understanding presented an interfaith panel presentation entitled, “Religious Activism Challenging HIV/AIDS: Moving towards 2015.”
Chodo spoke on the panel of interfaith community leaders. He offered a main message, “Be with whatever presents itself in the moment,” as a pivotal tool to more intimately connect with the needs of the local and global HIV/AIDS epidemic. Chodo’s timing of this message was especially poignant, as he spoke only one hour after a friend of 20 years died of HIV/AIDS, with whom he had just been at bedside. The relevance of the panel’s topic became beyond evident, as real life and death matters created palpable presence in the room.
To learn more about the Commission on the Status of Women, click here.
To learn more about Temple of Understanding, click here.
Peggy Grote Remembered
On March 15, 2009 more than 80 people gathered at the Village Zendo in Soho to celebrate and honor Peggy Grote.
Fiery spirit, sweet nature, thirst for life, childlike energy, bright eyes, one who speaks from the heart (or the gut)… all these things describe our beloved Peggy Grote, who passed away on New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2008 at 11:35pm at the end of sesshin and was surrounded by people she loved.
Peggy was a member of two different Buddhist communities in the New York area, both of which communed for her memorial service at Village Zendo in Soho, New York City, alongside her family members and close friends.
The memorial service was lead by Roshi Enkyo O’Hara, who gave Peggy her dharma name during the service, Ji Un (Compassionate Cloud). The day was filled with loving memories spoken by friends and family, along with food, wine, Irish dancing and singing. We celebrated her well, love her still and all are better for having her in life.
February 2, 2009, Koshin and Chodo invited to the Spiritual Care Collaborative Summit, in Orlando, FL
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Koshin and Chodo with fellow chaplain attendees
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On Febraury 2, Koshin and Chodo were invited to speak at the The Spiritual Care Collaborative’s Summit, in Oralando, FL. The Collaborative is an international group of professional organizations actively collaborating to advance excellence in professional pastoral and spiritual care, counseling, education and research. The Co-Founders joined Al-hajji Yusuf Hasan, Rabbi Naomi Kalish, and others for a lively afternoon discussion between chaplains from four faith traditions. Earlier in the conference, Chodo and Koshin participated in the first “Buddhist Breakfast.” It is traditional at chaplaincy conferences for there to be faith-based breakfasts, and this is the first year that a Buddhist one was held. They were joined with several Buddhist chaplains from around the country, including Jennifer Block and Carlyle Coash our friends from Zen Hospice Project. Koshin and Chodo are looking forward to being a part of the growing field of certified Buddhist chaplains.
To learn more about The Spiritual Care Collaborative Summit, click here.
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Make a Donation to New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care
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Our mission is to make accessible, the wisdom, compassion and equanimity of the Buddha both locally and globally by: Creating and operating an end-of-life care residence within a larger Dharma center. To mindfully and compassionately serve people approaching death. To support the dying, their family and friends. To train volunteers, staff, monastics and medical professionals the ways of attending to the sick and dying from a Buddhist perspective. Attending to residents physical, emotional and spiritual needs cognizant of the fact that death is an integral experience of life. To provide the larger community, educational programs with a foundation in Buddhist teachings. To offer daily meditation practice, workshops and teachings from visiting Dharma teachers and Healthcare professionals. Your tax deductible donation will go toward making our vision a reality.
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