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  • Roshi Enkyo O’Hara, PhD

    Roshi Enkyo O’Hara, PhD, is the Abbot of the Village Zendo (Dotokuji). Enkyo Roshi is a Zen Priest and certified Zen Teacher in the Soto tradition. She studied with Roshi John Daido Loori of Zen Mountain Monastery and Taizan Maezumi Roshi of the Zen Center of Los Angeles/Zen Mountain Center. In 1997 she received Shiho (dharma transmission) from Roshi Bernie Tetsugen Glassman and in June, 2004, she received inka from him in an empowerment ceremony held at the House of One People in Montague, MA. Roshi currently serves as Co-Spiritual Director of the Zen Peacemaker Family, a spiritual, study and social action association. Enkyo Roshi’s focus is on true self-expression, peacemaking, and HIV/AIDS activism. She holds a PhD in Media Ecology and taught multimedia at New York University for over 20 years.

    Guiding Spiritual Teacher

  • Into the Koan

    Roshi Enkyo O’Hara speaks on going Into the Koan at NYZCCC’s Contemplative Care Retreat.

  • The Key to Caregiving

    Roshi gives talk on the Key to Caregiving at NYZCCC’s Contemplative Care Annual Retreat.

  • Intoxication

    Roshi speaks on Intoxication to the Foundations in Buddhist Contemplative Care Training class 2.4.11.

  • Zen Perspective on Death

    Roshi gives talk on the Zen perspective on death to the Foundations in Buddhist Contemplative Care Class 2010-11.

  • The Five Remembrances

    Roshi speaks on The Five Remembrances at NYZCCC’s Contemplative Care Retreat, Garrison Institute, January, 2011.

  • Greed, Ignorance, and Anger

    Roshi Enkyo O’Hara speaks on Greed, Ignorance, and Anger, from NYZCCC’s Contemplative Care Retreat 2010

  • Poison and Medicine

    Roshi Enkyo O’Hara speaks on Poison and Medicine, from NYZCCC’s Contemplative Care Retreat 2010

  • On Light

    Roshi Enkyo O’Hara speaks on Light, from NYZCCC’s Contemplative Care Retreat 2010

  • Anger and the Dharma

    Roshi Enkyo O’Hara speaks on the 9th Precept, Anger, with the Buddhist Contemplative Care Training Program 2009-2010 class.

  • The Nature of Intoxicants

    Roshi Enkyo O’Hara speaks on the 5th Precept to the Foundations in Buddhist Contemplative Care Training Program, 2009-10

  • Sexual Responsibility

    Roshi Enkyo O’Hara speaks on the 3rd Precept of Encountering All Creations With Respect and Dignity at Foundations for Buddhist Contemplative Care Training Program 2009

  • Robert Chodo Campbell

    Rev. Robert Chodo Campbell, HCC co-founded the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, the first Buddhist organization to offer fully accredited chaplaincy training in America. The organization delivers contemplative approaches to care through education, direct service and meditation practice. In order to bring the work to a broader audience, he co-developed the Foundations in Buddhist Contemplative Care Training Program. Chodo is part of the core faculty for the Buddhist Track in the Master in Pastoral Care and Counseling at NYZCCCC’s education partner, New York Theological Seminary. He is Co-Director of Contemplative Care Services for the Department of Integrative Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center. Chodo is a dynamic, earthy, and visionary leader and teacher. His public programs have introduced thousands to the practices of mindful and compassionate care of the living and dying. 30,000 people listen to his podcasts each year.

    His groundbreaking work has been widely featured in the media, including the PBS Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, and in numerous print publications such as the New York Times and Los Angeles Times. He also authored the chapter “The Turning of the Dharma Wheel in Its Many Forms” in the book The Arts of Contemplative Care: Pioneering Voices in Buddhist Chaplaincy and Pastoral Work, Wisdom Publications, 2012. He is a Senior Zen Buddhist monk, Dharma Teacher, and senior chaplain.

    Co-Founder

  • Dignity & Respect

    Chodo speaks on Dignity and Respect at NYZCCC’s Sangha gathering, November 2011.

  • Time

    Chodo speaks on Time at NYZCCC’s Monday night Sangha gathering.

  • Avalokiteshvara

    Chodo speaks on Avalokiteshvara at NYZCCC’s annual Contemplative Care Retreat, Garrison Institute, 2011.

  • When Meditating, Meditate

    Chodo gives talk ‘When Meditating, Meditate’ to Village Zendo, Fall 2011.

  • Harmony of Mind

    Koshin and Chodo speak on the Harmony of Mind at the Integrative Healthcare Symposium 2011.

  • Being Seen & Heard

    Robert Chodo Campbell talks on Being Seen & Heard at the Annual Contemplative Care Retreat.

  • Karma in Action

    Chodo speaks on Karma in Action at the Contemplative Care Retreat, 2011.

  • Body Awareness Meditation

    Robert Chodo Campbell leads a Body Awareness Meditation, Foundation Class, 11.6.2010

  • S. Africa/Zimbabwe Travels

    Chodo speaks on his travels to South Africa and Zimbabwe at NYZCCC Sangha gathering, 10.18.10

  • Being Is Enough

    Chodo Campbell speaks on Being Is Enough at NYZCCC Sangha gathering, 9.20.10

  • Anger

    Robert Chodo Campbell speaks on Anger, from NYZCCC’s Contemplative Care Retreat 2010

  • Depression

    Chodo speaks on Depression at NYZCCC Sangha gathering 6.28.10.

  • Love

    Robert Chodo Campbell speaks on Love, from NYZCCC’s Contemplative Care Retreat 2010.

  • Koshin Paley Ellison, MFA, LMSW, DMin

    Rev. Dr. Koshin Paley Ellison, MFA, LMSW, DMin, co-founded the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, the first Buddhist organization to offer fully accredited chaplaincy training in America and the organization delivers contemplative approaches to care through education, direct service and meditation practice. In order to bring the work to a broader audience, he co-developed the Foundations in Buddhist Contemplative Care Training Program. Koshin leads the Buddhist Track in the Master in Pastoral Care and Counseling at NYZCCCC’s education partner, New York Theological Seminary. He is the Co-Director of Contemplative Care Services for the Department of Integrative Medicine, and serves as the Chaplaincy Supervisor for the Pain and Palliative Care Department at Beth Israel Medical Center where he also serves on the Medical Ethics Committee.

    Koshin is a dynamic, original, and visionary leader and teacher. His public programs have introduced thousands to the practices of mindful and compassionate care of the living and dying. 30,000 people listen to his podcasts each year. His groundbreaking work has been widely featured in the media, including the PBS Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, and in numerous print publications such as the New York Times and Los Angeles Times. He is the co-author of the chapter “Rituals and Resilience,” in the book, Creating Spiritual and Psychological Resilience, Routledge, 2009. He also authored the chapter “The Jeweled Net: What Dogen and the Avatamsaka Sutra Can Offer Us as Spiritual Caregivers,” in the book The Arts of Contemplative Care: Pioneering Voices in Buddhist Chaplaincy and Pastoral Work, Wisdom Publications, 2012. He is a Senior Zen Buddhist Monk, Dharma Teacher, poet, chaplaincy supervisor and Jungian psychotherapist.

    Co-Founder

  • Fudo

    Koshin speaks on Fudo, The Immovable One, at the annual Contemplative Care Retreat at Garrison Insitute.

  • Values & Action

    Koshin speaks on Values & Action at the annual Contemplative Care Retreat at Garrison Institute, September 2011.

  • Seeing Clearly

    Koshin speaks on Seeing Clearly at Village Zendo’s annual Ango Retreat, 2011.

  • The Hungry Ghost

    Koshin talks about The Hungry Ghost at NYZCCC’s Sangha Gathering, NY, NY.

  • I Am My Actions

    Koshin gives talk ‘I Am My Actions’ at the Contemplative Care Retreat, 2011.

  • Letting Go Meditation

    Koshin leads a guided meditation on Letting Go at NYZCCC’s Contemplative Care Retreat, Garrison Institute, January, 2011.

  • Revealing the Sky

    Koshin Paley Ellison leads talk on Revealing the Sky.

  • Spaciousness

    Koshin Paley Ellison leads meditation on Spaciousness, from NYZCCC’s Contemplative Care Retreat 2010.

  • Wisdom

    Koshin Paley Ellison speaks on Wisdom, from NYZCCC’s Contemplative Care Retreat 2010.

  • Practice Your Life

    Koshin speaks on Bringing Practice into Your Life.

  • Harmony of Being

    Koshin Paley Ellison speaks on the Harmony of Being.

  • The Nature of Death

    Koshin speaks on the Nature of Death at NYZCCC’s Contemplative Care Retreat, Garrison Institute, January, 2011.

  • Harmony of Mind

    Koshin and Chodo speak on the Harmony of Mind at the Integrative Healthcare Symposium 2011.

  • The End of Suffering

    Koshin speaks on The End of Suffering at NYZCCC Sangha gathering 3.14.11.

  • Promise of Practice

    Koshin Paley Ellison speaks on the Promise of Practice at the Interdependence Project, November 2010

  • Separation and Integration

    Koshin Paley Ellison speaks on Separation and Integration, Sangha Gathering on 11.08.10.

  • Not Sparing Dharma Assets

    Kohsin speaks on Not Sparing the Dharma Assets, Village Zendo, NY.

  • Delusion

    Koshin Paley Ellison speaks on Delusion, from NYZCCC’s Contemplative Care Retreat 2010.

  • Elevating One’s Self

    Koshin Paley Ellison speaks on ‘Elevating One’s Self’ at the NYZCCC Sangha gathering, 6.21.10.

  • The Fixed Idea of Self

    Koshin Paley Ellison speaks on The Fixed Idea of Self to Village Zendo, NYC.

  • Trudi Jinpu Hirsch, ZPO, ACPE

    Rev. Trudi Jinpu Hirsch, ZPO, ACPE, Chaplain Supervisor and is a Soto Zen Buddhist Priest with the Village Zendo. Jinpu is an Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Buddhist Studies.  She was a monastic at Zen Mountain Monastery for eleven years. She was the acting Director and Chaplain Supervisor for Beth Israel Medical Center for four years. Jinpu is on the Core Faculty of the Center’s Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program, and she is the Supervisor for the Center’s Buddhist CPE Training Program.

    ACPE CPE Chaplaincy Supervisor & Core Teacher

  • Manjusri & Transcendent Wisdom

    Trudi Jinpu Hirsch speaks on Manjusri at NYZCCC’s annual Contemplative Care Retreat, Garrison, NY 2011.

  • Our Wounds and Scars

    Trudi Jinpu Hirsch Abramson guides a discussion on Our Wounds and Scars at the Annual Contemplative Care Retreat.

  • Why Do We Contemplate

    Trudi Jinpu Hirsch speaks on Why Do We Contemplate at NYZCCC’s annual Contemplative Care Retreat.

  • Aging Guided Visualization

    Trudi leads a Guided Visualization on Aging at NYZCCC’s Contemplative Care Retreat, Garrison Institute, January, 2011.

  • Process of Aging

    Trudi speaks on the Process of Aging at NYZCCC’s Contemplative Care Retreat, Garrison Institute, January, 2011.

  • Forgiveness

    Trudi Jinpu Hirsch leads meditation on Forgiveness, from NYZCCC’s Contemplative Care Retreat 2010.

  • Morgan Stebbins, MDiv, LMSW, Certified Jungian Analyst, DMin Candidate

    Morgan Stebbins, MDiv, LMSW, Certified Jungian Analyst, DMin Candidate, is a Jungian Analyst with a practice both in Manhattan and also in the Cold Spring/Garrison, N.Y. area.  He was the Director of Training of the JPA (Jungian Psychoanalytic Association) and continues to serve as a faculty member of the C.G. Jung Foundation of New York.  Morgan began his ongoing Zen studies with Richard Baker Roshi at the San Francisco Zen Center in the late 70’s and was also a resident at their nearby monastery, Green Gulch Farm Zen Center.  His teaching integrates depth psychology with the wisdom of ancient traditions.  In his analytic practice, the meaning of archetypal symbols that arise in each person orients the direction of the work.

  • Marie Howe

    Marie Howe was born in 1950 and received her MFA from Columbia University in 1983. Her debut volume, The Good Thief, was selected by Margaret Atwood as winner of the 1987 Open Competition of the National Poetry Series, published in 1988 by Persea Books. Since then, she has published two more collections, What the Living Do (W. W. Norton, 1998) and The Kingdom of the Ordinary (2008). In 1995, she edited (with Michael Klein) the anthology In the Company of My Solitude: American Writing from the AIDS Pandemic. About her work, the poet Stanley Kunitz has said, “Marie Howe’s poetry is luminous, intense, and eloquent, rooted in an abundant inner life.” Her awards include a fellowship at the Bunting Institute, as well as a Guggenheim Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. She has served on the faculty of several schools, including Tufts University and Dartmouth College. She currently teaches at Sarah Lawrence, New York University, and Columbia University in New York City, where she lives with her daughter. In August 2012 she was named the State Poet Laureate of New York State.

    Author and Poet

NYZCCC Visiting Teachers

  • Gina Sharpe

    Gina Sharpe is a co-founder and Guiding Teacher of New York Insight Meditation Center. She is a graduate of the first Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leaders Program. Her primary mentor is Jack Kornfield. She has been teaching meditation and Dharma for 11 years. She has taught at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Insight Meditation Society (IMS), Asia Society, Tibet House, the New York Open Center, the Katonah Yoga Center, and at other centers in the U. S. and helped to initiate and teach People of Color retreats at IMS. For the past four years, she has been a volunteer teacher of Dharma and meditation at the only maximum security prison for women in New York State.

  • Sharon Salzberg

    Sharon Salzberg is cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, Massachusetts. She is one of America’s leading spiritual teachers and authors, and has been a student of Buddhism since 1971, leading meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. Sharon’s latest book is The Force of Kindness, published by Sounds True. She is also the author of Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience, published by Riverhead Books; Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness and A Heart as Wide as the World, both published by Shambhala Publications; and co-author with Joseph Goldstein of Insight Meditation, a Step-by-Step Course on How to Meditate (audio), from Sounds True. For more information about Sharon, please visit: www.SharonSalzberg.com.

    Author

  • On Compassion

    Sharon Salzberg leads talk On Compassion at NYZCCC gathering.

  • Mark Doty

    Mark Doty‘s Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems, won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2008. His eight books of poems include School of the Arts, Source, and My Alexandria. He has also published four volumes of nonfiction prose: Still Life with Oysters and Lemon, Heaven’s Coast, Firebird and Dog Years, which was a New York Times bestseller in 2007. Doty’s work has been honored by the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, a Whiting Writers Award, two Lambda Literary Awards and the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction. He is the only American poet to have received the T.S. Eliot Prize in the U.K., and has received fellowships from the Guggenheim, Ingram Merrill and Lila Wallace/Readers Digest Foundations, and from the National Endowment for the Arts. Doty lives in New York City and on the east end of Long Island.

    Author and Poet

  • Marie Howe

    Marie Howe was born in 1950 and received her MFA from Columbia University in 1983. Her debut volume, The Good Thief, was selected by Margaret Atwood as winner of the 1987 Open Competition of the National Poetry Series, published in 1988 by Persea Books. Since then, she has published two more collections, What the Living Do (W. W. Norton, 1998) and The Kingdom of the Ordinary (2008). In 1995, she edited (with Michael Klein) the anthology In the Company of My Solitude: American Writing from the AIDS Pandemic. About her work, the poet Stanley Kunitz has said, “Marie Howe’s poetry is luminous, intense, and eloquent, rooted in an abundant inner life.” Her awards include a fellowship at the Bunting Institute, as well as a Guggenheim Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. She has served on the faculty of several schools, including Tufts University and Dartmouth College. She currently teaches at Sarah Lawrence, New York University, and Columbia University in New York City, where she lives with her daughter. In August 2012 she was named the State Poet Laureate of New York State.

    Author and Poet

  • The Human Character

    Mark Doty and Marie Howe speak at Foundations with the Buddhist Contemplative Care Training Program 2009-2010 class.

  • Death and Dying Reflection

    Martha Jacobs leads Death and Dying Reflection Exercise for NYZCCC Foundations in Buddhist Contemplative Care Training Program 2009-10.

  • Josh Korda

    Josh Korda has been studying the dhamma since 1995 and received his initial teacher training with Noah Levine. He gives regular talks at DharmaPunx New York, as well as other sanghas in New York City. Over the years Josh has had the honor to sit with and learn from a variety of respected practitioners such as Ajahns Geoff, Brahm, Vajiro and Sucitto, to name a few. Josh lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY.

    Dharma Punx

  • Addiction and Buddhism

    Josh speaks on Addictions and Buddhism to the Foundations in Buddhist Contemplative Care Class 2010-11.

  • Approaches to Addiction

    Josh Korda speaks on Buddhist Approaches to Addiction for NYZCCC Foundations in Buddhist Contemplative Care Training Program 2009-10.

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