“How do you experience the sound of raindrops as they land on the surface of the water? The breeze against your face if you’re flying in the sky? Or are you just ambling through your life with closed eyes? Stuck in your ‘I, I, I’, ‘me, me, me’.”
On the final Sunday of June 2021, NYZC held its annual Mizuko Kuyo Ceremony while the city of New York held its NYC Pride March. Chodo Robert Campbell addresses these two momentous events; the former honoring the lives and souls of children who predeceased their parents and the latter honoring the lives of all LGBTQ+ people who have struggled for equal rights and treatment.
ZenTalk Notes:
Sensei Chodo Robert Campbell is a co-founder of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care and is part of the core faculty for the Buddhist Track in the Master in Pastoral Care and Counseling at Zen Center’s education partner, New York Theological Seminary.
Sit for Scholarship 2021! Support the Zen Center’s sangha by joining our student-led Sit for Scholarship fundraiser on July 24th, 2021! We will be sitting together to raise scholarship money for the Zen Center’s many programs. The day will include timed meditation periods and Dharma Talks from the Zen Center’s guiding teachers. To sign up as a sitter or to donate, click here.
Music: Heart Sutra by Kanho Yakushiji – Buddhist priest and musician of the Rinzai sect and Imaji temple in Imabari, Japan. In 2003, he formed “KISSAQUO”, a songwriting duo based in Kyoto.
New York Zen Center Publications:
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