Join us on May 13th for Sit for Scholarship 2023!

Help us raise funds for the Scholarship Fund, providing access to dharma, classes, and practice regardless of financial means.

Last year, we provided 52 scholarships to current and prospective students.

bit.ly/s4s-2023

NYZC turns 16 today! 🎉

We celebrate our incredible founders and Guiding Teachers, Koshin Paley Ellison and Chodo Robert Campbell and a global sangha of practitioners and volunteers! 🙏

Here's to many more years of growth, learning, and compassion! 🌟

The Contemplative Medicine Fellowship is a twelve-month training for physicians, advanced practice registered nurses (NP & CNM), and PAs who want to lead the effort in establishing a more compassionate form of medicine.

Next info session is March 13th: zencare.org/fellowship

By bearing witness, we allow ourselves to be in our own lives. ⁠
We are receptive to what’s happening in them. ⁠
⁠We are connected to the people around us. ⁠
⁠And from there, we can begin to do good.⁠

—Koshin Paley Ellison

Join us Monday, February 27th, for this free, online information session about the Foundations in Contemplative Care program — a nine-month training program in spiritual caregiving — now available online or in person. More details 👉 bit.ly/3karer2

Koshin Sensei and Chodo Sensei were recently featured in a New York Times article: “How to Stop Having Those Same Silly Fights With Your Partner”!

Find it here: nyti.ms/3xEStx3

'This place is really founded on love'

Learn more about our offerings here bit.ly/3DDn1CD

'the work that they do is absolutely critical to the future of healthcare...'

February Half Day Retreat (Saturday the 11th)

Silently engaging in sitting and walking meditation, hearing a dharma talk, and connecting with community are wonderful ways to spend a Saturday morning.

More info 👉 bit.ly/3kZWRTZ

What feelings come up for you at your home sangha?

Upcoming LGBTQIA+ Bereavement Group

Sharing your experience with others who are also grieving can be of tremendous support. An online support group allows for an intimate and transformative experience of community.

Thursdays, starting February 16th

bit.ly/lgbt-bereave

'Zen teacher talks finding peace in unsettling times' - Koshin Paley Ellison joined CultureShift to discuss his life’s work as a monk, psychotherapist and author. 👉 bit.ly/40IZ5Yz

#beherenow #betrue #grateful #meditation #mindbodyspirit #mindfulness #mindset

Short excerpt from Koshin Sensei's new book, Untangled:

I often tell my students, “I will disappoint you!” And then I like to say, “And I’m committed to being with you in the disappointment.” This makes for a good beginning.

Read more: bit.ly/3wICbCN

How can we be resilient in new ways to serve others?

Since 2007, the Foundations in Contemplative Care training has transformed the lives of individuals from across the country and around the world by supporting the integration of spiritual practice and care.

We continue to ...

“Love is the absence of judgment.”

'I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.'

Henry David Thoreau

'that's why The Zen Center is here...'

Join us for silent meditation sessions Monday - Saturday 12:30-1:15 PM
($5 suggested donation)

Link to join us bit.ly/3Y73CSp

12:30pm Zazen (30 min)
1:00pm Check In (5-10 min)
1:10pm Four Vows (5 min)

“If you are exploring truth of life, explore the present moment. Living in the present moment is the only truth of life.” - Invajy

This evening, January 27th 7p-8:30p

Lab/Shul and the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care invite you to a shared experience of sacred space and time, harmonizing Jewish and Zen traditions in the celebration of Sabbath spirit.

This month we honor the 78th anniversary o ...