When
Wednesday, January 12, 2022 6:00PM EST to
Sunday, January 16, 2022 1:00PM EST
Where
Online via Zoom
Beginner’s Mind Online Sesshin: A Winter Silent Retreat of Wholehearted Practice
with Sensei Chodo Robert Campbell, Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison, Sensei Dorothy Dai-En Friedman, and Sensei Jose Shinzan Palma
Wednesday, January 12th – Sunday, January 16th, 2022
A cornerstone of Zen practice, the Japanese word for “sesshin” means “touching the heart-mind.” This is a rare opportunity for deepening our practice with a community of supportive practitioners. Our time together will highlight the teachings of the Wholehearted Way as we consider intimacy always within reach and the joy of living out the fresh reality of life.
Through sitting and walking meditation, dharma talks, and dokusan (one-on-one meetings) with the teachers, enter into Noble Silence as we practice together, right here, right now.
It is recommended that participants attend the entire retreat but we understand that people may have to occasionally step away from the retreat. With this in mind, we do allow partial participation although no discounts or reimbursements will be given for missed days.
RETREAT SCHEDULE (all times listed are Eastern Time)
Wednesday, Jan. 12
6:00 - 6:15 PM - Welcome, Heart Sutra
6:15 - 7:30 PM - Zazen and Kinhin (seated and walking meditation)
7:30 - 8:15 PM - Teisho (dharma talk)
8:15 PM - Noble Silence begins
Thursday - Saturday, Jan. 13-15
7:30 - 8:45 AM - Zazen / Kinhin / Verse of the Kesa / Morning service
8:45 - 10:20 AM - Breakfast / Rest
10:20 - 12:00 PM - Zazen / Kinhin / Teisho
12:00 - 2:45 PM - Lunch / Rest / Physical practice
2:45 - 5:30 PM - Zazen / Kinhin / Dokusan (private interview with a teacher)
5:30 - 5:45 PM - Evening service
5:45 - 7:00 PM - Dinner
7:00 - 8:10 PM - Zazen / Kinhin/ Dokusan
8:10 - 8:15 PM - Four Vows, Three Bows
Sunday, Jan. 16
7:30 - 8:45 AM - Zazen / Kinhin / Verse of the Kesa / Morning service
8:45 - 9:45 AM - Breakfast
9:45 - 10:40 AM - Teisho / Zazen / Kinhin
10:40 - 11:45 AM - Open Sozan (conversation with teachers) - End of Noble Silence
11:45 - 12:00 PM - Daikaijo and Nenju (ceremony of completion and gratitude)
12:00 - 1:00 PM - Sangha celebration
Refund Policy:
More than 1 week ahead of the retreat - 100% refund
Within the week before the start of the retreat - 50% refund
48 hours before the start of the retreat and after the retreat has started - non-refundable
Registration will close at 4 pm ET on Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Please note that Dana (donations) is not included in Registration
Sensei Chodo Robert Campbell. In 2007, Sensei Chodo Robert Campbell GC-C, co-founded the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care — a non-profit organization that focuses on the teaching of Zen and Buddhist practice with the goal to make them more accessible to people all around the world. The center delivers contemplative approaches to care through education, personal caregiving, and meditation practice. To better expand the reach of the program, Chodo co-developed a carefully structured protocol: the Foundations in Contemplative Care Training Program. Today, New York Zen Center's methodologies are internationally recognized—and have touched the lives of tens of thousands of individuals.
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Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison, MFA, LMSW, DMIN, is an author, Zen teacher, Jungian psychotherapist, and Certified Chaplaincy Educator. After more than a decade as a chaplain and psychotherapist, Koshin co-founded the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. The non-profit center offers contemplative approaches to care through education, personal caregiving, and Zen practice. Today, New York Zen Center's methodologies are internationally recognized—and have touched the lives of tens of thousands of individuals. Koshin is a renowned thought leader in contemplative care; his work has been featured in the New York Times, PBS, Tricycle among other publications. He is the author of Wholehearted: Slow Down, Help Out, Wake Up (Wisdom Publications, 2019). And the co-editor of Awake at the Bedside: Contemplative Teachings on Palliative and End of Life Care (Wisdom Publications, 2016). Koshin began his formal Zen training in 1987, and he is a recognized Soto Zen Teacher by the American Zen Teachers Association, White Plum Asanga, and Soto Zen Buddhist Association. He serves on the Board of Directors at the Soto Zen Buddhist Association, New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care and Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. He has completed six years of training at the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association as well as clinical contemplative training at both Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center and New York Presbyterian Medical Center. He is an ACPE Certified Educator, chaplain, and Jungian psychotherapist. Academic Appointments Koshin has served as the co-director of Contemplative Care Services for the Department of Integrative Medicine and as the chaplaincy supervisor for the Pain and Palliative Care Department at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center, where he also served on the Medical Ethics Committee. |
Sensei Jose Shinzan Palma was born in Veracruz, Mexico. He is a Zen priest and Dharma Successor of Roshi Joan Halifax. He has been practicing Zen since 1996. Shinzan lived in the Toronto Zen Buddhist Temple for 4 years. He was ordained in 2004 as a Zen Buddhist Priest by Ven. Samu Sunim. His vision is to teach youth and create a Zen Hispanic community in the USA and Mexico. |
Sensei Dorothy Dai-en Friedman’s spiritual journey began in the 60s when she was forced to seek help for a back injury. This event proved to be a wonderful preparation for her eventual immersion 20 years later in Buddhist Vipassana practice at Insight Meditation Center. After she established her Vipassana practice, she then began her journey into Zen practice. Her teachers include Peter Mathiessen, Joseph Goldstein, Matt Flickstein, and Maureen Stuart Roshi. Dai-en is now a Sensei at Ocean Zendo, located on Eastern Long Island. She is honored to be invited to teach with Koshin and Chodo in the wonderful work at NYZC, for the benefit of all beings, as we live and die. |
Event Registration
Ticket Type | Price |
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Standard Pricing (Actual Cost) | $235.00 |
Supporter | $285.00 |
Benefactor | $390.00 |