MULTIFAITH
ZEN
People of all religious (and non-religious) backgrounds are welcome to learn and practice meditation with the Zen Community of Staten Island. Stop by for one evening or meditate regularly at our new location. We meet in the Kairos House on the Wagner College campus.
The Zen Community of Staten Island is a non-profit organization devoted
to creating an American Zen for Family and Marketplace that enables everyone who so desires to develop and sustain an ongoing meditation practice.
We are a member of the Zen
Peacemaker Sangha and a practice
center in the White Plum Asanga.
WEEKLY SITTINGS
Sittings take place every Tuesday evening from 7:30 to 9 PM. Beginners, or those attending for the first time, may arrive at 7:15 for beginners' instruction.
The sessions consist of three twenty-minute meditation periods, separated by intervals of walking meditation. The teacher, Ken Byalin, gives a talk and holds private interviews during the evening. Everyone is invited to tea afterwards.
Occasionally, a guest teacher attends. In the past, Robert Kennedy, Paco Lugoviña, Ray Cicetti and Michel Dobbs have spoken at sittings.
For more information, contact kbyalin@hotmail.com
From Appreciate Your Life: The Essence of Zen Practice — Who is the Buddha?
Shakyamuni himself was Hindu. Being Hindu, he awakened and was called
the Awakened One, or Buddha. So the word buddha means “awakened
one” and was used even before Shakyamuni’s enlightenment.
In this sense, Buddhism is a general term. So we could say that being
Christian or Jewish, you could also be Buddha. In this context, there
is no contradiction in having another religious background... — Taizan Maezumi Roshi, Shambhala Publications, 2001. |
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