True Expression
The Village Zendo Journal
"The true ornament of the Buddha hall is the people who are practicing there."
—Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
It is the intent of this journal to serve as the voice of the Village Zendo, both within the Sangha and to the wider community. It is written and illustrated entirely by Sangha members, giving expression to our practice, our perceptions, our talents. We hope that it is and will continue to be a True Expression of our temple in the city.
July 2008
Three photo essays, two poems, an interview with Nichiren practitioner Paula Miksic, the ox herder's journey, caving in, dropping away.
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April 2008
Our new digs on the 11th floor, Roshi on sangha expressing the way, Rodney Alan Greenblat's drawings for a new American Buddhist iconography, and an interview with Monica Sharma from the UN.
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December 2007
Roshi on the Mountains and Rivers Sutra, an interview with Steven Kosho Theberge, Meditate NYC, Sacred Slam. If you see something, say something.
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October 2007
An interview with Mo Ferrell, who makes many of our robes. Roshi on Time and Environment, Koshin's shuso talk.
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May 2007
A night in a Botswana forest, a day in Bodh Gaya. Shinryu on the structure of Zen temples, Roshi on the Identity of Relative and Absolute.
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March 2007
On Winter sesshin, and complexity theory, and the war in Iraq. Roshi discusses, "to be attached to things is delusion." Is this Chelsea?
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December 2006
Crazy dancing, found dharma talks, and inexhaustible desires. Graffiti in Williamsburg, and a painting by Emma Tapley.
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