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White Plains Zen meets
weekly on Tuesday nights from 7:30-9:00pm at Saint Bartholomew's Church.
If you are new to Zen
please arrive at 6:45 for a brief introduction.
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Our Practice:
Zazen: seated meditation involves working with the
body, breath,
and mind: entering into deep silence and stillness, opening to a fresh
awareness. It opens the eye to wisdom and the heart to compassion. Our practice emphasizes the practice of zazen,
recognizing it as a
way for people to deepen their insight of their true self... To
Awaken!
Becoming a Member
There are no
membership requirements. We are an interfaith group without any affiliations and are not bound by any religion, gender or
path. Everyone from all walks of life and from all religious or non-religious backgrounds are welcome to sit with us. There are no fees or dues,
however,
donations are accepted via the Offering Bowl.
About
White Plains Zen
White Plains Zen, a sittting group started in Feburary 2002 is affiliated with the Inisfada Interfaith Zen Center at St.
Ignatius Retreat House in Manhasset, NY & Morning Star Zendo in Jersey City NJ. All are part of the White Plum Asanga,
in the lineage of Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi Roshi.
Our
guiding teacher: Robert E. Kennedy, S.J. Roshi.
Mailing Address: St Bartholomew’s Church
82 Prospect Street White Plains,
NY 10606

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Please Join us on Jan' 26th, 2010
Guest Teacher - Paul Schubert, Sensei
Sensei
Paul Seiko Schubert will be with on Tuesday. He
will offer daisan (a one on one meeting between student & teacher)
in the second period and a dharma talk in the third period. Paul is a
Dharma Heir of Robert E. Kennedy, SJ, Roshi. He has a zendo that meets
on Wednesdays at 7:00pm at All Souls Unitarian Church, Lexington
Avenue/80th St., NY.
Please join us.
Zen for Beginners Group now Meeting at
Fordham University, Westchester Jan' 25, 2010
Guest Teacher
This is a special event as Kennedy Roshi visits only once or twice a year. Robert
E. Kennedy is a Jesuit priest, professor, psychotherapist and Zen roshi
in the White Plum lineage, having studied with Yamada Koun in Japan in
the 1970s. Ordained a priest in Japan in 1965, he was installed as a
Zen teacher of the White Plum Asanga lineage in 1991 and was given the
title Roshi in 1997. Kennedy studied Zen with Yamada Roshi in Kamakura,
Japan, Maezumi Roshi in Los Angeles and is dharma heir of Bernard
Glassman Roshi in New York. Glassman installed Kennedy as sensei in
1991 and conferred Inka (his final seal of approval) in 1997, making
him a roshi (master). Kennedy is currently an elder in the Zen
Peacemaker Order founded by Glassman in 1996. In addition to his work
at the college, he is a practicing psychotherapist in New York City, a
representative at the United Nations of the Institute for Spiritual
Consciousness in Politics and the author of two books, "Zen Spirit,
Christian Spirit" and "Zen Gifts to Christians." Kennedy Roshi
sits with his Zen students daily at the Morning Star Zendo in Jersey
City and with students in other zendos located throughout the tri-state
area. Kennedy's vision is for the Morning Star Zendo to foster
continuously an environment for interfaith dialogue—to be a place where
people of all religious varieties meet and respect one another's
traditions and points of view. The spirit at the zendo reflects and
builds upon Kennedy's deep respect for and knowledge of Buddhism. It
carries out the principles laid out in the Jesuit statement on mission
and interreligious dialogue, which demands that Jesuits be not only
familiar with the thought of men and women of other religious
traditions, but be immersed with them in theological exchange and in a
dialogue of life, action, and religious experience.
Fordham
University Westchester Campus
400 Westchester Av, Room 133,
West Harrison,
NY. Meeting on Mondays, 6:30 -7:30 pm.
This group is open to anyone interested in learning
about the gifts of Zen meditation.
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