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Village Zendo

Village Zendo

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Village Zendo is a combined Soto and Rinzai Zen practice center in lower Manhattan.[1] Originally located in the apartment of Enkyo Pat O'Hara, who founded the zendo in 1986, the Zen center took up the majority of space in O'Hara's apartment.[2] Village Zendo is a practice center of the White Plum Asanga and Zen Peacemaker Circle, the former founded by O'Hara's teacher Taizan Maezumi and the latter by Bernard Glassman.[3][4]

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Mission Statement

To provide a way for realizing a life of awareness, wisdom and compassion. Village Zendo does this by offering training in the teachings of Zen Buddhism and by cultivating and maintaining a practice environment that is supported by teachers and a community of practitioners in the heart of New York City.[5]

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  1. [1]
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  2. [2]
    Wilson, Jeff (2000). The Buddhist Guide to New York. Macmillan. pp. 102–104. ISBN 0-312-26715-0. OCLC 44089480.
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    Prebish, Charles S (1999). Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America. University of California Press. p. 282. ISBN 0-520-21697-0.
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    Orso, Joe (2005-03-04). "American Zen: Where the boss meets Buddha". Columbia News Service c/o azcentral.com. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
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    About Village Zendo

40.72482°N 73.99723°W / 40.72482; -73.99723


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