{"title": "Online Ango Intensive: Buddha Nature – Revealing the Jewel Within", "start": "2026-11-06T00:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Fire Lotus Temple", "address": "State Street 500, 11217", "price": "Suggested donation $10.00 - $175.00", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://zenmountainmonastery.secure.retreat.guru/program/online-ango-intensive-buddha-nature-revealing-the-jewel-within/?form=1&lang=en", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["religion/buddhist/zen"], "description": "An online intensive retreat titled 'Online Ango Intensive: Buddha Nature – Revealing the Jewel Within', combining meditation, liturgy, study and discussion. It is led by Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Head of the Mountains and Rivers Order and Abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery. Participants study two texts on buddha nature: the beginning of Master Dogen's Buddha Nature fascicle from the Shobogenzo and the first chapter of the 4th-century Indian Uttaratantra, exploring the Mahayana teaching that all beings possess the enlightened mind. 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It is led by Ron Hogen Green, Sensei, a lay teacher in the Mountains and Rivers Order and retired podiatrist who began practicing Zen in 1978. The seminar was designed with Practicing Members in mind, but suits newcomers and anyone wishing to explore more deeply. 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Teacher Elaine Jackson, a founding member of Vajrapani Institute and longtime student of Tibetan Buddhism, guides participants using Tilopa's \"Ganges Mahamudra\" through the view of Mahamudra, resting in awareness, working with thoughts and emotions, and integrating meditation into daily life. The teaching welcomes both new and seasoned practitioners, and no prior experience with Mahamudra is required. It takes place at Shantideva Center in Brooklyn, with teachings also joined online via Zoom.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/three-day-immersion-in-mahamudra-a-direct-path-to-the-nature-55783/", "official_url": "https://shantidevanyc.org/elaine-nov26/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/87be98189d60f4e69809654b9cd8d0e937e2c30bf6f33a93aeeef0aab46cf9d0-600.webp"}, {"title": "NYZ: Zen in the Kitchen - Shojin Ryori Cooking Workshop", "start": "2026-10-31T10:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T13:30:00-04:00", "place": "New York Zendo, 223 E 67th St, New York, NY, 10065", "address": "", "price": "$90.00 – $160.00", "price_from": "90.00", "price_to": "90.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["food-drink/japanese", "religion/buddhist"], "description": "A temple cuisine workshop where you learn shojin ryori, an ancient form of Buddhist temple cooking that uses only simple, seasonal plant-based ingredients with no meat, fish, eggs, or strong-smelling vegetables such as onions and garlic. It is led by Masami Asao Sensei, one of Japan's leading instructors, a temple chef and registered dietitian who directs Akasaka Teran, a vegetarian cooking school at Jokokuji, a 350-year-old temple in Tokyo. Participants prepare traditional Japanese dishes in the temple setting of New York Zendo Shobo-ji, and each day concludes with sharing the dishes made, followed by a ceremonial matcha offering by Johan Lee, a hospitality management expert and student of the Urasenke Chanoyu tea school. Instruction is in Japanese with an English interpreter, and there is a different menu each day.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/nyz-zen-in-the-kitchen-shojin-ryori-cooking-workshop-57617/", "official_url": "https://zenstudies.org/event/nyz-zen-in-the-kitchen-shojin-ryori-cooking-workshop/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0809174f06569272ca57e1486deddb12dd6046abd9f9e3bfdae0ae5dc88d3171-2000.webp"}, {"title": "NYZ: The Two Arrows with Jifu", "start": "2026-11-01T13:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-01T15:00:00-05:00", "place": "New York Zendo, 223 E 67th St, New York, NY, 10065", "address": "", "price": "$20.00 – $30.00", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "30.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["religion/buddhist"], "description": "A 90-minute study session on the Sallatha Sutta, the Arrow Discourse from the Pali Canon, held at New York Zendo. Jifu Devyani Sadh, a practitioner of over thirty years in the Vipassana, Tibetan, and Zen traditions, facilitates it. Through the Buddha's metaphor of the two arrows, the session explores the difference between inevitable pain and the extra suffering created by habitual reactions. It opens with zazen and chanting of the sutta, followed by commentary and contemplative group discussion; no prior experience is needed.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/nyz-the-two-arrows-with-jifu-79695/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5a0bfe37bb2e101510c536b0993cb5a100663eadbd6f8d3193a2065a06aa422f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Bob's Buddhism: Pop-Up Series Celebrating the Brilliance of Robert Thurman's Buddhism | Madhyamaka Bob | with Joe Loizzo and Tom Yarnall", "start": "2026-11-10T18:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Tibet House US", "address": "West 15th Street 22", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://shop.thus.org/products/bobs-buddhism-pop-up-series-celebrating-the-brilliance-of-robert-thurmans-buddhism-madhyamaka-bob-with-joe-loizzo-and-tom-yarnal", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/buddhist"], "description": "An evening of interactive learning and discussion exploring the thought and meditations of the late professor Robert Thurman, part of a pop-up series celebrating his Buddhism. This session, 'Madhyamaka Bob', is led by Joe Loizzo, a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and founder of the Nalanda Institute, together with Tom Yarnall, a Buddhist studies scholar at Columbia University. The series is co-hosted by Columbia professor David 'Komodo' Kittay and Joe Loizzo, joined by Thurman's family, friends, and colleagues. It is a hybrid event held in person and online, with donations welcome in memory of Robert Thurman.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/bobs-buddhism-pop-up-series-celebrating-the-brilliance-of-ro-57018/", "official_url": "https://shop.thus.org/products/bobs-buddhism-pop-up-series-celebrating-the-brilliance-of-robert-thurmans-buddhism-madhyamaka-bob-with-joe-loizzo-and-tom-yarnal", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d899a480f9a24492318ea09f1777fcf9b01ce6a373b38506dc5c2870cb162c62-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Beginning Instruction on Wednesday Evenings at Zen Mountain Monastery", "start": "2026-11-11T19:15:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Fire Lotus Temple", "address": "State Street 500, 11217", "price": "Suggested donation – $5.00 - $20.00", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://zenmountainmonastery.secure.retreat.guru/program/beginning-instruction-on-wednesday-evenings-at-zen-mountain-monastery-30/?form=1&lang=en", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/buddhist", "wellness/meditation"], "description": "Beginning instruction in zazen, the seated meditation practice of Zen Buddhism, together with an orientation to the Monastery. It is offered by Zen Mountain Monastery for new visitors, and includes a walking meditation and a final period of zazen ending with the Four Bodhisattva Vows.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/beginning-instruction-on-wednesday-evenings-at-zen-mountain-66480/", "official_url": "https://zcnyc.org/programs/4917/beginning-instruction-on-wednesday-evenings-at-zen-mountain-monastery-30", "image": "https://noky.io/images/758b813350c9db7dce218039b8bb4773e7e4e6dd2f8c5d61e5b512a50aa451a0-2000.webp"}, {"title": "NYZ: Ordinary Mind Sesshin", "start": "2026-11-07T09:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T17:00:00-05:00", "place": "New York Zendo, 223 E 67th St, New York, NY, 10065", "address": "", "price": "$50–$100, free for Zen Studies Society members", "price_from": "50.00", "price_to": "100.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/buddhist/zen", "wellness/meditation"], "description": "NYZ: Ordinary Mind Sesshin is a half-day or full-day Zen retreat held at the New York Zendo, offering a day of meditation practice. It is taught by Barry Magid, head teacher of Ordinary Mind Zendo, whose practice follows Charlotte Joko Beck's vision of psychologically-minded Zen adapted to American students in everyday life. The day includes zazen, a Dharma talk, dokusan (one-on-one interview with the teacher), oryoki lunch, liturgy, and work practice, and can also be joined via Zoom. The fee is $50–$100, free for Zen Studies Society members; registration is by email.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/nyz-ordinary-mind-sesshin-79697/", "official_url": "https://zenstudies.org/event/nyz-ordinary-mind-sesshin-2026/2026-11-07/", "image": ""}, {"title": "FREE Zen Meditation 9-10:30 AM", "start": "2026-10-31T09:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T10:30:00-04:00", "place": "All Souls Bethehem Church", "address": "East 7th Street 566, 11218 Brooklyn", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["wellness/meditation"], "description": "Free Zen meditation is offered at All Souls Bethlehem Church. It is taught by Rev. Dr. Boon, the church's pastor, who has practiced Zen meditation for ten years and was trained by Robert Kennedy Roshi, a student of the famous Zen masters Yamada Roshi in Japan, Taizan Maezumi Roshi in Los Angeles, and Bernard Glassman Roshi in New York City.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/free-zen-meditation-9-1030-am-50930/", "official_url": "https://www.allsoulsbethlehem.org/events-1/free-zen-meditation-9-10-30-am-2026-10-31-09-00", "image": ""}]}