Yorktown Zen
Join us in creating a community of Zen practitioners in Northern Westchester and Putnam County NY
We meet every Saturday at 9am for authentic Zen training including two meditation sessions, Dharma talk, and tea ceremony. All meetings are free and open to everyone.
Sessions are held at the 4th UU Fellowship of Westchester and via Zoom.
Dial in number: +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
Meeting ID: 794 295 548
Our Teacher
Tesshin Silverman is a lineage holder of the Sanbo Kyodan or “Three Treasures” school of Zen. He teaches in the US and Japan. (Full lineage details included on this link)
Events
Yorktown Zen holds events throughout the year including a yearly Jukai ceremony and periodic intensive meditation retreats. Click here to see future and past events.
Home Practice
Link to our home meditation guide, practice videos, and other resources to strengthen your home practice.
Latest Dharma Talks by Tesshin Roshi
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Open, Open, Open
CONTINUE READING: Open, Open, OpenRoshi continued our exploration of Dogen’s Shobogenzo this week focusing on the section entitled the “108 Gates of Dharma illumination”. Firstly, Roshi noted that the number 108 is kind of arbitrary to us Westerners, but it has quite a history in Buddhism – and even before Buddhism. There has been quite a bit of thought…
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The Iron Gate opens the Digital Gate
CONTINUE READING: The Iron Gate opens the Digital GateRoshi continued our exploration of Dogen’s Shobogenzo this week focusing on the section entitled the “108 Gates of Dharma illumination”. Needless to say, it will take a few weeks to fully explore this part of Dogen’s teaching. For this week, Roshi wanted to provide us with some background on the teaching along with touching on…
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Judge, Judge, Judge
CONTINUE READING: Judge, Judge, JudgeThis week Tesshin decided to lecture on case 50 from the master Dogen’s “The True Dharma Eye” collection of 300 koans. Case 50 is titled “Shilou’s Shortcomings” and is provided below: Shilou was once asked by a monastic, “I don’t know the original nature yet.Master, please show me by skillful means.”Shilou said, “I don’t have…