miércoles, 20 de julio de 2011

WE ARE NOT OUR THOUGHTS


All methods that lead to contemplation are more or less aimed
at bypassing the thinking process.  The reason is that our thinking
process tends to reinforce our addictive process - our frenzy to
"get something" from the outer world to fuel our compulsions
or to mask our pain. 
If we can just rest on a regular basis for 20 to 30 minutes
without thinking, we begin to see that we are not our thoughts. 
We have thoughts, but we are not our thoughts. 
Most people suffer because they think that they are their thoughts
and if their thoughts are upsetting, distressing,
or evil, they are stuck with them.  If they just stopped thinking
for a while every day as a discipline,
they would begin to see that they do not
have to be dominated by their thoughts.

Fr. Thomas Keating

lunes, 18 de julio de 2011

HUDSON RIVER ZEN CENTER - All Day Sitting

Thursday July 21, 2011


Dear Friends,

On Thursday July 21, 2011 we will hold an all-day meditation retreat at The New Dawn Foundation (formerly The Oaks) in New Rochelle, New York.  It is a beautiful retreat property on Long Island Sound.  We sit in the teahouse on the water's edge with expansive ocean views, seagulls, geese and tide pools.  For more information regarding The New Dawn Foundation, go to  www.theoaksndf.org

The day’s retreat will start at 6:00am and end at 4:00pm.  Please bring a bottle of your liquid of choice, something for a light breakfast and a bag lunch.  Meditation will be interspersed with walking meditation, private interviews, liturgy, an outside morning work period, a short talk, lunch and a mid-day break.   Please feel free to join us for all or part of the day. 

The requested donation for the day is $40.  Anything at all is acceptable.  If you have questions or concerns, please contact us by email. 

Whatever your spiritual practice is – now is a good time to renew it and practice it regularly.

Please RSVP if you plan to attend:  ggauntt@gmail.com

Blessings for you and yours for all you do and for all you serve,

Roshi Grover Genro Gauntt
Sensei Paco Lugovina
Hudson River Zen Center

Directions to the New Dawn Foundation:  Please go to:  www.theoaksndf.org

domingo, 17 de julio de 2011

EL ENEMIGO/THE ENEMY

"Se dice que nuestro enemigo es nuestro mejor maestro. Al estar con un maestro, podemos aprender la importancia de la paciencia, el control y la tolerancia, pero no tenemos oportunidad real de practicarla. La verdadera práctica surge al encontrarnos con un enemigo."

Dalai Lama

"It is said that our enemy is our best teacher. Being with a teacher we can learn the importance of patience, self control and tolerance, but we do not get the opportunity to really practice it. The real practice arises when we meet an enemy."

Dalai lama 

¡HOMENAJE A SU SANTIDAD EL DALAI LAMA! /IN HONOR OF HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA!

¡CÓMO OPERA EL KARMA!
¡OBSEQUIO DE CHINA AL MUNDO!
OM MANI PADME HUM...

WHAT AN AWESOME WAY KARMA OPERATES!
A GIFT FROM CHINA TO THE WORLD!
OM MANI PADME HUM!

miércoles, 6 de julio de 2011

HUDSON RIVER ZEN CENTER AND PEACEMAKER ORDER SCHEDULE

 

 

 

 

 

 

HUDSON RIVER ZEN CENTER

                                                                                    

23 Park Avenue

Yonkers, N.Y-
       

TEACHERS:

Roshi Grover Genro Gauntt
Contact:  ggauntt@gmail.com
Sensei Paco Genkoji Lugovina
Contact:  PacoGenkoji@gmail.com

JULY/DECEMBER SCHEDULE

Full Day Meditation Retreats (Zazenkai)

July 21, 2011

September 29, 2011

October 20, 2011

December 1, 2011


Intensive Meditation Retreats (Sesshin)

Fall Sesshin:  September 15 - 18, 2011  (Tentatively scheduled)

Winter Sesshin:  December 14 - 18, 2011

Street Retreats

New York Street Retreat, September 22 - 25, 2011

San Diego Street Retreat, October 13 - 16, 2011

Sao Paulo, Brazil Street Retreat,  November 24 - 27, 2011

Bearing Witness Retreats

Auschwitz-Birkenau Bearing Witness Retreat Oct. 31 - Nov. 4, 2011

Rwanda Bearing Witness Retreat:  April 2012

Wounded Knee Bearing Witness Retreat:  Late August 2012