__NOTOC__ Village Zendo is a Soto Zen practice center in SoHo, Manhattan, New York City. Originally located in the apartment of Enkyo Pat O'Hara and Barbara Joshin O'Hara, who co-founded the zendo in 1986, the Zen center took up the majority of space in O'Hara's apartment. Village Zendo is a practice center in the lineage of the White Plum Asanga and Zen Peacemakers, the former founded by O'Hara's teacher Taizan Maezumi and the latter by Bernard Glassman.
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.
See also Buddhism in the United States Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States
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Calendar of events Daily Meditation Schedule