Samsara is often misunderstood as the outside world.
Please understand that when we use this word, samsara,
we are referring to the confused inner world of our emotions, judgements, expectations,
and the actions that we create through being influenced by these confusions.
This is why we practice Dharma, in order to see this.
All of our problems are actually self-created, therefore they have the potential to be self-liberated.
— Phakchok Rinpoche

Welcome!

Pamsula Zen Center
Founder & Guiding Teacher: Rev. Daiken Nelson, Roshi

A place where everyone is free to be and become themself: Come as You are

Monday Evening Meditation
6:00p - ≈7:15p

Small Chapel at Union Theological Seminary
Main Entrance: 3041 Broadway (at W. 121st Street)
(1 Train to W. 116th or W. 125th Street)
In-Person & Online
We stream live via Zoom: PM for Zoom link: Here

Friday Morning Meditation
7:30a - 8:30a
via Zoom: PM for Zoom link: Here

Possible join at any time plus to come & go as You need

All are Welcome — Please Join Us.

COMING UP:

Here are the offerings for Iowa City Zen Center Spring Intensive Week 1:

REGULAR MORNING MEDITATIONS & SERVICE
MONDAY – FRIDAY – 07:00am–08:00am CDT / 08:00am–09:00 EDT

MONDAY, APRIL 13 — PAMSULA ZEN CENTER GATHERING
Zazen / Discussion
5:00pm–6:30pm CDT / 6:00pm–7:30 EDT / 3:00pm–4:30 PDT

MONDAY, APRIL 13 — SITTING WITH IMPERMANENCE
7:00 – 8:15pm CDT / 8:00pm–9:15 EDT / 5:00pm–6:15 PDT

TUESDAY, APRIL 14 — EVENING ZAZEN
7:00pm–8:00pm CDT / 8:00pm–9:00 EDT / 5:00pm–6:00 PDT
Beginning Instruction – 6:30pm CDT

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 — READING AND DISCUSSION GROUP
7:00 – 8:15pm CDT / 8:00pm–9:15 EDT / 5:00pm–6:15 PDT

THURSDAY, APRIL 23 — WORKSHOP:
EXPLORING THE BODHISATTVA PRECEPTS
Looking at the Bodhisattva Precepts as a Guide for our Practice & our Life
7:00pm – 8:30pm CDT / 8:00pm–9:30 EDT / 5:00pm–6:30 PDT

SUNDAY, APRIL 19 — SUNDAY MORNING PROGRAM
Zazen & Service
09:00am–10:00am CDT / 10:00am–11:00 EDT / 07:00am–09:00 PDT
10:10am CDT–DHARMA TALK
11:10am–Noon EDT / 08:10am–09:00 PDT

All are Welcome

All events are In–Person at the Zen Center & streamed via Zoom

Coming Up Next Month:

13 – 17 May
Street Retreat
NYC
Wednesday Afternoon through Sunday Noon:
a plunge into living as unhoused on the streets of NYC.
Daily Zazen, Council Practice & Service
Group & Dyad Time
Co-lead by Roshi Daiken & Sensei Brian Joshin Byrnes (Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Center, Middlebury, VT)
Interest or Questions: Contact Roshi Daiken HERE

Join Our Mailing List: HERE

Begging Bowl: Please Support Our On-going Offerings: HERE

I still recall how, with my bag on a pole, I forgot my yesterdays.
Wandered the hills, played in the water, went to the land of the clouds.
The lift of an eyebrow, the blink of an eye -- all of it samadhi (deep absorption).
In this great world there is nowhere that is not a Wisdom Hall.
— Ziyong (18th c. Chinese Buddhist Nun)

Pamsula Zen Center welcomes All to Practice — long-time practitioners & newbies.
It is PZC’s policy not to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, gender, sexual orientation,
gender identity, national origin, ability, age, or religion in our programs or activities.
We joyfully welcome Seekers and Students of all religious paths into our gatherings.

Also, all offerings are dana (donation) based
— with suggested free-will offering —
no one turned away for lack of resources.
We are boundlessly grateful to those who support our offerings

Pamsula (definition):
1) Dusty, covered with dust; 2) Polluted, defiled, sullied, stained
Traditionally, the discarded, soiled cloth that monks & nuns found from which they made their robes