Special Guest Teacher Talk for Commit to Sit Summer 2025

Dharma talk will be given by Nyoze Kwong-roshi for New York Zen Center's Commit to Sit: The Roots of Goodness (A 90-Day Guided Online Zen Meditation Period).​ Register at https://www.zencare.org/commit-to-sit-summer-2025

About Speaker: Nyoze Kwong received a B.A. in Anthropology/Archeology from University of California Santa Cruz. He worked as a fundraiser in Stanford University’s Engineering Department. In 1998 he lived and worked at Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico and studied socially engaged Buddhism with Joan Halifax-roshi and Bernie Glassman-roshi of the Zen Peacemaker Order for two and a half years. Nyoze received lay precepts in 1987 at Sonoma Mountain Zen Center. In 2009 he was ordained as a novice monk by Jakusho Kwong-roshi. In 2012 Nyoze finished his formal training at Eiheiji, the oldest monastery and head temple of the Soto Zen School in Japan. He received Dharma transmission in November 2014 and completed zuisse at both Eiheiji…