Sensei Paul Seiko Schubert, a resident of New York City, is a dharma successor to Roshi Robert Kennedy of the White Plum Asanga. He received transmission from Roshi Kennedy in August 2007.
Zen Teaching Schedule-- Paul Schubert (Updated 10/17/09)
Home Groups
Zen at Xavier (Link)
Mondays 7:00 p.m. St. Francis Xavier, 55 W. 15th St., New York
(Resumes September 14)
(Peggy/Paul Schubert, schubertnyc@gmail.com)
City Tiger Zendo (Link)
Wednesdays 7:00 p.m. All Souls Unitarian Church, Lexington Avenue/80th St., NYC (Peggy/Paul Schubert, schubertnyc@gmail.com)
(Resumes September 9)
Visiting Teacher–Regularly Scheduled
White Plains
October 27
Last Tuesday of the month
Tuesday 7:30 p.m. White Plains Interfaith Zen at St. Bartholomew’s Church, White Plains, NY (whiteplainszen.tripod.com; Russ Michel russmichel@gmail.com)
Fordham at Lincoln Center
November 3
First Tuesday of the month (Resumes in September)
Tuesday 6:00 p.m. Fordham University at Lincoln Center, The Chapel (Room 221), 60th St. and Ninth Avenue, Manhattan (Sheila Ross: sross@fordham.edu)
Manhasset
Saturday November 14 (All Day Retreat)
Wednesday October 21
Third Wednesday of the Month
Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Inisfada Interfaith Zen Center, St. Ignatius Retreat House, Manhasset, NY (Anne McNeill 516-294-3156.)
Union Theological Seminary
7pm
Lampman Chapel
Broadway at 121st St.
(Kyeongil kj2157@columbia.edu)
Scheduled Visits:
Oratory Church of St. Boniface
Tuesday November 12, 7:20 pm
190 Duffield Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
(christopher.smith@oratory-church.org)
Community Church
40 E 35th St, New York, New York
Morning Star Zendo, Jersey City, NJ
Ridgewood, New Jersey
Monday
Monday 7:45 p.m. 113 Cottage Pl. (Unitarian Church)
Ridgewood, NJ (Carl Viggiani 914-428-8506)
Support of Independent Sitting Groups–Commitment to sit with people where they are
Zen is the great gift to experience life directly by being present fully in the moment and to express the experience in appropriate, spontaneous, and even creative responses to the time and conditions as they arise.
The symbol of my teaching practice is a walking stick. Here, the walking stick represents a commitment to go, sit and work with people where they are. It is visiting in their home groups and sanghas.
These groups are open to all, provide beginning instruction, and request, at most, a nominal free will donation. On the scheduled dates that Sensei Paul Schubert is the visiting teacher, a short talk is given as well as the opportunity to all for individual interview. He also works with students independently of these groups.
Beginners are especially invited to visit any of these sitting groups. (Contact information provided above.) The intent is to welcome all, provide support, and allow each to develop in their own way. Beginners and new practitioners are encouraged to meet with the teachers. It is our experience that clarifying the basic directions of practice and meditation at the beginning is especially valuable to build a sustainable practice. This is an important reason to support the independent groups. Providing guidance to deepen individual practice, not talks or explanations, is the primary purpose of the visit. The specifics are dependent upon the individual, but all activities have only the refinement of the life experience as the motivation. This service is offered without charge.
A recent example is: Offering Zen to Students: Letting the Practice Speak for Itself.
–Contacts: Paul Schubert can be contacted at schubertnyc@gmail.com. There is other information about him at the link About PS. You are welcome to browse his other articles on many different subjects (Zen Stories, Working, Perception Skills; index on the bar above) on this site. Finally, the link to Roshi Kennedy’s home site is attached.
