A. Jesse Jiryu Davis
- Precepts Ceremony at the Village Zendo
Our annual jukai ceremony: four students vowed to uphold the Buddhist teachings.
- Issan House Photos and Stories
Photos and stories from three HIV-positive men in a Zen housing facility.
- "Ordinary Zen" Photos in the Edge of Humanity Magazine
My Village Zendo photos were published by an online photo magazine.
- Off-Broadway Musical About the Life of the Buddha
My partner Jennifer Keishin Armstrong and I reviewed and photographed "Under The Bodhi Tree."
- Praxis Housing: John
When I got out of prison, I'd never had a job in my life.
- Kansho's Shuso Hossen
March 19, 2017. Our annual ceremony in which a Zen student gives his first dharma talk.
- Mae
February 25, 2017. Our Chinese dwarf hamster Mae.
- Handling Fear and Confusion with Faith and Strength
In the first weeks of the Trump regime, my methods for fulfilling my Bodhisattva mission
- The Village Zendo's Winter Retreat
December 2016. Our meditation retreat in Garrison, NY.
- Village Zendo at the NYC Women's March
January 21, 2017. Enkyo Roshi and members of my Zen temple at the post-inaugural march.