Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Wednesday 04/27/2022 - Why are we drawn to a retreat where silence is practiced? And why did the Buddha refer to this practice as "Noble Silence"? In this talk, Hojin Sensei opens the April Apple Blossom Sesshin by inquiring into the first sesshin precaution--to maintain inner and outer silence--and explores what silence and stillness have to offer us.