WELCOME!
The Zen Center is open to all members and trial members who are not ill and have not recently been exposed to anyone with Covid. Masks are optional, though suggested due to the uptick in Covid cases in Vermont.
We will continue to have a Zoom option for people unable to meet those requirements. Please send us an email through the contact page if you would like more information.
Schedule
The Zen Center has a schedule of daily sittings, intensive meditation periods, courses, ceremonies, public events, and much more.
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Retreats
A wonderful way to combine quiet time and spiritual inspiration. Enjoy your own natural rhythms in an extraordinary setting.
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Workshops
A practical and authentic introduction to Zen Buddhism. Talks, question periods, demonstrations and meditation.
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Costa Rica
The Casa Zen was founded in 1974 by Roshi Philip Kapleau. Since 1988, Roshi Sunyana Graef has been the spiritual leader of Casa Zen.
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Toronto
The Toronto Zen Centre was founded in 1967 by Roshi Philip Kapleau. Roshi Taigen Henderson, Roshi Graef's Dharma Heir, is the teacher.
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Vermont
The Vermont Zen Center was founded in 1988 by Roshi Sunyana Graef, a Dharma Heir of Roshi Philip Kapleau, author of The Three Pillars of Zen.
SPECIAL CEREMONIES
UPCOMING AT THE CENTER
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20
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Indian Cooking Course: Weekend Meal
Read moreLearn how to prepare a delicious and authentic vegetarian meal under the guidance of Manju Selinger.
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21
jul
Training Program
Read moreTraining Programs at the Zen Center offer the discipline of Zen training through total immersion.
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10
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Introductory Workshop on Zen
Read moreRoshi Graef will conduct a Workshop on the principles and practices of Zen Buddhism
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11
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Roshi Kapleau Taped Teisho
Read moreOne of Roshi Philip Kapleau's teishos will be played in honor of his birthday.
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17
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Annual Yard and Bake Sale
Read moreShop for treasures large and small while munching on delicious home-made baked goods, also for sale. This year, the sale will be indoors at the Zen Center.
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25
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Water Baby Ceremony
Read moreA Buddhist service for adults who have lost an infant or young child through still birth or early death, have lost a fetus through miscarriage or abortion, or have lost a child of any age, in any way.
From our Ancestors
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The Way is essentially perfect and exists everywhere.
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Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness.
—Zen Ancestor Hakuin Ekakau -
The Great Way is not difficult for those who do not pick and choose.
—Zen Ancestor Seng Ts'an -
From the beginning all beings are Buddha.
—Zen Ancestor Hakuin Ekakau -
Ordinary Mind is the Way.
—Zen Ancestor Nansen Fugan