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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7
dec
The Buddha's Enlightenment Ceremony
Read moreA ceremony commemorating the Enlightenment of Shakyamuni Buddha.
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9
dec
Rohatsu Sesshin
Read moreThe Zen Center is closed during a seven-day sesshin commemorating the Enlightenment of Shakyamuni Buddha.
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31
dec
New Year's Eve
Read moreCelebrate the beginning of the New Year with zazen, resolutions, repentance, chanting, the Precepts, and a prayer for peace.
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6
jan
Haiku Course
Read moreLearn the essential elements of traditional haiku in popular course conducted by Joan White.
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13
jan
Introductory Workshop on Zen
Read moreRoshi Graef presents an authentic introduction to the principles and practices of Zen Buddhism.
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14
jan
Annual Sangha Meeting
Read moreMembers and Trial Members of the Zen Center meet to discuss the schedule and budget for the coming year.
From our Ancestors
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The Way is essentially perfect and exists everywhere.
—Zen Ancestor Eihei Dogen -
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