WE ARE OPEN
Great news! The Zen Center is now open to all members who are not ill and have not recently been exposed to anyone with Covid. Masks are required.
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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8
Oct
Introduction to Zen Workshop
Read moreConducted by Roshi Graef and her students. A half-day introduction to the practices of Zen Buddhism. In-person event.
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15
oct
Festive Meal: Indian Cooking Course
Read moreLearn how to prepare a delicious and authentic vegetarian Indian meal in the Zen Center's kitchen.
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16
Oct
Memorial Service for Schoel Shuster
Read moreThe second year memorial service for Toronto Zen Centre member Schoel Shuster.
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21
Oct
Jataka 5-Day Sesshin
Read moreRoshi Rafe Martin will be the guest teacher for this sesshin. The Center will be closed during sesshin.
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30
Oct
Hungry Ghost Ceremony
Read moreA ceremony for the alleviation of suffering of beings in the preta realm.
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3
Nov
Famine Relief Ceremony
Read moreA concrete way to express compassion for those who are suffering from the deprivations of hunger.
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6
Nov
Jukai Ceremony
Read moreFor members and trial members—the ceremony of formally entering the Buddha's Way.
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13
Nov
Thanksgiving Ceremony
Read moreAll are welcome to our annual ceremony of thanksgiving and gratitude.
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