Zen Buddhist Meditation Center
Everyone welcome
***ANNOUNCING***
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| Click for information on our Residency Program |
Our weekly schedule in a nutshell:
SUNRISE MEDITATION: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings at 6:00-7:05 am. Join us any time.
MON 7:30 - 9:00 PM: Book Discussion Group
TUE 7:30 - 9:00 PM: Skype conference
WED 7:30 - 9:00 PM: Introduction to Zen Meditation
SUN 9:00 AM - NOON: Soto Zen Service
Please find more details following the link
STUDENTS: If you are visiting for a class (e.g. Comparative Religion), please come to our 7:30p Wednesday Workshop: "Introduction to Zen Meditation." You may also attend Sunday morning, but will have less time for Q&A. Please DO NOT drop by unannounced at any other time.
This ensures that there is someone who can answer your questions and you will not disturb the residents.
Upcoming Events
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| Just Sit Saturday is an opportunity to enhance your daily practice and improve your meditation skills for longer retreats offered during the year. We will focus on just sitting zazen, broken into morning and afternoon sessions: |
| MORNING SESSIONS |
| 9AM to NOON (six sessions - 25 min sitting + 5 min walking) |
| LUNCH: NOON to 12:55PM Bring a brown bag for lunch or enjoy the free lunch (included with the $35 fee). |
| AFTERNOON SESSIONS |
| 1:00 PM to 3:25 PM (five sessions - 25 min sitting + 5 min walking) |
At this event, we will not have zazen instruction for first timers. We request - if you are inexperienced in meditation - that you attend the “Introduction to Zen Meditation” class held at the Atlanta Soto Zen Center on Wednesday nights @ 7:30 PM before attending this event. |
COST |
| $25 for morning only or afternoon only sessions. |
| $35 for both morning and afternoon sessions (Includes free lunch). |
| Registration Link |
| Note: If you choose not to register/pay online, fee can be placed in the Dana Donation box at the Zendo |
| A Direct Funding Campaign of $5,000 for ASZC and STO Training |
| STO and ASZC announce a joint fund-raising Initiative to address a shortfall of income at the ASZC brought about by a down-turn in the number of residents at the Center since January 1, 2018. |
| This is a direct funding campaign target of $5,000 by December 31, 2018, to support the Atlanta Soto Zen Center and the STO training program. |
| This goal breaks down to $1,166.67 per month. We simply ask that everyone consider a special donation and ask friends to do the same. |
| To donate online using PayPal, click the PayPal donate button (left side of this page): |
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| In the PayPal form, click the Add special instructions to the seller link (that displays a text box) and enter "For the ASZC Training Fund" so we can apply your gift to our campaign. If sending checks, please indicate in the note: For the ASZC Training Fund. Checks can be sent to: Atlanta Soto Zen Center, P.O. Box 133241, Atlanta, GA 30333-3241 |
| Please note an initial donation has been made by an Affiliate Sangha. We also ask that Practice Leaders of the 22 Affiliate Sanghas consider sending a donation from their sangha. This short-term campaign progress graphic will be posted on the STO and ASZC websites (this can also be posted on an Affiliate Sangha website if you wish) as a reminder of sangha generosity. |
| ASZC Training Fund as of July 8, 2018 |
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Monday Book Discussion Group
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"From The Zen Kitchen To Enlightenment"
by Dogen and Kosho Uchiyama Roshi
Every Monday
7:30 - 9:00 pm
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| The first 25 minutes is zazen followed by an informal discussion that ends at 9:00 PM | ||
| COMMUNITY OUTREACH |
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| • Newcomers | — Instruction/Orientation/Workshop Wed 7:30 pm |
| • Atlanta Region | — Dialog with interfaith groups, schools, public |
| • Training Center | — Formal training of Priests and Disciples of STO |
REGULAR PRACTICE PROGRAM |
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| • Buddha Practice | — Daily sitting meditation sessions (zazen) |
| • Dharma Study | — Regular dialogs & discussion forums |
| • Sangha Service | — Weekly sutra services & social events |
CALENDAR RETREATS |
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| • Zazenkai | — Monthly Friday—Saturday retreat |
| • Sesshin | — Annual; Precepts; Buddha’s Elightenment Day |
| • Hossen | — 5th Sunday Dharma Combat (4/year) |
| • Ango | — 30- & 90-day practice period (student residency) |
SPECIAL EVENTS |
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| • 4th Friday Forum | — Sangha dinner & discussion; guest speakers |
| • Guest Teachers | — Visiting Zen teachers, authors & educators |
| • Holidays | — Buddhist Holidays; Founder’s Day; New Year |
| • Practice Path | — Initiation (Jukai); Discipleship (Zaike Tokudo) |
The Atlanta Soto Zen Center, founded in 1977, is one of the larger non-residential Zen centers in the country, offering a full schedule of morning and evening zazen, zen meditation and protocol instructions for beginners, monthly all-day sittings (zazenkai) and occasional week-long retreats (sesshin).
Please come join us in our beautiful location on Zonolite Place and look for opportunities to begin or deepen your Zen practice.
Please come join us in our beautiful location on Zonolite Place and look for opportunities to begin or deepen your Zen practice.
We also have a network of affiliated centers and sitting groups throughout the country and Atlanta suburbs. For locations, please see the Silent Thunder Order affiliates page.
We are pleased to announce the publication of the first and second volumes of teaching archives of our lineage founder, Rev. Soyu Matsuoka-roshi (click here to purchase).
Silence/Thunder calligraphy by Rev. Dr. Soyu Matsuoka-roshi