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City Dharma:
A Soto Zen Practice Community
Church of the Redeemer5700 Forbes Ave. next to St. Edmund's Academy
Thursday 6:30-8:30pm Weekly Introduction: 6:30--6:50pm
La Roche College9000 Babcock Blvd. neighbor of UPMC Passavant Hospital
Tuesdays 6:30-8:00pm February 7-April 24, 2012
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About Zen Center
Zen Center of Pittsburgh is a Soto Zen Buddhist Temple founded in 1999. Zen Center serves the community by offering services, daily meditation and individualized Zen training with our Head Priest, Rev. Kyoki Roberts. Children are welcome. Deep Spring Temple is located just thirty minutes north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on fourteen isolated acres with stunning views of the Western Pennsylvania forests. We offer monthly retreats and for those who would like to investigate ordination, we offer residency training. We also run a mediation and facilitation service for spiritual communities and other nonprofits. Rev. Roberts is assisted by Senior Priest Rev. Jisen Coghlan.
If you wish to support Zen Center of Pittsburgh
you may send a check, or contribute through PayPal
Is this Your First Time?
Intro to Zen class is held on Sunday mornings at 8:30 if there is no sesshin (retreat) scheduled. Click here to view the schedule .
You will then join our regular Sunday services which finish about 11:30. Please wear loose-fitting clothes. Directions to the Zen Center are here Visit our Just for Beginners page for information to commonly asked questions.
Adverse Weather
Always check our calendar for the latest updates. As a general rule, if driving may be risky, don't do it. When it is snowing or sleeting, or if either snow or sleet are predicted to occur before or during zazen, you can assume that the zendo will be closed, particularly for 5:30 a.m. zazen.
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ZCP Event Listing
The following is a list of upcoming events and functions at Zen Center of Pittsburgh. Please join us! Information regarding the daily schedule can be found here
Sesshin
January 27; 7:00pm - Sunday, January 29; 12noon
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We'll begin the year with a quiet weekend of sitting. Gentle enough for the beginner; intense enough for the senior student.
Numerous 75-minute-long meditation periods are interspersed with short rest breaks, walking meditation, formal meals, and short periods of work, all performed with the same mindfulness practiced in meditation. In addition, Kyoki will be giving dharma talks each day and offering dokusan (private interview).
Registration is required. Suggested donation is $100, but please choose an amount commensurate with your means.
Please register in advance for this sesshin by mail, in person, or via PayPal. |
World Peace Ceremony
Sunday February 5, special morning service
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This first Sunday of the month ceremony dedicates our practice to bringing about a more peaceful world. We follow the service with an open discussion of Zen practice. |
Precept Renewal (Ryaku Fusatsu)
Thursday, February 9 6:00-7:00pm
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Precept Renewal, or in Japanese Ryaku Fusatsu, is an ancient ceremony which includes the transmission of the bodhisattva (enlightened being) precepts. Participation in Ryaku Fusatsu offers us an opportunity to acknowledge all past actions (karma), to receive the precepts, and to re-dedicate ourselves to the practice of the Bodhisattva's way. We perform the ceremony at ZCP every month, on the Thursday evening nearest the full moon, to conform as close as we can to the ancient tradition. Please join us.
Read more about Ryaku Fusatsu.
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Parinirvana Ceremony
February 15
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Morning service in commemoration of the death of the Buddha.
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Katagiri's Memorial
Thursday, March 1
Sesshin
Thursday, March 1, 7pm – Sunday, March 4, 1pm, 2012
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Thursday, March 1, 7pm – Sunday, March 4, 1pm, 2012, at the lovely Deep Spring Temple near Pittsburgh, PA. In this sesshin, we’ll commemorate the 22nd year memorial of Katagiri Roshi’s death. In that spirit, the focus will be to review the Buddhadharma (what is the essential point?) and to renew our practice. Dosho will give the dharma talks and offer dokusan. Please contact kyoki@deepspringzen.org for more information or to register.
Please register in advance for this sesshin by mail, in person, or via PayPal. |
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