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Zen Friends
Wednesday evenings in Oakland/Shadyside
6pm-7:30pm
Deep Spring temple offers meditation every Wednesday evening at Friend's Meeting House from 6pm-7:30pm.
Brief instruction is given at 5:40pm; plan to arrive by 5:50pm as sitting begins promptly at 6:00pm. Wear comfortable, loose fitting clothing appropriate for sitting. On these evenings, zazen will be offered at both locations. Please check the website for further Introductions to Zen.
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About Zen Center
Zen Center of Pittsburgh is a Soto Zen Buddhist Temple founded in 1999. Currently the only Soto Zen Temple in Western Pennsylvania with a resident priest, it serves the community by offering daily meditation and services. ZCP is situated just thirty minutes north of Pittsburgh, PA. Our retreat center sits on fourteen isolated acres with stunning views of the Western Pennsylvania forests, thus offering the perfect location for personal and group retreats in the Zen tradition. Serving as the head priest is Rev. Kyoki Roberts assisted by Associate Priest Rev. Jisen Coghlan.
Is this Your First Time?
We have an Introduction to Zen each Sunday morning at 8:30. 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.
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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
World Peace Ceremony
September 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. |
September Sesshin
September 10, 7pm - Sun September 12, 12pm
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Please join us for this intense, period of practice. 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).
You may participate in any part of sesshin, but 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. |
Precept Renewal (Ryaku Fusatsu)
Tuesday, September 21; 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 Tuesday 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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