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Welcome to the Zen Buddhist Temple of Chicago
Founded 1949 by Soyu Matsuoka Roshi.
Visit the Temple
Our services and activities are held at 608 Dempster
Street
Please listen to this Bodhi
Day Talk given by Tessen Stuart Erickson in Evanston,
IL on December 11, 2011
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Introduction to Zen Meditation
While we welcome
newcomers and beginner’s instructions are given at all of
our services, we also offer a service at 2:00pm on the third
Sunday of each month dedicated to those who would like a more
structured introduction to our practice. The Zen Buddhist
Temple of Chicago is a Soto Zen Temple dedicated to helping
practitioners realize their true nature through Zazen, seated
meditation. Zen Buddhists hold that all living beings are
pure Buddha nature that seems to be obscured by the workings
of the discursive mind, fueled by the pressures of modern
life. Through daily practice of seated meditation, we allow
the discursive mind to settle, and let this true nature be
expressed in our daily life.
Buddhism is
non-theistic. The historical Buddha is not worshipped as a
deity, but rather serves as an example of the realization
we express through our Zazen practice. Practitioners of other
faiths may cultivate themselves through Zazen, supplementing
their existing spiritual practice.
Please join
us for an Introduction to Zen Meditation Workshop on Sunday,February
19, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. The workshop will consist of basic instruction
in Zazen and a shortened period of Zazen< better suited for
new practitioners.
Special Services
Throughout the
year we celebrate various Zen Buddhist Holidays. Our next
regularly scheduled celebration will be on March 18 when we
will observe Ohigan - a celebration of the spring equinox.
Please join us for the 10AM service on that day which will
include a special dharma talk. After the service we would
invite everyone to join us at a local area restaurant for
lunch.
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Regular Services
Our services at the Zen Buddhist Temple of Chicago are open to all.
Newcomers are welcomed, and instruction in Zen meditation is
offered at each service. Please join us for one of our regular Meditation Services.
We offer Zen meditation (zazen) services in the Soto Zen tradition three times weekly:
- 10:00am
Sunday
- 2:00pm
Sunday
- 7:00pm
Wednesday
Services last for approximately two hours and include chanting,
seated meditation (zazen<), and walking meditation (kinhin). Tea is
usually served afterwards. Please feel free to stop by and visit.
Newcomers are always welcome and instructions are provided at every service.
Meditation Retreats
For more intensive
practice, please join us for our next one day Sesshin
(meditation retreat) which will be held on February 4,
2012. Sesshin is an important part
of regular practice, enabling us to reinforce our daily practice
with more extended periods to further settle the mind.
Our next Weekend
Sesshin (meditation retreat) will be held on March 1,
2012
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