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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 in Evanston,
Illinois
Kongo Roshi Sesshin [meditation retreat] will be held May
31st through June 3rd.
Please join us.
Please listen to this Ohigan
Talk given by Kozan Jim Matson on March 18, 2012
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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
May 20, 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 August 26 when
we will observe Obon. 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 July 7, 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 May 31st thru
June 3rd and will be in memory of our founder Soyu Matsuoka's
100th birthday. Taiun Michael Elliston of the Atlanta Soto
Zen Center will join us for this special Sesshin.
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E-mail the Temple or call us at 847-272-2070 for further information
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