Welcome!

The Minnesota Zen Meditation Center welcomes all those who want to learn more about Zen Buddhist meditation. The Center works to maintain a vibrant community committed to Zen practice and teachings. We offer daily sitting meditation, weekly classes and lectures, and intensive meditation retreats.

The Center is located on the eastern shore of Lake Calhoun in south Minneapolis. People from all over the region come to this center to hear talks by teachers, attend classes and workshops, participate in retreats, attend services, and, most importantly, to do sitting meditation (zazen).

Are you new to Zen Buddhism or the Center?

If you are new to Zen Buddhism or the Center, attending the Introduction to Zen Meditation (zazen) is a helpful place to begin. This is a one-time class, open to all with no pre-registration necessary. Donations are gratefully accepted. This class is offered:

• Every Sunday from 8:30-9:50 a.m. (participants are welcome to stay for lecture at 10:00 and tea at 11:00),
• First and third Tuesdays of each month from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Sunday Mornings at MZMC

Sunday mornings are a good time to become familiar with the MZMC community. You are invited to join us for any part of the morning schedule. The Sunday talks provide continued learning about Zen Buddhism and offer you a chance to know the teachers more fully. We hope to see you then!

Sunday Morning Schedule

8:30 Introduction to Zen Meditation
9:10 Sitting Meditation
9:50 Break
10:00 Sunday Talk List of Sunday Speakers
11:00 Tea/Social Hour (except during retreats)

This Week at MZMC

Mindfulness Day
with Guy Gibbon
February 6
Hours: 8 am-5 pm
Cost: $45 members; $60 non-members
Register

Mindfulness Days are one-day retreats in a contemporary context, without the formal elements involved in sesshin. They include walking and sitting meditation, a dharma talk, one-to-one meetings with the teacher, a vegetarian buffet lunch, and work practice. Meditators at all levels of experience are invited.

Membership Drive 2010

During the months of November and December, we conducted our annual membership drive. It was an opportunity to reflect on what the activities at MZMC have meant to each of us in the past year, and served as a reminder of how important it is to continue our support of people and program at the Center.

Many thanks to new and renewing members for your generosity and support! If you have not yet pledged for 2010, please pick up a yellow membership form at MZMC or sign up online. If you have questions about membership, or would like to support MZMC by volunteering, please contact us at (612) 822-5313 or info@mnzencenter.org

"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared." -- The Buddha